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Kingston DataTraveler 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive DT100/16GB
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| List Price: | $42.99 |
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Product Description
You've trusted Kingston's DataTraveler with your most important files. Now Kingston proudly introduces the sleek and capless DataTraveler 100. It holds all your documents in an affordable, convenient device and helps budget-conscious users break storage barriers, allowing them to easily store and move large files in a device no bigger than a pocketknife. DataTraveler 100 was built with simplicity in mind, allowing you to focus on your data. The USB connector is safely housed inside the sleek case, so you don't have to worry about losing a cap. DataTraveler 100 is available, with 16GB capacity, offers you plenty of room to hold just about any document, from term papers to digital images, spreadsheets, music or other important data files. Backed by a five-year warranty and Kingston's legendary service and support, DataTraveler 100 is a reliable, inexpensive solution for carrying digital files with you anywhere you go.
Product Details
- Color: BLACK
- Brand: Kingston
- Model: DT100/16GB
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 2.64" h x .35" w x .80" l, .3 pounds
- Hard Disk: 16GB
Features
- Compliant ¿ designed to Hi-Speed USB 2.0 specifications
- Convenient ¿ pocket-sized for easy transportability
- Simple ¿ just plug and play into a USB port
- Practical ¿ USB connector protected within case
- Guaranteed ¿ five-year warranty
Customer Reviews
It does the job the ad promised.
I am quite satisfied with it.
The main problem I had at first was that the multilingual instructions ripped when I tore open the package, but the lost versions were not any that I needed; I would suggest folding them instead of having them take up the entire package.
As for the functionality of the unit, it does seem a little slow at times (I transferred 5.6GB of files to it, and it took a while, but putting them on a diferent flash drive from that one was even slower), but overall, it performs adequately for my needs.
As for the lack of a transfer LED, I don't really miss that. I am watching the files transfer with a monitor window so don't need a light. And those lights take USB power and will degrade the performance of an unpowered hub.
Maybe when they get cheaper, I'll buy a 32!
I think everyone ought to try these and experience their excellent storage capacity (and that they apparently stand up to being washed :) ).
PRETTY GOOD, SO FAR
This product is pretty good so far. It has a lot of memory and for the price, you can't go wrong. I saw a Kingston 2 GB for about $20 in some store, and this one is 16 GB for this price. You can't go wrong. The best part is that I don't need a cap or anything, just slide the button. Definitly recommend this product.
16 GB DataTraveler is good, but....
The 16 GB version of the Kingston DataTraveler is fine, but with one caveat. That is, it is much faster if the file system is converted to NTFS. All of the USB thumb drives (and most external hard drives I have found) come formatted with FAT32. I know that this is for compatibility with older versions of Windows (and MACs?), but if you are using a Windows system with at least Win XP on it, the drive is much faster if its file system is converted to NTFS. Other than this issue, the drive seems to work fine and is very fast now that it is using NTFS.
