USB flash drive - 16 GB for €27

Gran Hermano

Kingston DataTraveler 100 - USB flash drive - 16 GB - Hi-Speed USB - black for £16.99 plus delivery.

http://www.dvd.co.uk/Hw/Kingston-DataTraveler-100-USB-flash-drive-16-GB-Hi-Speed-USB-black/DT100_16GB/product.htm

It works out at €26.96 delivered to Ireland. I've used the company in the past
without any problems.

They also have good prices on 8GB USB keys and other memory cards.

samhail

Kingston is a good name too.

I was chuffed with my self for getting a 32gb for about the same price from eBay. even after i plugged it in... until i copied 4gb of data that i didnt have a backup of and checked it the next day

Might get one of these.

Thanks !

Edit: Ordered too

Krusty_Clown

Thanks, ordered.

Gran Hermano

I have just received an email confirming it's shipped.

samhail

same... the first word that stood out to me was Unfortunately (i dont know why)... wasnt happy !

jayteecork

I'm being pedantic here, but if you want free shipping on this product then mymemory have it. However it costs £20.95 so it's exactly the same price.

Can't provide link as the site is down right now but it's no1 on their best sellers list.

TM

jayteecork wrote: »

I'm being pedantic here, but if you want free shipping on this product then mymemory have it. However it costs £20.95 so it's exactly the same price.

Can't provide link as the site is down right now but it's no1 on their best sellers list.

Link:

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/USB-Flash-Drives/Kingston/Kingston-16GB-DT100-DataTraveler-USB-Flash-Drive

Gran Hermano

Dvd.co.uk is cheaper if you're ordering more than one.

mymemory's 'free' shipping is reflected in a much higher price for the items.

artvandulet

Just bought 2 and cost me €49 including delivery. Great!:D

pjjk

Does anyone know the copying speed? I bought a 4GB in my college the other day and it would take 5-6mins to copy 100MB. Painful!

samhail

it says its Hi-Speed USB which is USB 2.0 so in theorey 480 mbps, so about 60 MS/s
make sure you plug it into a USB2 USB slot on the PC too.
ive plugged USB stuff in before and it tells me that its only working as USB 1.1 (alot slower - 1.5MB/s)
</geeky stuff>

ch750536

3.8 MBs / Sec write speed, which is not great, would take approximately an hour to fill a 16 gig drive.

ch750536

samhail wrote: »

it says its Hi-Speed USB which is USB 2.0 so in theorey 480 mbps, so about 60 MS/s
make sure you plug it into a USB2 USB slot on the PC too.
ive plugged USB stuff in before and it tells me that its only working as USB 1.1 (alot slower - 1.5MB/s)
</geeky stuff>

Thats the bus speed for USB2. At the mo, there are drives that push 35 MBs / Sec read speed (theoretic max is actually about 47MBs / Sec due to overheads).

Always much slower writing.

dlofnep

16 GIG - Nice. Must get one - Handier than lugging around a portable HD.

rubadub

pjjk wrote: »

Does anyone know the copying speed? I bought a 4GB in my college the other day and it would take 5-6mins to copy 100MB. Painful!

One site said the 16GB was
Write Speed: 20x (3MB Per Sec)
Read Speed: 40x (6MB Per Sec)


And the 4GB could be even slower.

This one is £1 more (incl delivery) and faster
http://www.dvd.co.uk/Hw/Transcend-16GB-JetFlash-V10-Green-USB-Pen/TS16GJFV10/product.htm
Transfer Speed: Read 25 MByte/s, Write 12 MByte/s (16GB)

I checked the transcend site and the smaller sticks were slower in the same range, that is why I am guessing smaller kingstons might be slower too. And of course they estimate the fastest time, your 100MB in 5min is 0.33MB/sec, might not be a fast USB port.

jayteecork

The kingston arrived today and I'm very happy with it.

Took around 30 seconds to copy a 700MB file onto it.

samhail

yeah got mine too. looks good... not like the 32gb for €30 i got off ebay !

devil-80

I bought 8gb Kingston.

devil-80

How long did You wait for delivery from mymemory.co.uk??

