9 best Usb flash drives

In fact, this device is an external SSD-drive with USB 3.1 interface, so it has all the advantages and disadvantages of the latter. The main interest is the solid speed of writing small files, unattainable for a “regular” flash drive. If you regularly have to copy many books in electronic format to a flash-carrier or to make a backup of the database, you understand the importance of the named characteristic well. In this sense, SanDisk's Extreme lineup has virtually no competitors in the market. Not even the “Pro” version. With large files, things are even better, but this is not surprising. The second nice thing is the lifetime warranty on the product.

A conditional disadvantage of any SSD devices is the need to periodically perform “garbage collection” on them (execute a TRIM command). Otherwise, the performance of such storage drops noticeably over time, and the recommended model is no exception.

Proven by time and numerous owners of USB-drive "small" volume, an important advantage of which is the memory type MLC.Recall that most modern flash drives "built" on TLC-chips, cheaper, but having a much smaller resource. In other words, if you intend to use the drive intensively with constant overwriting, you should prefer the “outdated” memory.

The design of the gadget is as simple as possible and, due to the peculiar corrugation of the case, quite practical. Nevertheless, the JetFlash 780 looks solid and impressive. The manufacturer promises a read speed of up to 140 and write up to 40 MB / s. Of course, the real averaged values ​​will be more modest, but not radically. What Transcend Information Inc. is really worth praising for is the relatively truthful declared specifications.

Status flash drive, focused on the transfer of large files. The manufacturer claims a speed of 350 and 250 MB / s for reading and writing, respectively (for models with 128 and 256 GB). The real picture essentially depends on the material being copied and the connection features. And even the nuances of the implementation of the protocol USB 3.1 controllers of motherboards are important. Nevertheless, everything is very worthy, with the exception of the existing “nothing” - the model is terribly slow during small-block copying. Actually, this reason did not allow to position the HyperX Savage drive in the category “The fastest ...”.

We especially emphasize that this flash drive is not suitable for working with tiny files, for all other tasks it is a very good choice. Another gadget has the original design and high-quality matte coating of the case in the spirit of soft-touch. By the way, in order not to lose the cap, it is proposed to wear it on the "tail" of the product. The large available volume of frequent rewriting is unlikely to suggest, but just in case, we note - here MLC-type memory chips are used.

In principle, everything said about the 128-gigabyte HyperX Savage flash drive is also true for this model (which cannot be said about the 64 GB version, which has a completely different speed formula). Taking into account the declared speed of the gadget, it makes sense to recall that you can adequately evaluate it only with the help of a computer or laptop equipped with a solid-state drive, but a classic hard drive will become in such a bundle a bottleneck.

Returning to the recommended device, it remains to say a few words about its shortcomings. First, it is more than 12 mm thick. On the one hand, you can’t plug anything into the parallel USB port. On the other hand, pull out a USB flash drive of a similar design is easy and simple. Even the densest nests. Secondly, a limited warranty. Still, five years for this price range - not enough. Well, the main, about the speed of copying "little things", was mentioned earlier.

However, the acquisition of a flash drive on a half terabyte for transferring thousands or even hundreds of individual small files is beyond the meaning. After all, nothing prevents you from creating one large archive without compression on a PC and copying it.

Apple’s position on memory expansion is well known. Nevertheless, the App Store has a special application from AData that allows you to share content between Apple devices and flash drives of this manufacturer. In other words, at a minimum, support for these Flash drives is officially approved. Now, lovers of photo and video can do their best hobby without thinking about the free space, even in places with communication problems and lack of access to the “clouds”. Moreover, media content directly from a flash drive can be broadcast to an external playback device (via AirPlay). And given the presence of the i-Memory UE710 and high-speed USB-interface (in addition to Lightning), the gadget has all the chances to get considerable popularity among users. Unfortunately, the exchange rate is not impressive. Approximately 90 and 30 MB / s for reading for USB and Lightning, respectively, and for writing, up to 20 MB / s in both cases.