Features:

  • Redefine everyday file transfers with speeds up to 200MB/s
  • Reliable and secure storage for your photos, videos, music, and files
  • Rugged metal casing for durability with key ring to prevent loss
  • Safeguard your data (Water proof, shock proof, magnet proof, temperature proof, x-ray proof)
  • USB 3.1 flash drive with backwards compatibility (USB 3.0, USB 2.0)
Impressive small file transfers

I have to say I am impressed. I installed a full bootable version of Fedora Core 28 (Linux) on this drive customized to allow me to do networking and troubleshoot and repair Windows machines. It ate Fedora alive! I used it on two different machines running USB 2 ports and it functioned better than the native Windows. (My USB 3.0 trials blew me away!) I can not say the same for other flash drives I have tried. A running operating system like Fedora requires a lot of small file transfers to operate and that usually takes a flash drive down to its knees and often corrupts. I have to say I am very impressed. Pros: fast multiple small file transfers USB 3.1 Dang fast! Cons: no write protect switch no activity indicator so small it is easy to misplace weird shape Tip: for write protect, go with Kanguru, but don’t try installing an operating system on them: they drag and drag and often corrupt.

Main Selling Point: Security

There can be tremendous risks with USB flash drives. Some of them must "download drivers" other can infect you in others ways & leave their mark on various devices. I've checked my device drives after some drives & found duplicates. I've had issue with my actual USB drives, etc. This brings me to Samsung. Reputable Korean company. Samsung has too much to loose from making infected flash drives. No questionable files. No downloading. Tiny. Well-made. Attractive. Speeds that match what they claim. DO NOT purchase a flash drive from any device made by a Chinese company. The speeds never coincide & they always want to download something. Based on my experience, I'd limit my SD cars and thumb drives to Samsung, SanDisk and maybe one or two others. Be careful before connecting anything to your WiFi, phone or computer. On Amazon, the name of the company should appear before what the item is. You should be familiar with the name. If not, click on the company name. If they sell tampons, hard drives, blow driers & lawn mowers - random items - it's Chinese. As for this drive, the price, quality, speed, size, design & security make this an easy 5 stars.

Durable and fast.

I got a 300mb/s one as listed, it says so on the box and it does test out. Those who got the 200mb/s should ask for a refund. It barely fits on my keychain but I know it is staying there, I've lost 2 plastic drives in the past when their loop snapped, that will not happen with this one. Reads are near 300 (about 280) and write 50-70 which is normal on a large file. Those who are getting much lower read speed should check they are using USB 3.0+ and that the drive they are copying to is fast enough to keep up, copying to an old laptop with USB 2.0 and 5400 rpm drive is going to give you slow results.

Working great after two months of moderate and almost daily use. Happy with r/w speeds, build quality, toughness.

I pre-ordered the 128gb version from Amazon and received it in late May. I’ve been using it regularly since then. My main use for it is to hold a copy of my library of FLAC, MP3, AAC, and ALAC files. It’s usually plugged into my network streamer. Whenever I purchase new FLAC tracks, I download them to my computer, write them to this drive, and then plug the drive into the streamer. I’ve also used it to move large amounts of JPG and RAW photos from one computer to another. Read/write speeds are as advertised, which is faster than any of the dozen or so USB drives I’ve owned. Build quality is excellent - the drive is tough as nails, yet the champagne color is elegant. It doesn’t feel hot when reading or writing large amounts of files or when plugged in to my computer for long periods of time. It’s not the smallest USB drive for sure. It sticks out about an inch. But it doesn’t FEEL large and clunky to me, the way some heavy-duty drives do. Highly recommended. May I also just say: $45 for 128gb of storage is incredible. There are $1000 Apple laptops that have only 128gb of storage.

Great drive, it's "fast enough", super robust case

I previously had an old Sandisk drive of a similar design, but that one died in less than a month. This is it's replacement, and boy am I happy. I've now had this drive for about three months, and a HARD three months of daily use on a college campus, being plugged in and out of every computer imaginable and having many, many large files moved across it. The unified stainless body is amazing. It *feels* solid- something I haven't gotten with other USB drives. I don't feel scared yanking this thing out of a port like the end of it's going to fall off, and I can put it on my keychain without worry that the ring hole will rip out. The flared rear is one minor point of contention - It flares sideways as well as up, and it takes a little more precious horizontal space next to other ports. However, that's a minor design flaw that I really don't care about. The drive does get warm with use- Not terribly hot, but just warm enough that it's actually quite nice to hold in your hand on a cold winter day. Definitely an improvement over my old Sandisk. Performance is quite good, even write performance, which impressed me. Reads are at 250MB/s and writes at a whopping 60MB/s, faster than I've ever gotten out of a USB drive before. Even the random read/writes stay well above 10MB/s. They do tend to drop if you've been doing a lot of work, probably to prevent too much heat buildup- but if you're just doing office work and such off of it, this drive passes with flying colors. And let's also not forget about the price - Less than $30 for a 128gb drive? Man, I don't even know what to do with all this space now! TL;DR: Buy this drive. You won't be disappointed.

