FS: Kingston 4GB DataTraveler Pocket USB Drive $49.99

[HammerJoe]

Kingston 4GB DataTraveler Pocket USB Drive (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10084409&catid=10485&logon=&langid=EN&MSCSProfile=3C79F0C7EA3162B2F4DE0859C8631BEA377E76 1BA957AC4F51539EE5C5DDD8B82B901E85AA725F28D1D433E0 1D5A7D71F46C8CFCFEBA876A3369693B254F085284614B4A40 F32E081F1062ADD433CA8585657C37475DCEE01AA4DC6C6897 B944D8741DCDB9B9801783A1E1CA3E03E7CF83C8FF095861A6 11)

Is this a good deal or not?

[Trimmer]

I feel that it's a good deal, I'll be picking up one after work

[parapudaw]

Kingston 4GB DataTraveler Pocket USB Drive (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10084409&catid=10485&logon=&langid=EN&MSCSProfile=3C79F0C7EA3162B2F4DE0859C8631BEA377E76 1BA957AC4F51539EE5C5DDD8B82B901E85AA725F28D1D433E0 1D5A7D71F46C8CFCFEBA876A3369693B254F085284614B4A40 F32E081F1062ADD433CA8585657C37475DCEE01AA4DC6C6897 B944D8741DCDB9B9801783A1E1CA3E03E7CF83C8FF095861A6 11)

Is this a good deal or not?

Definitely a good find... Just wish that this thing got a U3, oh well maybe you can't have it all at that price. :cheesygri

[HammerJoe]

Thanks,

I guess I will pick one as well. :)

[Siefer999]

note to everybody, only buy flash drives if you need them. i know that sounds really obvious but prices are dropping so fast, in 6 months you could probably get a 8gb for that price.

how many of you have like 5+ usb drives at home?

[pigqq]

FYI, the speed of this model DTI/4GBCR is very slow. Big storage does not make much sense for slow read/write speed.

[willy]

FYI, the speed of this model DTI/4GBCR is very slow. Big storage does not make much sense for slow read/write speed.
Agree. According to FS, it's rated 1.5MB/s (write) only. For 1GB or lower, it may be ok. For a 4GB drive, it does take a looooooonnnng while to fill this thing up.

For a few bucks more, you can have this screamer rated 17MB/s write ... http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=011372&cid=990.420

So I personally think this deal is warm at best ...

[coeternity]

btw, costco has 8GB (other brand) for $99

[ItemFinder]

note to everybody, only buy flash drives if you need them. i know that sounds really obvious but prices are dropping so fast, in 6 months you could probably get a 8gb for that price.

how many of you have like 5+ usb drives at home?

Good advice. I only have a 256mb drive, but it suits my needs. In terms of micro/mini/SD cards, I maybe have half a dozen ranging in size from 256mb to 2gb.

[mahjongmaniac]

PM at BB for $4 less...

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10084409&catid=20244

:D

http://www.bestbuy.ca/multimedia/products/large/10084409.jpg

[HowEver]

That's good advice in so many ways. Always a good reminder.


note to everybody, only buy flash drives if you need them. i know that sounds really obvious but prices are dropping so fast, in 6 months you could probably get a 8gb for that price.

how many of you have like 5+ usb drives at home?

[psychoPat]

Agree. According to FS, it's rated 1.5MB/s (write) only. For 1GB or lower, it may be ok. For a 4GB drive, it does take a looooooonnnng while to fill this thing up.

For a few bucks more, you can have this screamer rated 17MB/s write ... http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=011372&cid=990.420

So I personally think this deal is warm at best ...

Not wanting to hijack this thread, but i 2nd you Willy on this one... the OCZ Rally 2 for $2 more (AR) is a WAY BETTER deal....

[dreadknot69]

Agree. According to FS, it's rated 1.5MB/s (write) only. For 1GB or lower, it may be ok. For a 4GB drive, it does take a looooooonnnng while to fill this thing up.

For a few bucks more, you can have this screamer rated 17MB/s write ... http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=011372&cid=990.420

So I personally think this deal is warm at best ...

That little puppy is fast! That's a fantastic price. Thanks for pointing this one out.

