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Memorex 1GB TravelDrive USB 2.0 Flash Drive (cont.)Description: The TravelDrive is small, about the size of my thumb. A removable cap is on the narrow end. This narrow end makes the drive extermely compatible with your system. Because of narrowness and thinness of the drive's end, it does not block additional USB slots.
The middle of the drive is a round circle. In the circle is a rubber grip, which makes the drive extremely easy to hang onto. Behind the circle is an LED that lights green when the flash drive is accessed.
Included with Mexorex's flash drive is a neck strap. This makes the drive convenient to carry if you like to have a strap around your neck. The strap is a bit of a pain to tied around the cap. Their thin string ties to the loop in the cap. While the drive feels sturdy, it does not feel like it would hold up to abuse from being stored in your pocket. This is probably why they do not include a keychain. Memorex's flash drive is very small and light. I believe that the image on their package is true; that someone could wear the drive on their ear. I tried to get my fiance to try it, can you believe she turned me down.
On the back of the drive is a write protect switch. This is the only advanced feature of the drive. I switched it to the locked postion and it does indeed prevent writing to the drive. Performance: Memorex states that their drive only works on Windows and Mac. While the drive detected perfectly on my Windows XP system, it also detected and worked fine on my SUSE 9.2 Linux system (Kernal 2.6). Memorex states their drive is fast, let's find out. I ran Sandra's file system bench mark on the drive. I compared it to my AData USB 2.0 128MB flash drive. Each test was run 3 times and the max speed was taken for each drive.
First up the Memorex:
Next, up the AData drive:
Memorex's TravelDrive at about 9 MBs per second, smoked AData's transfer rate by 3 times. I had to check around on other sites to find out if my AData drive's speed just sucked. Unfortunately, it did. Therefore, I went out and bought a SimpleTech drive.
For another test I transferred a large 20.5MB video file and 35.6MB of images to each drive. While not the most scientific test, probably the most real world scenario.
I picked the SimpleTech because many sites had it as a very fast drive. The Memorex flash drive still smoked it. For every test I did, I found the Memorex drive to be very impressive. I was a little disappointed in SimpleTech's large file transfer rate. As for features, the Memorex drive is pretty light. AData provides security software to encrypt your data, while other manufacturers provide software to sync your flash drive with data on your computer. AData has a thick rubber outer shell to protect the drive when dropped and in your pocket. There is no patch cable included with the Memorex either. One was needed for the Simpletech and AData, for they would not fit in my laptop without one. Conclusion: If you want a flash drive that screams, get the Memorex Travel drive. It may not have a lot of software or features, but it will read and write files quickly. Thank you to Geeks for letting us sample this drive. Pros:
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