SanDisk 16GB Titanium Cruzer U3 USB Flash Drive £20.99

sk282 · 13-12-2009 12:26am #1

It is from MyMemory including the delivery.

sk282 · 13-12-2009 12:50am

They actually have some other 16 GB drives for the same price, I just thought it was something special when I saw it on their main page but still a bargain I guess...

CombatCow · 13-12-2009 12:53am

Good price, solid drive too. Cheers OP

donmeister · 13-12-2009 12:54am

sk282 wrote: »

They actually have some other 16 GB drives for the same price, I just thought it was something special when I saw it on their main page but still a bargain I guess...

Thats a great bargain in comparsion to Argos :rolleyes:

The other one you seen was the plastic version, while being less durable, comes in black which some people may prefer, personally I'd go for titanium all the way! :pac:

clickhere · 13-12-2009 3:06pm

Thanks for that sk282, Just ordered 2 for presents.

Clareman · 13-12-2009 3:46pm

I have a 16GB drive in my pocket, 1 on my keyring and have 1 spare in my laptop bag, but I want to get 1 of these, I think I should walk away from the computer for a while

gleep · 13-12-2009 4:11pm

Thanks OP, great pressie for tech heads!

Got 4% cashback with bethrifty.ie too:pac:

Redisle · 13-12-2009 7:04pm

Crap, Bought the 8gb Titanium a few weeks ago for the same price

Excellent drive, not particularay fast but it's really well built. It just feels very solid to hold.

pilgrimace · 14-12-2009 9:51am

anyone know what the speed of this yoke is. lookin for a flash drive about this size, but want something speedy (for the same approx price) if possible. if this fits the bill then happy days

pil

Pyro Boy · 14-12-2009 12:31pm

pilgrimace wrote: »

anyone know what the speed of this yoke is. lookin for a flash drive about this size, but want something speedy (for the same approx price) if possible. if this fits the bill then happy days

pil

Performance: 15MB/s read speed & 9MB/s write speed
I couldn't buy this with the blue led so big !!
This must be old stock as the new ones have an amber light

blanchards · 14-12-2009 2:31pm

any custom & excise issue, as they ship from outside EU?

Zynks · 14-12-2009 3:03pm

Redisle wrote: »

Crap, Bought the 8gb Titanium a few weeks ago for the same price

Excellent drive, not particularay fast but it's really well built. It just feels very solid to hold.

Same here. I am very happy with mine, and tempted to get this one too.

dodzy · 14-12-2009 3:04pm

blanchards wrote: »

any custom & excise issue, as they ship from outside EU?

you will ( potentially ) be liable - jersey origin. That said, most seem to get away with it from reports here.

Zynks · 14-12-2009 3:12pm

Pyro Boy wrote: »

Performance: 15MB/s read speed & 9MB/s write speed
I couldn't buy this with the blue led so big !!
This must be old stock as the new ones have an amber light

Mine has the amber light, but from this forum on Sandisk's site, people who have owned both prefer the older model with the blue LED http://communities.sandisk.com/sandisk/board/message?board.id=u3&thread.id=2383

Morgans · 14-12-2009 3:27pm

dodzy wrote: »

you will ( potentially ) be liable - jersey origin. That said, most seem to get away with it from reports here.

Isn't there a minimum value with regard customs?

Johnny Storm · 14-12-2009 5:58pm

Morgans wrote: »

Isn't there a minimum value with regard customs?

22 euros AFAICR

rubadub · 14-12-2009 6:34pm

Johnny Storm wrote: »

22 euros AFAICR

correct, but I will also say I have ordered probably 50 times from mymemory at values over that and have never had to pay VAT. Order stuff separately, there is no saving on postage anyway.

nowuckenfurries · 14-12-2009 9:24pm

Cheers OP just ordered one

JustMac · 15-12-2009 12:37am

Thanks OP.
Just ordered one as I needed one and seems like good value for a 16GB sturdy memory stick.

The first thing I plan to do when I get it is to remove the U3 software. Had one with same a few years ago and I seem to remember it being very annoying. They might have improved it since but I doubt it. Anyway there seems to be several sites with tips on how to remove the software as its not straightforward. (Course SanDisk want you to keep it on as they are trying to sell you software for it!)

CombatCow · 18-12-2009 10:06pm

God dammit, they have this 16GB kingston for £14.99 today.

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

CC

Alanstrainor · 18-12-2009 10:09pm

I'd take the cruzer over that any day, even considering the price difference

Trevord · 19-12-2009 9:41am

CombatCow wrote: »

God dammit, they have this 16GB kingston for £14.99 today.

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

CC

You won't be sorry when it arrives in the post. The cruzer titanium is an excellent buy at that price. Bought the 4gb version in the US about 2 years ago for about $40, (still working perfectly) and another 4bg version in Argos on special offer for about €12 back in March.

So €22 for 16gb is great value.

Unless you need the security, I'd recommend uninstalling the U3 software it normally comes with (there is uninstaller software on the web)

Zynks · 19-12-2009 1:56pm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I'd take the cruzer over that any day, even considering the price difference

+1

Eurorunner · 19-12-2009 2:50pm

Thanks for the thread folks. Was about to check out on the one mentioned on the thread - but decided to double check ebay. Picked up a 16GB stick for £7.50 incl. postage.

Happy days. (on auction though - not 'buy now')

JustMac · 19-12-2009 4:10pm

sk282 wrote: »

It is from MyMemory including the delivery.