Zascar

rubadub wrote: »

This one is £1 more (incl delivery) and faster
http://www.dvd.co.uk/Hw/Transcend-16GB-JetFlash-V10-Green-USB-Pen/TS16GJFV10/product.htm
Transfer Speed: Read 25 MByte/s, Write 12 MByte/s (16GB)

This looks good but says 1-2 weeks for dispatch!

Anyone know any others of this speed that are good value and quick delivery?

Gerbud

jayteecork wrote: »

The kingston arrived today and I'm very happy with it.

Took around 30 seconds to copy a 700MB file onto it.

Got mine the other day too, seems fine! Price actually worked out @ just over €25 when showing on my credit card.

apollodjs

Did anyone pick up the Transend one whats it like? which one would be best to buy?

rubadub

Zascar wrote: »

This looks good but says 1-2 weeks for dispatch!

Never noticed that when ordering. It arrived on monday, ordered on 23/10

apollodjs wrote: »

Did anyone pick up the Transend one whats it like? which one would be best to buy?

Thats the one I got, retractable usb bit and no cover. Comes with a detachable strap too, haven't done a speed test on it yet though. Looks and feels good, and lifetime warranty.

Had it in a linux device known to be choosy and it worked fine.

apollodjs

Any chance of a speed report? is it big?

Zascar

How's the size? I'd prefer one like this Lexar Jumpdrive from MyMenory really, but its not nearly as fast and speed is a big deal when you have such large capacity...

far2gud

Zascar wrote: »

How's the size? I'd prefer one like this Lexar Jumpdrive from MyMenory really, but its not nearly as fast and speed is a big deal when you have such large capacity...

Same conundrum here! too difficult to decide

younge

Got it there. Excellent bit of stuff.:)

rubadub

apollodjs wrote: »

Any chance of a speed report? is it big?

Dimensions : 64mm x 21mm x 10mm
Data Retention : UP to 10 years
Weight : 11g
Certificates : FCC, CE, BSMI
Transfer Speed : Read 10 MByte/s, Write 3 MByte/s (below 4GB);
Read 20 MByte/s, Write 8 MByte/s (8GB);
Read 25 MByte/s, Write 12 MByte/s (16GB)
* Note : Speed may vary due to host hardware, software and usage.
From here http://www.transcendusa.com/products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=131&LangNo=0

It is quite small. I will do a speed check later tonight or tomorrow. Any suggestions? I was thinking a load of mp3s, and then maybe a dvd .iso image.

rubadub

writing
189MB in 13sec 14.5MB/s this was a single ISO file.

848MB in 247sec 3.43MB/s this was a mix of mp3 wma and itunes, most around 4 or 5MB

375MB in 25sec 15MB/s this was 2 ISO files.

reading the same 375mb back onto the HD took 14sec 26.8MB/s

Zascar

Thanks for that Rubadub.

So do you think the extra speed that would be gained from the Transcend would be worth the fact that it is bigger and uglier than the lexar? I want something small enough to go on my keys.

rubadub

Zascar wrote: »

So do you think the extra speed that would be gained from the Transcend would be worth the fact that it is bigger and uglier than the lexar? I want something small enough to go on my keys.

Probably is the case, always a trade off if they are the around same price. I look at it and think, wow, how do they fit 16GB on that. But then I look at my miniscule 8GB microsd card and think FFS I should have a couple of thousand gig on it! If you really want something tiny you and get tiny microsd card readers, I got a 8GB card yesterday class 4 kingston for €15 delivered, and a reader is only €2

The lexar is 49.70mm x 20.75mm x 10.50mm, so is not too much smaller than the transcend 64mm x 21mm x 10mm

I did not want a cap on mine, as I always lose them, the transcend is retractable

And you could probably hook the plastic loop on the end onto your keyring.

mailburner

just got the kingston 16gb for 23eu total
the euro is at an all time high v the pound

i bought it from dvd.co.uk

However, be careful when uve placed your order.
when i was finished i clicked the continue button and
got thru to this online shopping discount site.
Its a scam and sadly some retailers use it.
Nothings for free so avoid unless you want to pay £8 per month
for sweet f a.
heres a little info
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=819869

Gran Hermano

I don't recall that happening after I checked out, checked my card statement
and all is in order. I've used this company several times without any bother.

