SanDisk SDCZ4-256-A10 256 MB Cruzer Micro with Skins (Retail Package)

Other products by SanDisk

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.9 x 1.7 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001F21IS
• Item model number: SDCZ4-256-A10
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 16, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Sandisk's Cruzer Micro is an incredibly small USB Flash Drive (UFD) that connects to a computer's USB port. This Cruzer Micro features 256 MB of flash memory storage. You can easily store your key documents, pictures, music and video clips on a Cruzer Micro and transfer them to another computer with a USB port. The new version of Cruzer Micro with Skins provides the capability to change the color of your Cruzer with new covers and caps.

It includes value-added software (for Windows only) for data encryption (CruzerLock 2), and trial version for back-up (PocketCache), and Outlook synchronization (CruzerSync).

Specifications/Features:

• Dimensions: 7.9mm x 18.95mm x 52.2mm (H x W x L)
• Stylish, metal casing with changeable colored skins and caps
• Hi-Speed USB 2.0 certified (backwards compatible with all USB 1.1 ports)
• Compatible with Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP and Mac OS 9.1.x+, OS X v10.1.2+
• Includes lanyard and 2 additional colored skins w/matching caps

Product Description

Cruzer Micro is an incredibly small USB Flash Drive (UFD) that connects to a computer's USB port. Users can easily store their key documents, pictures, music and videoclips on a Cruzer Micro and transfer them to another computer with a USB port. In addition to its small form factor, Cruzer Micro can be expanded to MP3 player functionality with the Cruzer Micro MP3 Companion. Users simply plug the Cruzer Micro into the Cruzer Micro MP3 Companion and they're ready to hear all their favorite songs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

170 of 174 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great size, nice design, works well too!, May 2, 2004

By	Tony M. Phan (Iowa, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Yet another entry into the increasingly crowded flash drive market, Sandisk's Cruzer Micro sets itself apart with a great form factor and nice design. It's almost half the size of my Cruzer Mini, which was run over by a car and replaced by this. Instead of a green LED, you get a nicer-looking blue one. The body is plastic like on the mini, and feels really solid.

Write speeds are decent on a USB 2 machine, and livable on a USB 1.1 machine due to the slow interface. You won't get anywhere near the theoretical 480 megabits per second (60 megabytes per second) USB 2 peak data rate due to limitations of the memory controller and memory chips themselves. In testing, I get a little over 3 megabytes/second of read/write speed on a USB 2 equipped computer, and about 600-700 kilobytes/second on a USB 1.1 machine.

The Cruzer Micro comes with about 249MB free out of the box, which is a relief coming from Memory Sticks with 70+ MB missing due to formatting and copy-protection space.

You can also use the Cruzer Micro as the memory portion of an mp3 player that Sandisk is releasing, but seeing as it isn't available anywhere yet, the jury is still out on this added feature.

Why did I dock it one star? In use on USB 2 machines, the Cruzer Micro heats up quite a bit with extended read/writes with large files. This was noticed on both a Sony VAIO laptop and a Dell Dimension Desktop. On USB 1.1 machines the Cruzer did not heat up. It wasn't quite hot, more uncomfortably warm. I always worry since heat is the enemy of many electronics, and other flash drives I've used don't heat up to quite this degree. I did an exchange, and the replacement did the same thing. My Cruzer Mini also did this, so I'm not sure what to make of it.

Aside from the small heat issue, it's a tiny flash drive that looks great and works well. With prices dropping all the time on flash drives, the convienence of transporting your files around is now very affordable. Highly recommended.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SANDISK micro cruzer - tiny, cool and rugged, September 5, 2004

By	Dennis Maeder "DLM" (Suburban MD) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

PROS:
tiny - memory and mouse stack together on laptop USB ports
cool - blue light when idle, so you know its there
rugged - been through the wash no problem

CONS:
tiny - gets lost in pockets! Put this baby on your key chain.
cool - blue light flashes when busy (disco anyone?)
ragged - caps don't stay on (2 supplied)

43 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TOP PERFORMER: 256MB USB Flash Drives, October 8, 2004

By	Julian Nam "namja" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Among the 3 USB flash drives that I own, I use this one the most. The best feature of this drive is not the size or the capacity. The best feature is the built-in keyring at the end of the unit which enables you to attach this drive to your keychain. This is a feature that I have not seen in any other USB flash drives. This drive is so small and so durable that you can permanently leave it on your keychain to take with you everywhere you go. If a USB flash drive is not easy to carry around, then you will not carry it around; and if you're not going to carry it around, then what's the point of having one of these???

And this really is teeny-tiny. This is noticeably small than all the other flash drives that Amazon sells. Transfer speed is comparable to most other USB 2.0 drives. By the way, you WILL lose the cap at the end; just accept that fact and don't worry about it. On a different Sandisk drive that I own, I've gone without the cap for over 2 years without any problems (got my fingers crossed).