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147 of 150 people found the following review helpful: By NJP (Ohio) (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: LaCie iamaKey 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive 130870 (Personal Computers) While this drive is very cool (albeit slow as everyone else has pointed out), it's completely worthless when it dies within 6 months (purchased June 18). I've seen several other posts here of the same issue: just decides one day to never mount again. And even though there is a 2-year warranty, LaCie doesn't want to honor it because I can't provide a serial number. For what it's worth, there is NO serial number on the key itself. Apparently the S/N was on the disposable packaging, which as you may guess, was thrown away back in June. So, for a product that has a 2 year warranty, and has only been on the market for 6-9 months (so there's NO WAY ANY OF THEM could be out of warranty), and that I have a receipt for, LaCie still won't honor their warranty (at least so far). I'll edit this review if in fact they do decide to honor the warranty, but this loophole/runaround is inexcusable and I'd avoid this purchase again because of it...Read more 47 of 50 people found the following review helpful: By Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: LaCie iamaKey 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive 130870 (Personal Computers) Pros: As advertised, imakey is the size of a (large) key and fits very well on a keychain. Very high "cute" and convenience factor.
Cons: It is quite slow relative to other flash drives. For example, to write and read a 122MB file took 52.6 and 11.5 seconds on the imakey compared to 37.0 and 7.7 seconds on a Lexar Firefly jumpdrive. 27 of 27 people found the following review helpful: By Mark (DFW, TX) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: LaCie iamaKey 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive 130870 (Personal Computers) Pros
Looks great, feels great. Very inconspicuous, everyone I've shown it to immediately asks where I got it from. I would definitely buy it again. Cons Plastic tip that protects the contacts falls off easily, but the contacts seem to be holding up just fine. Transfers are a little slow. Edit - 01/06/2010 I would NOT buy this product again. My brother and I have both purchased this and carried it on our keychains. Today I find out that NEITHER flash drive will mount/be recognized by any of our computers, I've tested it on 7-8 different computers and none of them recognize it. Apparently to use the warranty you need the serial number, which is located on.....dun dun dun........THE PACKAGING OF THE PRODUCT.............NOT THE PRODUCT (flash drive) ITSELF.........so unless you were smart enough to save the packaging, the warranty is useless. The gold connectors are slightly scratched since the plastic...Read more |