78 of 80 people found the following review helpful
Quick and reliable,
June 15, 2009 Theron Krusling "Plumber" (Florence, KY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP v125w 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive P-FD8GBHP125-EF (Personal Computers)
This unit is great. I purchased it to replace a 64mb unit that wasn't big enough any more. I also wanted to learn to do new things with these thumb drives. It is very fast and after a lot of usage, I have had no read write issues. I have been able to load a DMG on it and boot my mac and install Leopard from it. I have also been able to use it to boot and configure quite a few different laptops using the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows project. I have learned that 2GB units work better for that project, but that in no way reflects upon my review of this product. It works seamlessly in my Macs, windows, and linux boxes. There is a green read/write indicator light that signals under the HP logo. It is pleasant and not too bright and annoying or dim. The cover for the tip connects to the back of the unit for storage while in use. It seems slightly faster than using an external usb hard drive. It seems to make full use of the usb 2.0 bandwidth. I didn't want to go cheap and I didn't want to...Read more
135 of 147 people found the following review helpful
Not a great buy when you consider the speed,
December 1, 2009 Allan M. Gathercoal "fdoamerica" (Norcross, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP v125w 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive P-FD16GHP125-EF (Personal Computers)
I bought this flash because of the HP name and the reviews that touted the speed of the drive. I found the drive to be slow, too slow for me. I needed to move 10GB of photos from my harddrive to the HP and it took 1 hour and 8 minutes! I used Check Flash 1.09 which scopes the speed of Flash Drives and this drive came in at 4.6mbs write and 12.3mbs read. Another source you might want to check out is on the web -- xbitlabs (search 32GB USB Flash Drives), they tested flash drive's speed. So, when you consider that for $5 more you can get the fast OCZ Rally2 16 GB (which I ended up doing) you may concur that there are better drives out there for the money. Hope this helps you in your choice.
36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
I love these flash drives, thumb drives, jump drives, USB drives, Memory Sticks...what the hell are we all going to agree on?,
August 3, 2009 S. Kochel "Sam K" (Ventura, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP v125w 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive P-FD16GHP125-EF (Personal Computers)
This is a great product and here's why:
Small-it's smaller than most of these types of (see review title)
Metal case-doesn't seem as crushable as plastic ones
Cap-I don't like the ones where to contact point just slides in, if I put it in my pocket it may get lint in it, if I drop it in the dirt, dirt with get into it, if I drop it in the mud, mud will get into it, if I slip liquid one the table and on and on.
THE CAP FITS ON THE TAIL END FOR STORAGE!! - is there a conspiracy out there to make us lose caps and buy new ones by most makers of these (see review title)? Almost none of them have a place to put the cap when you're using the device, this one does: thank you HP for standing up to the syndicate!
finally,
The is my second one-and I've never had any problems with them, work as expected
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