4GB Pivot Flash Drive USB 2.0

I already had been using an Imation 2 Gig flash drive for about six months when my wife asked me to help her find a 4 Gig one. I didn't hesitate to reccommend this one as mine has always worked flawlessly. This one's even better because of the design with the rubber case. Great product!

This flash drive is great because:

1. it is very easy to create password protected directories for sensitive files,

2. there is no cap to lose.

This is my 6th flash drive
and the first with captured USB connector cover
which actually stays closed.
I hang my thumb drive on a lanyard,
and this is only the second physically sturdy enough
to not break off.

I occasionally need to plug drives into others' Windoze PCs,
too many of which are infected and/or configured to write thumbnails
or otherwise screw up directories, so write protection is a must.
Write protection is impossible for me to switch by fingernail,
requiring a toothpick or other probe;
that is the most prominent downside encountered.

Since the included encryption is software-only,
I suggest instead using TrueCrypt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCrypt
... which supports Mac and Linux as well as M$