Imation 8GB Swivel Flash Drive

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000QW4IS2
• Item model number: 26654
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 17, 2007

Product Description

Product Description

The Imation USB 2.0 Swivel Flash Drive is a compact, powerful flash drive featuring a unique swivel cap design, and an ultra-fast USB 2.0 connection, providing the quickest and easiest way to transfer or share large business presentations, digital photos and videos, or other large files.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars crapped out after 6 months, June 11, 2009

By	A. J. ash (seattle, wa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

i bought two. one is still working. i cannot get around the other one not being recognized by any computer. very disappointed. also, i thought the swivel would be fab but easily broke off BOTH of the drives

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Worked great - for about 5 months, February 15, 2009

By	D. Yager - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I received this flash drive as a gift for some work I did over the summer. It worked very well from the start - pretty decent read/write times, more space than I could reasonably use, and the write lock on the drive itself was extremely useful. Then, after just over five months, the drive suddenly died. When I try to access it, Windows either tells me to "insert a drive," or explorer stops responding altogether. The activity light on the drive hasn't flashed once. It's a good thing I have only been using it as a live CD for Ubuntu recently, or I might have lost some pretty important files. Unless you're ok with risking your data on an unreliable piece of hardware, I'd go for something else.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So far so good, January 25, 2009

By	Bud - See all my reviews

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I have this 8GB one and several of the older/smaller ones. The non-Pro Imation Swivel Flash is really the "only" USB flash drive that has a write protect switch on it. If you are a system administrator-type person or just someone who wants to make sure that Windows/viruses/etc. don't tamper with your data, then these drives are about the only game in town. I only give them 4 stars because they are not that fast and rather overpriced these days. You're essentially paying a 100% premium for a switch that probably costs 5 cents. But, flash drives are cheap anyway, and you won't lose the cap.

I use many of mine as boot drives with drive/network/backup utilities on them. 8GB can hold most installed OSes or a dual-layer DVD installer for administering systems without floppies or optical drives.