This is my seventh Kingston Digital USB Datatraveler Flash Drive. I have two 16GB, two 8GB two, one 4GB, and one 2GB. I started with the purchase of an 8 and a 4 in 2010. Now, I found myself in need of varying storage drives and, having tried almost all the rest, I went back to Kingston.
I use the smaller drives for use with music in my car, but those 8 and 16GB drives hold backup data of everything from 10 years of email to sensitive data, and one 16GB drive hold all my prize high resolution photos.
While the 2010 drives were fast, these are amazing. Fifty 6mb photos will load to the drive in less than 40 seconds. Downloading to a computer is faster ... not that I need anything that fast. But it's amazing what one gets used to. I don't need the speed, but as someone who started with a dialup computer connection (and further back a computer with 186kb of memory!) I certainly appreciate speed.
Second, I happen to like the cap that can't get lost.
Third, I have never had a Kingston drive fail or fail to be read by a computer. True plug and play and with none of those annoying "New hardware found" although I did try to disable the message. (It worked for these and my camera, but still loves its notifications with other USB stuff.)
Last, even my oldest computer (of the 5 we have) recognizes the drives immediately (as does my car and one stereo), and I'm off and running. Mind you, I like my little Western Digital 250GB drive, but I prefer to store data/files/music/video/photos on different drives so that I never lose the last 12 years all in one shot.
My wife is also very comfortable with these little drives, and also stores different information on different drives. Funny. When we were back in the days of 286 computers, we would store everything on floppies and thought that was the cat's meow (old expressions die hard), but having gone to hard drives of 60GB to 250GB, neither of us has filled a drive let alone needed to compress one. So, these are the drives for us.
I do wish that Kingston would come out with more colors so that we could get used to one color for each set of files.
EW
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Product Description
Kingston’s DataTraveler 101 Generation 2 (G2) is a convenient storage companion that lets you take all of your data to your home, office, school and anywhere you travel. Sleek, practical and attractively designed, the affordable DataTraveler 101 G2 serves the needs of the budget-conscious user as well as those looking for significant storage capacity in a lightweight, compact drive. It features a capless, swivel design for added functionality and ease of use and is available in multiple colors by capacity. DataTraveler 101 G2 is backed by legendary Kingston reliability plus a five-year warranty.
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Available in multiple colors by capacity.
A Kingston favorite, DataTraveler features large capacity storage to store or transport your favorite documents, music, video clips, photos and more.
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Suits You
Available in multiple colors by capacity and is available with your company's logo, making a great promotional item for your business.
Convenient
DataTraveler features a handy key loop so you can keep it on your keychain.
Practical
Comes with a cap to protect the USB connector.
Compatibility
Supports Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, XP, Mac, and Linux.
Free Technical Support
For added peace of mind, DataTraveler is backed by free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability.