Mine arrived yesterday. Came up as €23.94 on the credit card. Saw the exact same one in Harvey Norman yesterday for €73.99 :eek:

Thanks again OP

center15 · 19-12-2009 4:28pm

Got mine as well, it's fantastic. Only thing is I don't like how there's no easy way to remove it from your keys although some people may like this.

IIMII · 24-12-2009 5:55am

Got one of these too, cheers to the OP.

Anyone having any problems with the PC displaying it? It lights up etc, but it doesn't show in my list of drives for some reason I can't fathom

Tea_Bag · 24-12-2009 6:30am

just ordered one there.....and then i saw the discount code CHEAPXMAS-09 giving 10% off. for the life of me though i cant find how to cancel the order... any help please?

artielange · 24-12-2009 10:45am

IIMII wrote: »

Got one of these too, cheers to the OP.

Anyone having any problems with the PC displaying it? It lights up etc, but it doesn't show in my list of drives for some reason I can't fathom

Do you get a U3 disk image(like a cd image ) icon? I seem to remember something like that before I removed their security software.

eclectichoney · 24-12-2009 11:26am

Guys which should I go for: The titanium or this one:
http://www.mymemory.co.uk/USB-Flash-Drives/SanDisk/SanDisk-16GB-Cruzer-Blade-USB-Flash-Drive

vibe666 · 24-12-2009 12:04pm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I'd take the cruzer over that any day, even considering the price difference

ditto. i've had loads of usb sticks (my first was a 16mb one

) and most of them will eventually (with heavy use) break or get bent around the usb connector where it's joined to the board, so the retractable usb connector on these is a godsend and the 4gb one i boughtabou 3 years ago is still going, as well as all of the four 2gb ones i got as gifts for people at the same time.

for 22 quid i'm sorely tempted.

Kilteragh · 24-12-2009 2:26pm

Ordered mine on Sunday. arrived today.

Many thanks to the OP

CH3OH · 24-12-2009 10:54pm

Just to add that there is 10% off at MyMemory until the 28th
code cheapxmas-09
bringing it down to £18.89

ShakeAndBake · 25-12-2009 12:24am

sk282 wrote: »

It is from MyMemory including the delivery.

Just a comment to say thanks to the OP. Ordered 2 last week and got them both on Monday.

Thanks OP and a Merry Christmas to all

ecomac · 25-12-2009 10:51am

It's £26.99

Standard Toaster · 26-12-2009 2:21am

Zoink!

Cheers guys. Just bought two of them.

richardw001 · 26-12-2009 11:39pm

amazon.co.uk have 16GB usb sticks for 17.99 - They have bytestor (?) 32GB ones for 43.69 - if its of interest - I think maybe that all these price drops are a general drop rather than bargains - however I could be wrong !

Alanstrainor · 27-12-2009 1:09am

richardw001 wrote: »

amazon.co.uk have 16GB usb sticks for 17.99 - They have bytestor (?) 32GB ones for 43.69 - if its of interest - I think maybe that all these price drops are a general drop rather than bargains - however I could be wrong !

It's not all about the capacity though...

Abelloid · 27-12-2009 11:04am

ecomac wrote: »

It's £26.99

The_Edge wrote: »

Zoink!

Cheers guys. Just bought two of them.

Yeah, I'm getting £26.99 too...

IIMII · 27-12-2009 12:23pm

ecomac wrote: »

It's £26.99

I got it at the cheaper rice - it went up..

Le King · 27-12-2009 12:52pm

Seems to be £17.99 on Amazon, but it's still from My Memory. Linky

ejmaztec · 27-12-2009 2:26pm

The_Edge wrote: »

Zoink!

Cheers guys. Just bought two of them.

Won't you get stung for vat on the total price for two, this being over the €22 limit?

InKonspikuou2 · 27-12-2009 3:17pm

Are these formatted as FAT32? Looking for one to stick into the PS3 to watch avi's. Don't want to format my ex hd.

JohnnyChimpo · 27-12-2009 4:27pm

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

Are these formatted as FAT32? Looking for one to stick into the PS3 to watch avi's. Don't want to format my ex hd.

You can format the USB to whatever you want in about 5 seconds.

IIMII · 27-12-2009 5:21pm

I was about to re-format my new one (bought as above) as fat32 but read on their site that it was pre-formated as fat32. Copied a file there and then to check if it played on my PS3 and it did no bother. Excellent buy, delighted.

I had a problem initially with installing their software which I sorted easily by using part of the info from this link:

http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/42

CivilServant · 27-12-2009 6:49pm

Osu wrote: »

Seems to be £17.99 on Amazon, but it's still from My Memory. Linky

+ shipping, works out about £23.49

coldfire1x · 27-12-2009 9:18pm

Anyone got 2 and doesnt want one?

Standard Toaster · 28-12-2009 12:02am

ejmaztec wrote: »

Won't you get stung for vat on the total price for two, this being over the €22 limit?

If I get stung so be it.

rakmator · 29-12-2009 12:36am

The price is now 20.99 GBP.

Standard Toaster · 29-12-2009 1:29am

Cheers for that, just mailed them

InKonspikuou2 · 29-12-2009 1:33am

I'd say they probably put it back down to 20.99 since that 10% discount code expired on the 28th.

SanDisk 16GB Titanium Cruzer U3 USB Flash Drive £20.99

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