Lexar 2GB Jumpdrive Swivel 360 Degree Cap with Sleek Stainless Steel Design JDSW2GB-431

 (16 customer reviews)

As someone else said, this could have been so much better!
I chose the drive for the cap design, being tired of losing and scattering usb drive caps around the world. But that design seems flawed....
Maybe it's just my unit, but the hinge is so stiff that I have to fight every time I open the drive. I have to push it very carefully through the opening, then pry it open the rest of the way from the connector-end of the drive. This really makes the drive annoying to use in the fast-paced setting for which I bought it. Yes, it's cool that the hinge lights up blue to indicate when the drive is active. But I wish it worked more smoothly!

The software that came with it could have been better too, but hey, I didn't even know the drive CAME with software -- the package says nothing about it. Annoyingly, however, if I use the PowerToGo/Ceedo software to look at the files on the drive, I cannot drag and drop a document INTO that window, as I normally would/should be...Read more

I was suckered into buying a teeny tiny 2GB flash drive because of its Lilliputian size: about half the length of a wrapped stick of chewing gum and about the same thickness. As quickly as it had come into my life, it was gone. It probably slipped out of my pocket while I was digging around for my car keys and has long since been swept up by a street sweeper or pecked to pieces by a curious pigeon.

The Jumpdrive 360 has just enough size and heft to prevent that kind of mishap. It nestles in the bottom of your pocket instead of mixing in with the quarters, nickels and dimes. The hinged cover is one less thing to lose, and the included software is icing on the cake. Since I'm a capacity hog, I moved the software off of the Jumpdrive and onto my iMac until I decide to use it.

In performance, it's everything you expect from Lexar. It plugs in and gets right to work with every popular 32-bit and 64-bit operating system, from Windows 98 to the latest and greatest...Read more

I've been looking for an ideal usb drive for quite some time, which means it should not have a cover that can fall off and with a good read/write speed.

Have used the Cruzer Titanium series in the past, these are marketed as 'indestructible' however, the loop used to attach it to the keyring is very fragile.

This drive is fast, has an all-in-one design (the casing itself fits onto your keyring) and looks great as well.

If you're looking for a simple and functional USB flash drive, this will serve your purpose.

--- Update Jan 2010 ---
The Lexar JumpDrive Swivel series has been discontinued, I now recommend the newer Lexar JumpDrive TwistTurn series