29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
beware: nice performance, but the unit is falling apart after 8 months,
February 13, 2009 dartnok (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corsair 4GB Flash Voyager Mini USB 2.0 Flash Drive CMFUSBMINI-4GB (Personal Computers)
"This makes it the perfect flash drive for users with busy and active lifestyles." FAIL.
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Size: small. retracted, it's 1.5" long.
Performance and compatibility: very good. i only use the drive for data transfer between machines. i've never had any complaints or issues with using the drive on Windows XP, Vista, or OS X. writes and reads are very good.
Durability and Build Quality: this is why i'm giving the drive 2 stars. i put this drive on my keychain and goes into my pocket everyday, and over the past 8 months, the following things have happened:
1. the original metal clasp snapped around week 3. that was ok, since i then put the keychain directly into that rubber hole.
2. the rubber is glued to the plastic unit. . .that started to pull away. somewhere around 5 months.
3. the rubber around the hole is starting to tear. 7 months.
4. lastly,the biggest malfunction is retractable tip no longer locks...Read more
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
SMALL BUT COOL!,
August 17, 2008 Steve Alvarado "R3TRO" (SoCal) - See all my reviews
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I really like this drive. It has a nice rubber enclosure and a retractable USB connector. I've copied many large files with it now and here are my average transfer rates:
writing: 9mb/s
reading: 20mb/s
CONCERNS: a little on the small side could make it easy to lose, I hope the retractable connector doesn't break or wear out since it is plastic, no LED data light
LIKES: small, rubber encasing seems like it could take some drops, transfer speeds are good for 4gb, who would have though 4gb could be so cheap!!!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Compact,
June 30, 2008 Rishi Raj (Texas) - See all my reviews
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Very compact and attaches to my keychain. The part which attaches to the string could be a bit stronger though. This part is made of rubber and appears soft. While it holds my keychain without problem, looks like I will need to reinforce it with a wire or something like that. Very compact and rugged otherwise.
Update: I have used this USB key for some time now since the initial review. In all fairness, even the part that attaches to the string is strong enough to hold the USB key and the keychain. I think that I applied a bit too much of traction on it when I bought it initially. A very good device to have overall. Definitely recommended overall.
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