I clicked your link; seems they mention interflora, vistaprint and others as well.

mailburner

Gran Hermano wrote: »

I don't recall that happening after I checked out, checked my card statement
and all is in order. I've used this company several times without any bother.

I clicked your link; seems they mention interflora, vistaprint and others as well.

after i checked out i got this page which was the shoppers discount page.
Unlike interflora and others tho it isn't hidden
If you give them your details then i guess its tough luck but yeah
it not like easyjet or interflora where people don't realise theyve been had.

https://one-time-offer.com/sol5/dvdcouk/sb100494/promo.asp?sid=0d85d29d79746ea06f7b7925c0d1a8d5&ci=B6F696966676AA01A1D04131D1B120F14BE707C7776747BB70B0E1E08777C7C667B7A77C709C17D7C6775697C7C686B74DB1918111F111D1510101FDB57524254535A4B42554AE420222328283F393834FE4047555345545C4A425&infoid=0d85d29d79746ea06f7b7925c0d1a8d5

DingDong

My transcend stick arrived only problem I'm having is when I try to write a 7gig file to it, I get a message the destination drive doesn't have enough space very strange. I seem to be able to write smaller files that total 7gigs no problem though

AlmightyCushion

DingDong wrote: »

My transcend stick arrived only problem I'm having is when I try to write a 7gigs file to it, I get a message the destination drive doesn't have enough space very strange. I seem to be able to write smaller files that total 7gigs no problem though

Right click > Properties. Does it say fat32 or ntfs anywhere there?

DingDong

fat32 AC

Bob Z

DingDong wrote: »

My transcend stick arrived only problem I'm having is when I try to write a 7gig file to it, I get a message the destination drive doesn't have enough space very strange. I seem to be able to write smaller files that total 7gigs no problem though

Are you sure it can take 7 gb? i dont think fat 32 can take files bigger 4 gb

Redisle

Yeah Fat32 can't support files larger than 4.something gigs.
If your just using it to transport or backup a 7gb file you could archive it into a few parts using winrar or 7zip then transfer it to the drive

DingDong

Cheers
I'll reformat it to ntfs then any downside to this?

Its a nice stick too very fast write speeds. I'm liking the retractable part, it should protect it more that my last one.

Redisle

I guess you could format to ntfs but it's not something I have tried..
A quick google throw these up..
http://www.ntfs.com/quest22.htm
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/format-usb-ntfs

So it redues write speeds a bit and you would need to make sure you use the safely remove hardware option (if using the optimize for performance mode)

Bob Z

DingDong wrote: »

Cheers
I'll reformat it to ntfs then any downside to this?

Its a nice stick too very fast write speeds. I'm liking the retractable part, it should protect it more that my last one.

yes it wont work on macs. Mac os doesnt recognise nfts. This can be awkward if you need to take it somewhere theyt dont have a pc

dubmick

mailburner wrote: »

after i checked out i got this page which was the shoppers discount page.
Unlike interflora and others tho it isn't hidden
If you give them your details then i guess its tough luck but yeah
it not like easyjet or interflora where people don't realise theyve been had.

https://one-time-offer.com/sol5/dvdcouk/sb100494/promo.asp?sid=0d85d29d79746ea06f7b7925c0d1a8d5&ci=B6F696966676AA01A1D04131D1B120F14BE707C7776747BB70B0E1E08777C7C667B7A77C709C17D7C6775697C7C686B74DB1918111F111D1510101FDB57524254535A4B42554AE420222328283F393834FE4047555345545C4A425&infoid=0d85d29d79746ea06f7b7925c0d1a8d5

you get that link on mymemory.co.uk after a purchase too

machalla

Bob Z wrote: »

yes it wont work on macs. Mac os doesnt recognise nfts. This can be awkward if you need to take it somewhere theyt dont have a pc

Try this out. I can't vouch for it as I don't use a mac but the equivalent software for linux works perfectly fine and this is based on that software.

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-read-and-write-ntfs-windows-partition-on-mac-os-x.html

Bob Z

machalla wrote: »

Try this out. I can't vouch for it as I don't use a mac but the equivalent software for linux works perfectly fine and this is based on that software.

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-read-and-write-ntfs-windows-partition-on-mac-os-x.html

I have seen that before but it looks very technical