[cil254]

Is this (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&MSCSProfile=3C79F0C7EA3162B25DCF0857B6387C8EA63C1F 5EB37E751D794B5C20376FC5C072439605B2283E2B96C9FBFF 65394090D286607B6AFA97A7554368DE2680D7958197E3E846 00F9843AC7F92575BEAAE9FB9F1A4C6E0BA99644A3125D70BB 8C50DD66DDBBAA5A31F41BFAF42AB9C7DC0AF3AEA4126F3091 F8017A22287AEC7FD276E97BE1BCCD0614D13D6FF4437A8146 0381445B6F86BD4023D26B1F0F4E8698D3D62EDD407DB96F30 390048C8AE951DFD7B25856F602403E830BADB6B4D9BAEC4FD 0A431F928948&sku_id=0665000FS10073343&catid=&test%5Fcookie=1) a good deal for 2GB ?
Save $115 LOL.

[Byrns]

Agree. According to FS, it's rated 1.5MB/s (write) only. For 1GB or lower, it may be ok. For a 4GB drive, it does take a looooooonnnng while to fill this thing up.

For a few bucks more, you can have this screamer rated 17MB/s write ... http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=011372&cid=990.420

So I personally think this deal is warm at best ...

Stay away from OCZ drives unless you don't care if your drive dies with your data on it. I've had 2 fail on me now. :mad: You get what you pay for with OCZ.

[AlfredENewman]

Agree. According to FS, it's rated 1.5MB/s (write) only. For 1GB or lower, it may be ok. For a 4GB drive, it does take a looooooonnnng while to fill this thing up.

So I personally think this deal is warm at best ...

Tigerdirect website shows -
Data transfer rates of up 6MB/sec. read and up to 3MB/sec write
for this usb drive

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2927567&Tab=0&NoMapp=0

5 year warranty should also be considered

[shari2002]

Is this (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&MSCSProfile=3C79F0C7EA3162B25DCF0857B6387C8EA63C1F 5EB37E751D794B5C20376FC5C072439605B2283E2B96C9FBFF 65394090D286607B6AFA97A7554368DE2680D7958197E3E846 00F9843AC7F92575BEAAE9FB9F1A4C6E0BA99644A3125D70BB 8C50DD66DDBBAA5A31F41BFAF42AB9C7DC0AF3AEA4126F3091 F8017A22287AEC7FD276E97BE1BCCD0614D13D6FF4437A8146 0381445B6F86BD4023D26B1F0F4E8698D3D62EDD407DB96F30 390048C8AE951DFD7B25856F602403E830BADB6B4D9BAEC4FD 0A431F928948&sku_id=0665000FS10073343&catid=&test%5Fcookie=1) a good deal for 2GB ?
Save $115 LOL.
futureshop always overpriced, this is warm at best.


Tigerdirect website shows -
Data transfer rates of up 6MB/sec. read and up to 3MB/sec write
for this usb drive

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2927567&Tab=0&NoMapp=0

5 year warranty should also be considered
you are right, i have this drive, it is actually 3MB/sec write and 6MB/sec. read

[mahjongmaniac]

note to everybody, only buy flash drives if you need them. i know that sounds really obvious but prices are dropping so fast, in 6 months you could probably get a 8gb for that price.

how many of you have like 5+ usb drives at home?

lol good advice... f/ all these past deals, i'd say most on here have at least 3... XD

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Is this (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&MSCSProfile=3C79F0C7EA3162B25DCF0857B6387C8EA63C1F 5EB37E751D794B5C20376FC5C072439605B2283E2B96C9FBFF 65394090D286607B6AFA97A7554368DE2680D7958197E3E846 00F9843AC7F92575BEAAE9FB9F1A4C6E0BA99644A3125D70BB 8C50DD66DDBBAA5A31F41BFAF42AB9C7DC0AF3AEA4126F3091 F8017A22287AEC7FD276E97BE1BCCD0614D13D6FF4437A8146 0381445B6F86BD4023D26B1F0F4E8698D3D62EDD407DB96F30 390048C8AE951DFD7B25856F602403E830BADB6B4D9BAEC4FD 0A431F928948&sku_id=0665000FS10073343&catid=&test%5Fcookie=1) a good deal for 2GB ?
Save $115 LOL.

lol save $115?

it's only cuz they never bothered to drop the MSRP of a 2gig USB drive... $150 reg. may be the price like 2 yrs ago... :P

[Moebiwankenobi]

That little puppy is fast! That's a fantastic price. Thanks for pointing this one out.

Stay away from OCZ drives unless you don't care if your drive dies with your data on it. I've had 2 fail on me now. :mad: You get what you pay for with OCZ.

I find OCZ drives to be questionable. I've used 2 generations of their ram and had one of their mod stream PSU and they have been really good. Only one set of ram fried on me but RMA'd in less than a week.

