Are all Flash Drives created equal?

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Lots of talk on this board about problems with flash drives. I've had
my own with a Sony 1G Microvault (it now lives in crappy peripherals
heaven.) I loved that it not only attached to a key ring, but that the
cap stayed on the ring and the flash drive came loose, not the other
way around, as with most other flash drives I've seen. I run an IBM
t40 laptop with XP pro SP2, but I need to transfer on and off all
kinds of different computers, including my own Dells, running XP or
maybe even Win 2K.

1) DOES BRAND MATTER, or is flash drive technology pretty generic? If
brand does matter, what are the most reliable brands? Is the Sandisk
titanium or other hard cases like aluminum more likely to protect the
fragile drive from ordinary wear and tear, like carrying around on a
keychain or jostling around in a briefcase?

2) DOES CAPACITY MATTER? Some people seem to think that there's more
problems with larger (>512M) drives. Any basis to that?
 
Larry said:
Lots of talk on this board about problems with flash drives. I've had
my own with a Sony 1G Microvault (it now lives in crappy peripherals
heaven.) I loved that it not only attached to a key ring, but that the
cap stayed on the ring and the flash drive came loose, not the other
way around, as with most other flash drives I've seen. I run an IBM
t40 laptop with XP pro SP2, but I need to transfer on and off all
kinds of different computers, including my own Dells, running XP or
maybe even Win 2K.

1) DOES BRAND MATTER, or is flash drive technology pretty generic? If
brand does matter, what are the most reliable brands? Is the Sandisk
titanium or other hard cases like aluminum more likely to protect the
fragile drive from ordinary wear and tear, like carrying around on a
keychain or jostling around in a briefcase?

2) DOES CAPACITY MATTER? Some people seem to think that there's more
problems with larger (>512M) drives. Any basis to that?
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I have had zero problems any of these drives:
1.) JungSoft NextDisk; 128MG; 5 years daily usage
2.) Samsung Cigar; 512 MB; 3 years daily usage
3.) TechSolutions; 1 Gig; 9 months daily usage
Steve
 
Lots of talk on this board about problems with flash drives. I've had
my own with a Sony 1G Microvault (it now lives in crappy peripherals
heaven.) I loved that it not only attached to a key ring, but that the
cap stayed on the ring and the flash drive came loose, not the other
way around, as with most other flash drives I've seen. I run an IBM
t40 laptop with XP pro SP2, but I need to transfer on and off all
kinds of different computers, including my own Dells, running XP or
maybe even Win 2K.
Click to expand...

I'm quite partial to the design of the Lexar Jumpdrive Sport. (Note:
This *ONLY* applies to the SPORT model!) It doesn't use a typical
cap. Rather, there's a rubber loop that serves as the cap but goes
all the way around the drive so it can't fall off. The cap goes on
the ring, to use the drive you take it out of the rubber holder. This
won't come apart by accident like most drives.

They're a bit out of date by now, the biggest drives are only 1gb.
 
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