Customer Reviews

Portable Vault

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Prior to Portable Vault (PV), I used CruzerLock from SanDisk. CruzerLock is a nice program but not Vista compatible.

Compared to CruzerLock: PV is significantly slower. Copying 1 file, even a large one is OK, but copying many files, or moving files between folders within the vault is much slower.

Creating multiple new folders within the vault is harder than it should be.

Also, I like to copy and paste multiple files at a time. But PV only supports drag and drop. I find this awkward to have to keep both Win Exploer and PV open at the same time.

Some of the built in commands, like Add, do not default to the last used directory - a nuisance.

PV only supports 1 user/password. CruzerLock allows for multiple users - each with their own password.

BTW - Tech Support advised me that while PV will work inside Vista, it must be installed from within an earlier OS.

I've been using Stompsoft products for quite some time and have been happy overall. I have to say that this one is my favorite. I travel all of the time and being able to encrypt my portable media is critical. This is the only software I'll use to do it. It's easy to use, works well and is inexpensive. Definitely recommend.

I use Portable Vault for all my encryption needs. It's price is great, and it works with every flash USB drive that I have. I use this to encrypt my pictures, and I have also used it to encrypt password information for my bank accounts. The software uses a strong 256 bit Blowfish encryption algorithm, so I have peace of mind that I am actually protected.