INLAND Micro Center Super Speed 2 Pack 32GB USB 3.0/USB3.1 Gen1 Flash Drive Gum Size Memory Stick Thumb Drive Data Storage Jump Drive (32G 2-Pack)

I've bought microcenter's store brand usb drives since the days when 16 GB was bleeding edge, and with a few exceptions, I've found them cost effective, reliable (any flash stick can fail, but I've had only a couple of failed drives of several dozen over the years) and decent speed. This current generation I find writes at about 4 megaBYTES per second and read at around 30. I offer one warning about the microcenter brand: From time to time they seem to switch manufacturers; whoever they've used for years makes drives with transparent, tinted shells and activity LEDs. This is the kind we're discussing here, and I recommend them without reservation. On occasion they offer a batch from someone else, detectable by opaque, pastel colored shells and no activity light. I've found the 256 pastel versions work with some PCs, but are not detected by others. Recently, they've offered pastel 512's, also without activity light: the 512's I won't even buy, so I can't comment on whether they're imperfectly compatible like the 256's I have tried. I do not recommend the pastel style drives. These are the tinted/LED style I do recommend. Just be careful you're getting the tinted style; they sometimes don't make the difference clear on their own web site (show photos of the tinted style but actually sell the pastel style.) To summarize, these are the tinted/LED style, and I recommend them without reservation.

You get exactly what you pay for with this product, reliable and useable with good transfer speeds, small form factor, and the cap style is underrated, well made product.

WAS AS DESCRIBED

To begin with, I must admit, I'm just an average computer user. I purchased the 2-pack of the 16,32 & 64GB and one 128GB Flash Drives. When I received them, I did notice several things in regards to them. The cap has a good fit and snaps in place. It fits the end fairly well so I'm not too concerned about losing it. I prefer cap over slide (as in other brands). I usually leave my Flash Drive in place because I only use them for storage. I have no requirement to transfer from one computer to another (yep, retired!) and the body being plastic may have a bearing on a users choice, such as an IT person, someone doing presentations on multiple computers, etc... .The different colors for the different capacities has an advantage over other brands in my opinion. You know "at a glance" type of thing. The lanyard (or strap) hole is a bit on the small side but not really an issue, to me at least. I just used a piece of nylon mason twine for a loop and it satisfies my requirements. For the Professional, this could be an issue. For sure will not fit a split ring used for keys. In my opinion these aren't really made for pants pockets anyway. In regards to read/write speeds, don't look at me for that information. As said before, I only use them for storage of pictures, spreadsheets, or whatever I wish to save. They do seem lickety-split to me and am very satisfied in their performance. In reality, these Flash Drives seem to be a good product and at a very affordable price. I did contact Micro Center over an issue in regards to one customers concerns (the 128GB and formatting). Surprisingly, I got a very, very quick response back. Customer support is excellent and shows me they care about their product.

How can I not love this? (Well, them, as it's a twofer in one plastic wrap.) I've been remiss, as I'd not reviewed this (well, these, as I ordered a handful) when it first arrived, for a variety of excuses, none of which had much to do with anything other than sloth. Instead, I merely dropped them in my drawer with all the other memory sticks of much lesser capacity. Those, typically in the 2GB range, were mostly for me to pass various small (well, relatively speaking; if it were text, they could consume days' worth of reading) bundles of data to friends and colleagues in the cruising community (I lived and cruised on a sailboat for 15 years). However, recently, I got involved in a technical discussion of how to make sure the fuel being used was free of anything which might deter transfer from tank to engine (diesel fuel is prone to succumbing to lots of ways to impede flow, particularly on sailboats where it may not get a lot of turnover). My solution was to have made a fuel polisher. I'll save you the technical discussion regarding those and the process, as it would bore you to tears. What likely is of direct interest, however, is what happened next... I'm a bit anal about recording stuff which is complicated, and which I might have to do again, as I'm doing it the first time. Accordingly, there were double-digit gigabytes of photos of my solution to engine-mounted filter changes (to construct and install a fuel polishing system) resting comfortably in my computer, in their own file, awaiting just such a moment: "AHA," sez I, "I have just the thing!" and proceeded to tell them about my method to insure pristine fuel delivery regardless of whatever calumny might have occurred in their tank. In my case, my polishing system meant that in 15 years of cruising, I never had to change an engine fuel filter - while my polishing filters got changed 4 times (they're enormous by comparison), pulling out the gunge and critters which had been removed before the tank delivered the junk to the engine. But I digress. I ordered these more than two years ago. Most of the other sticks in my drawer, in the marine (salt water) environment, had accumulated a variety of rust on the part which goes into the computer. As the electrical contacts are gold, it's of little electronic issue, but they can also accumulate other grunge, which IS of issue. However, they weren't nearly sufficient to carry all the data in my photo gallery (you knew I'd get here, right?), so I reached for one of these. Off pops the cover. BRILLIANT!! (Yes, that's a Britishism, an approximation of which is "Bravo!!" - which also applies here...) The business end of the memory stick looked like it was just out of the factory, instead of having sat in a salt-water-infused atmosphere for two years. My computer has a solid state drive, and the usual USB 3.x ports. These sticks, despite being a couple of years old, are also USB 3.x enabled... So, to the title of my review: I inserted the stick. "Bing! New device recognized." I highlighted the file with all the pictures of my construction and installation of my computer, right-clicked 'copy,' and moved my cursor over to the "F:\" 32GB flash drive, right clicked 'paste' and before I'd lifted my finger, "BING! Transfer complete..." My inexpensive flash drive had sucked up 15 GB of photos before I had time to watch the process. A pair - depending on your color preference - at under or just barely over ten bux. What's not to like? Better yet, if you're a high-transfer kinda user: Do as I did, and order a 10-pack, for under $4 each (33.99 as I write this review), with no difference in cost for your favorite color...

Great quality and work very quickly. Have not had any issues with these. Pleased with the look as well. Since they have a cap and don’t slide out like some styles they fit in any USB inserts necessary.

I do some light file transfers from time to time. I need USB drives for copying some documents or making bootable USB sticks for reinstalling stuff. I like to use these USB drives for lighter file transfers stuff 1GB and under. Overall the sticks are pretty slow with regards to their speed of writing data they write at about 4-15 megabytes per second. It's not amazingly fast, but it gets the job done. Getting for USB sticks for $20 or so was a steal. If you're doing heavy file transfers of 10-20gb this will be pretty slow at writing that amount of data, but if you're doing light file transfers these will do the job just fine. For bigger files I'd recommend getting a faster USB stick or getting an external SSD to speed things up, but I use these sparingly, so I don't mind they take a bit longer than premium thumbdrives or SSDs. I used to be in IT and we had faster thumbdrives for copying data because we were copying data all the time and we needed faster performance. I use these cheap ones for just stuff for family, friends, or personal use. If you don't mind the slower transfer speeds these drives will do just fine for 90% of home users. For a person heavy into IT or big on High-Performance Tech probably look elsewhere for faster drives.

I've used them on many projects and they've worked for me. I'm able to carry the information that I need without and not worry about damage or carrying big hard drives...