Kingston DataTraveler Max - 1TB - USB 3.2 Gen 2 Flash Drive Type-A - Up to 1,000MB/s Read, 900MB/s Write

I have had a few Kingston USB drives in the past and to be truthful, was never very happy with the write speed, read speed was Ok, so this was a surprise, on benchmark testing using USB 3.2 Gen1 port , read 420Mb/sec. write 409Mb/sec. In real life testing, witting to the Kingston Data Traveler Max from USB 3.2 Gen1 port, video file of 5.59Gb returned a speed of 331Mb/sec. and took 18 seconds, in all fairness this is very good, Went onto copy some work files 9.86Gb (12680 files) I knew this would be a lot slower, jumped around a bit but under 6 minuets at around 29Mb/sec. average, My old stick was around 8Mb/sec. so lots faster for small files from what I am use to. Got 5 stars from me

Not visible in any of the USB on the PC. Cant be formated. CMD disk format wont even recognise it. Updated drivers, scanned pc. I will try Kingston Help center, but this product is defectiveUpdate:As of 27.09.2024. I have a replacement from Kingston and this one works fine.Might have been a defective unit.I have updated my rating accordingly.

Really fast for a USB stick but it does heat up fast and it's wrapped in cheap plastic!

I have a few of them and they are really fast. However, they are not suitable for booting the system, at least I have a problem with them on several systems qubes, unix and linux variants Great for transferring video or audio files.

Worked well initially, but crashed while transferring a few films from laptop to stick. Stick is now completely unusable and undetected by windows. I have maybe used this a dozen times and it is now a total brick.Utter rubbish.Amazon return procedure tells you to contact Kingston, which in itself is unacceptable. As it stands I've emailed Kingston to obtain a returns 'RMA' number. We'll see what happens...

Ultra fast performance but can get a little warm when in use

At speeds like that shown on the screenshot, I can live with the stick being a bit long. tested files at 1Gb upto 5GB all with +780 MB/s writes and +950 MB/s reads this was attached to a 2019 iMac via the 40GB/s thunderbolt port.Feels well made and has a understated styling. You get a reassuring click when pushing the USB-C connector all the way out. There is a slot to fit a substantial lanyard if needed. When not in use the connector can be pushed back and protected from damage. The 256GB is a nice size and doesn't unduly compromise space vs price.Only problem now is, all my other USB sticks are going to be way to slow for me lol!Definitely a worthwhile purchase

Nice and quick but failed completely after one and a half years of light infrequent use. Build quality is terrible, flimsy plastic. Returning to Amazon under warranty for full refund to replace with alternative of better build quantity.