What's Your Opinion On This 64GB Pen Drive?

[koolx]

Hi guys! I saw a 64GB pen drive on ebay called: 'Kingston 64GB DataTraveler 150 USB 2.0 Flash Drive.' The description says it supports SP1 and SP2. But, I got XP SP3. Do you think it supports SP3?

As a side note, I contacted the seller. He said it should work in SP3. He also said that the pen drive might have been released before SP3 was, which explains why the pen drive says it supports SP1 and SP2. So, should I still get the pen drive? Do you think it'll work in SP3?

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[CCT]

You are going to have to learn to do some legwork - Google and read.

eg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820134834

Ask yourself why the Kingston US site doesn't list it?

http://www.kingston.com/flash/datatraveler.asp

[slgrieb]

If I were buying a 64 GB pendrive, I'd most likely buy this Patriot. Corsair would also be a decent choice. I have 4 Patriot XPorter drives of various sizes, and I've used a lot of Patriot memory in system builds. Good products and reasonable prices.

[clauded]

whatever you do never buy a pendrive on ebay you will sooon find out your 64gigs drives can only hold 2 gigs on it,buy from a known good store they are always special deals and at least you will get what you pay for,this is after buying 6 different sticks,just my 2 cents

[Niclo Iste]

Why go to newegg.com or bestbuy to get a good reliable thumb drive when you can use ebay for quality products like this! I don't trust ebay for any electronics out there because of how many people are looking to con the buyers. You can save yourself the headache and money if you just go through the regular venues for electronics.

P.S.
Here is an article that may help you understand why I don't trust ebay sellers.
Tricks to fool buyers
Additionally, this wouldn't happen to be the drive you saw?

[koolx]

You are going to have to learn to do some legwork - Google and read.

eg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820134834

Ask yourself why the Kingston US site doesn't list it?

http://www.kingston.com/flash/datatraveler.asp

CCT, I read your links. One buyer said he bought 2 kingston 64GB pen drives that were totally defective on SP3. So, I guess that answers my question. Thanks for the info.

[koolx]

If I were buying a 64 GB pendrive, I'd most likely buy this Patriot. Corsair would also be a decent choice. I have 4 Patriot XPorter drives of various sizes, and I've used a lot of Patriot memory in system builds. Good products and reasonable prices.

slgrieb, thanks for the info, but that pen drive you showed me is a bit too expensive for my blood. Thanks anyway.

[koolx]

whatever you do never buy a pendrive on ebay you will sooon find out your 64gigs drives can only hold 2 gigs on it,buy from a known good store they are always special deals and at least you will get what you pay for,this is after buying 6 different sticks,just my 2 cents

clauded, thanks for the info and your opinion, but I have bought an 8GB pen drive before from ebay and it turned out to be a very good product.

[koolx]

Why go to newegg.com or bestbuy to get a good reliable thumb drive when you can use ebay for quality products like this! I don't trust ebay for any electronics out there because of how many people are looking to con the buyers. You can save yourself the headache and money if you just go through the regular venues for electronics.

P.S.
Here is an article that may help you understand why I don't trust ebay sellers.
Tricks to fool buyers
Additionally, this wouldn't happen to be the drive you saw?

Niclo Iste, thank you for your show of support. But, from all my 4 years of buying stuff from ebay, I've only had one complaint and that was over a shampoo. But, I am always careful from whom I buy products. I always look at the seller's current history and rating. I always make sure that he's not a phoney. Thanks man.

[slgrieb]

Yes, I once swore I'd never do it, but I'm finding a lot of my old fave sources for laptop parts and printer parts are stocking less and charging more. I think if you're careful about your vendors, Ebay is a decent place to shop. Last summer I bought a paper tray for an LJ4100 from a vendor for $60. The same refurbished tray from my regular vendor was $137.00. Buying from a store on Ebay is pretty much like using any other vendor; you need to spend a little time checking them out. Also, Ebay's policies are very much skewed in favor of the buyer at the seller's expense. And finally, if you use PayPal, that's a virtual ironclad guarantee of getting a refund in any dispute.

[slgrieb]

slgrieb, thanks for the info, but that pen drive you showed me is a bit too expensive for my blood. Thanks anyway.

Lots of the 64 GB drives have had major problems, and there are very few that get consistently high reviews. The Patriot gets great reviews and is about the cheapest high-quality 64 GB drive around. Check out Corsair's pricing.

Personally, I don't have a pendrive with more than 16 GB capacity. By the time you've bought a 32 GB drive, you can buy a 500 GB external hard drive. If you buy one of the 2.5" units, you don't even need an external power source; they're powered off the USB port. They're bulkier, and require more TLC than a pendrive, but offer lots more capacity.

I use my pendrives mostly to transport diagnostic and repair tools (which on a 16 GB drive leaves me with about 98% free space), sometimes move files or perform small backups. Large backups and data transfers are still strictly hard drive territory for me.

[clauded]

just want to specify,i buy a lot from ebay but no pendrive,they have a way to format the drive to say ht e size they advertise but when you check them out you find out you been had,it is a free world and you can do whatever you want but pendrive are too easy to fake,and i say this after a bunch of testing,my 2 cents

[Niclo Iste]

just want to specify,i buy a lot from ebay but no pendrive,they have a way to format the drive to say ht e size they advertise but when you check them out you find out you been had,it is a free world and you can do whatever you want but pendrive are too easy to fake,and i say this after a bunch of testing,my 2 cents

That's exactly what I was pointing out with the links I added at the end of my post. There are just so many ways for sellers to skim or rip you off that it's gotten to be a tiresome game for me.

[koolx]

You are going to have to learn to do some legwork - Google and read.

eg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820134834

Ask yourself why the Kingston US site doesn't list it?

http://www.kingston.com/flash/datatraveler.asp

CCT, I emailed Kingston, the manufacturer of the pen drive in question, and got a reply back stating that that pen drive supports SP3. Weird..

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[CCT]

CCT, I emailed Kingston, the manufacturer of the pen drive in question, and got a reply back stating that that pen drive supports SP3. Weird..

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Yes -it was supposed to be compatible.

However, the reviewers had varying degrees of success using that model of flash drive. The 150 series has been replaced by the 200 series as far as I can tell from their site and that tells you something as well.

As a last comment on this issue - flash drives are KNOWN to have a higher failure rate than external hard drives which have a higher failure rate than internal drives. 2 x 32 GB versus 1 x 64 GB would give you backup and a wopping amount of storage at 32 GB anyway.