FYI, the Rally 2 for some reason does not always work as a ready boost device in Vista. Only about 30% of the people report them working and some saying those made after Nov. 2006 but mine didn't and it was made after that date. Funny thing is my old 1GB Kingston Datatraveller worked and was rated similar to this one on sale, almost half the rated speed of the Rally, LOL

[gurshan]

note to everybody, only buy flash drives if you need them. i know that sounds really obvious but prices are dropping so fast, in 6 months you could probably get a 8gb for that price.

how many of you have like 5+ usb drives at home?


Yeah, many of us have too many flash drives. There's always deal to get them next to nothing after mail in rebates. The 1gb and lower are easy to find for cheap. I found some 2gb kingston data travellers for 22 bucks a few weeks back and bought them for our school.

I need to find some 1gb flash drives for friends. I was going to get the OCZ ones from NCIX, but after reading the preceeding posts, I will reevaluate. Anyone know of some good deals out there for quality 1gb flash drives?

[willy]

I need to find some 1gb flash drives for friends. I was going to get the OCZ ones from NCIX, but after reading the preceeding posts, I will reevaluate. Anyone know of some good deals out there for quality 1gb flash drives?
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=427892

[Career07]

<snip>
FYI, the Rally 2 for some reason does not always work as a ready boost device in Vista. Only about 30% of the people report them working and some saying those made after Nov. 2006 but mine didn't and it was made after that date. Funny thing is my old 1GB Kingston Datatraveller worked and was rated similar to this one on sale, almost half the rated speed of the Rally, LOL

If you buy (I did last week from CC) the OCZ rally 2 make sure it is readyboost compatible: On the front of the package it says "supports readyboost" on the upper left side.

ALso since the OCZ gives lefetime warranty, I read ppl on the ocz forum complained and arranged for RMA for a rally2 which is readyboost enabled.

[Tha_Doggg]

If you guys really want a fast USB drive try the Verbatim Store 'n' Go PRO. You won't regret it. Might be pricey but damn worth it.

[The Kid]

If you guys really want a fast USB drive try the Verbatim Store 'n' Go PRO. You won't regret it. Might be pricey but damn worth it.

These drives are excellent. Speedy with a lifetime warranty.

[Tha_Doggg]

These drives are excellent. Speedy with a lifetime warranty.

4 times the price too :) . Good investment though
http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=&webid=662104&affixedcode=WW

[mahjongmaniac]

These drives are excellent. Speedy with a lifetime warranty.

and according to the DD, i believe his tests w/ various USB flash drives suggest that the speed of Verbatim's store'n go PRO drives are comparable to OCZ's dual channel flash drives !


that's right, you read, correctly,... the Dolph did tests on USB flash drives,... not just blank media :razz:

[ovexi]

Stay away from OCZ drives unless you don't care if your drive dies with your data on it. I've had 2 fail on me now. :mad: You get what you pay for with OCZ.
I read some horror stories about people who lost their vacation pictures after their SD cards died. I would stay away from OCZ.

[TanGU]

I read some horror stories about people who lost their vacation pictures after their SD cards died. I would stay away from OCZ.

Yeah i bought a OCZ dual channel for my computer, had to rma it because of random failure.

After that i bought a 2gig SD card who die on me after taking some good picture, another RMA, and they return the card 2 weeks after that, but it was not new, i was able to recover some old picture they took of themselve (the employee!)

Also, i have pretty bad experience with their Mail-in-Rebate pretty hard to get! have to fight them over email each time, for me, no more OCZ!

[vric]

Stay away from OCZ drives unless you don't care if your drive dies with your data on it. I've had 2 fail on me now. :mad: You get what you pay for with OCZ.

I have 2 OCZ (one 512mb and one 1gb) for 2 years now and they are very reliable.

I also got all 3 of my OCZ MIR.. a bit slow, but got them all.

As for other memory, I have ordered many set of OCZ DDR and DDR2 (reselling PC) and never had a single problem beside 1 incompatible MB (I got a RMA cross-shipped in 24 hours from OCZ). That's with over 50 set of memory.
Same with OCZ Power supply, very good quality.

I know there is some problem with the SD cards, but beside that, their product and services are very good.

[nella]

Yeah, many of us have too many flash drives. There's always deal to get them next to nothing after mail in rebates. The 1gb and lower are easy to find for cheap. I found some 2gb kingston data travellers for 22 bucks a few weeks back and bought them for our school.

I need to find some 1gb flash drives for friends. I was going to get the OCZ ones from NCIX, but after reading the preceeding posts, I will reevaluate. Anyone know of some good deals out there for quality 1gb flash drives?


If you miss the FS deal, I saw a 1GB USB Drives @ Wal-Mart for $14.97.