Great car radio companion

The replacement car radio I wound up going with has a USB slot, so I got this to hold music for an upcoming (long) road trip. I fit almost all of my ripped music CD's, as well as my comedy CD's on this 32Gb thumb drive, with room to spare. I don't know if I should be amazed at its capacity, or depressed that 30+ years of collecting music could be reduced to this dinky little thing that I could misplace in a heartbeat. There's no retractable cover for the USB port, but I just leave it plugged in to the radio most of the time anyway. The size, color and appearance keep it from standing out, so theft hasn't been a problem so far, even in a convertible. The metal case is tough, and the shape gives me a firm grip when I do remove it from the radio.

Worth the price

Good: - Unquestionably durable; not run-over-it-with-a-truck rugged I don't think, but for everyday use and abuse it should stand up to just about anything. If you plug it into a USB port and give it a good hard twist, you will likely break the jack before you damage this thing. I haven't tested the waterproof, X-ray-proof, etc. claims (yet,) but I'm confident it'll perform as advertised. - I haven't seen 200MB/sec out of it yet but it's quite fast, fast enough to where I now have a second one for short-term backups, zipping directly to the drive. - The integrated key ring loop is a nice touch; this won't be falling off my keys in restaurants and parking lots as did my last two flash drives. Bad: - The aforementioned key ring loop is a bit restrictive; it took some doing to get it to lie flat with my keys, and even now occasionally pokes me when I carelessly shove my keys into a pocket. - No activity light. Minor shortcoming. Ugly: Nothing. Rather cool looking, actually. Bottom line: It costs a little more than the lesser-brand drives out there but only a little, and the added durability is worth it. Five stars.

Fast for the price, great form factor for key ring, consistent performance across multiple units, stylish - see DiskMark results

Bought three of these Samsung BAR plus in 64GB, two for key chain use, one to have handy on my desk. Made sure Amazon was the seller to help avoid any risk of non-genuine Samsung parts. Just arrived and burned each one in briefly using CrystalDiskMark, so I could both be sure each worked and compare speeds between the units. All three tested within about 2% of each other on each benchmark. Importantly, the sequential read speeds exceeded the claimed 200 MB/s in each case, averaging 224 MB/s. Writes were all 34MB/s. All tests were conducted on my laptop, a Lenovo Flex5, on a USB 3.0 port. Clearly the sequential read speeds take advantage of USB3.0 bandwidth. Overall very pleased for the price and the key chain friendly stainless steel casing. Note I did put a cover on the USB end of each, using the covers from Honbay 40pcs Semitransparent Black and Clear Plastic USB Male Anti-Dust Plug Stopper Cap Cover . I wanted just a bit more protection when used on key chains from dents and the elements. These Honbay covers fit snugly yet come off relatively easily. These feel like TPR, which is good for grip and flexibility. Pros +Fairly fast overall for the price, and clearly very fast at sequential reads. +Good looking, tough stainless steel body +Great form factor for handling - only as wide as a USB port so they won't cause any interference with adjacent ports, a bit longer than the really small USB drives designed to stay mounted all the time, but therefore very easy to get in and out, especially with the raised end near the lanyard hole providing a nice grip. +Hangs just fine on my key chain, a Maxpedition Gear Keyper Maxpedition Gear Keyper, Foliage Green using a FREEkey ring, the absolutely most secure rings you can buy in my experience FREEkey Accessory Ring Spares, 10 Count Cons -wish for faster write speeds -gets warm but not so hot as to be a concern so far No data yet on reliability, will updated if I find any issues. CrystalDiskMark results, below... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CrystalDiskMark 6.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2017 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World : https://crystalmark.info/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s] * KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 224.198 MB/s Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 34.365 MB/s Random Read 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 13.355 MB/s [ 3260.5 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 13.147 MB/s [ 3209.7 IOPS] Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 13.285 MB/s [ 3243.4 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 13.377 MB/s [ 3265.9 IOPS] Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 12.632 MB/s [ 3084.0 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 12.593 MB/s [ 3074.5 IOPS] Test : 1024 MiB [E: 0.0% (0.0/59.8 GiB)] (x5) [Interval=5 sec] Date : 2018/07/03 4:03:29 OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 17134] (x64)

A Beautiful Flash Drive

:::Design::: Beautifully crafted!!! It is about the same length but narrower than the SHIFT key of a MacBook Air. I got the silver one, so that it can hide scratches. The metal feels SOO good in hand!!! I love the design of this drive. :::Speed::: The most important question, right? Well, write speed is below average for a USB 3.1 drive in 2018. I got only 41 MB/s, which is about half of some microSD card. Yes, it might be a deal breaker for some. BUT! The read speed that I got from my MacBook Air is 301 MB/s!!! Which is INSANE! I never saw a flash with such read speed!!! :::Verdict::: Well, these days, you can get a 120GB SSD for $25 - $30 (you'll have to spend at least $7-$10 for enclosure), which will give you write & write speed of > 350 MB/s. But if you want something tiny & stylish, this flash drive a very good one. I will definitely recommend this drive, if you don't mind sub 50 MB/s write speed.

Great bang/buck - "next gen" USB flash storage

Read speeds as advertised (see images) at around 300MB/s, write speeds around 50MB/s - great size/storage and a nice, premium feel. Gets warm but not too crazy hot.

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