Top Best & Worst USB Flash Drives - Testing Results!
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- I bought 30 random usb flash drives and tested them all to know which one is the best. Here are my commentaries on each of them with my results.
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►SEKC Hook Memoria: amzn.to/3Lv0bRE
►WANSENDA Usb Drive Dual: amzn.to/3LsEAcs
►SanDisk Ultra: amzn.to/3Lu59xI
►Verbatim Pinstripe: amzn.to/44X8Umk
►Strontium Nitro: amzn.to/3rfNu6j
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►Patriot Supersonic Rage Lite: amzn.to/3ZoDAMf
►PNY Elite-X Fit: amzn.to/3t1NZBu
►SanDisk Ultra Fit : amzn.to/45Xp9kP
►HP v150w: amzn.to/3rsfLX8
►MMOMENT MU37 : amzn.to/3ZoDKmP
►Verbatim ToughMAX: amzn.to/3PmNKbI
►Kingston DataTraveler Kyson: amzn.to/3PfV6xm
►Gigastone Z90: amzn.to/3EIhRVV
► SanDisk Cruzer Force: amzn.to/3PpyeeV
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► SAMSUNG FIT Plus: amzn.to/3EK7bWY
► SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Go: amzn.to/3Zkawpb
►SanDisk Ultra Flair : amzn.to/3sUoFNv
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A table having all the flash drive names and performances would have really been convenient.
theres a table the whole video
The winner is spot on here man, i have the same sandisk and i dropped my laptop and it bent at basically a full 90 degrees, plugged it in and? still works.
This channel here is the most real and genuine review of each and every different USB Flash Drive makes and models. Kudos to Tricks Tips Fix! 👍
One thing that I've noted with USB flash drives over the years is that the smaller the drive, the worse the performance. A good USB flash drive, especially ones with higher capacities need to have a larger footprint to accommodate more components and provide better thermal performance.
Mediocre flash drives are everywhere but I'd highly recommend that you stay away from them especially for capacities > 32GB or you'll end up having to deal with frustrating backup times.
Among all the drives I've used, I'd recommend the Corsair Voyager GT/GTX drives(if they are being made anymore) or the Sandisk Extreme/Extreme Pro USB drives for decent write performance.
That sandisk is massive, I have the SanDisk Ultra Fit 128GB and it is good enough for what I need. 60MB write 130MB read.
Especially Kingston Datatravelers are from slow to plain mediocre with only couple exceptions... Despite of brand hype.
@@tuunaes There are many different Kingston DataTraveler models. Most are as you say very slow. But the Kingston DataTraveler Max is very fast. Much faster than any of the models listed in his test.
Hello there, I also had that Sandisk Ultra Flair, your favorite disk. It was not your fault that you broke it. The inner part of the thumb stick is actually hollow. The mouth of the usb stick actually contains the flash storage already. My usb got its plastic cracked. I think the reason of having it metal is that when the usb flash heats up it would cause the plastic to heat up to, over time breaking that plastic and causing you to buy a new one.
I used the winner ( SanDisk Ultra Flair) for 2 years. I sent it back for warranty once because of overheating. The new product has arrived but it is also getting hot. In other words, it provides reading and writing speeds, but it heats up in a very short time and there is a huge decrease in speed. That's why I definitely don't recommend it.
Hi, may I know if you bought it from reputable retailer, random retailer, or directly from Sandisk? Did you deal with Sandisk directly for the warranty claim, or was it honoured by retailer? I'm considering to get one, but reading quite a bit of reports of overheat. There're different speculations of the cause: counterfeit, all USB 3 storage will overheat, or small flash disk will overheat, etc. I'm totally lost 😅
great i ordered the sandisk ultra, a bit cheaper over the ultra flair. and i don't mind it's physical size.
I would love to hear some more about their read/write durability.
I have several of the Samsung Fit drives. They are small. I plug it in and leave it because it is so small. Very durable, as well.
I have a hand full of SanDisk drives, too.
Thanks for doing this! Very helpful!!!
Hi, thank you for this. I thought my old cheap USB Flash Drive (3.0) was really bad at 110 read and 19 write, but compared to others, doesn't seem that bad at all 😂
I'm using the sandisk, I use tiny 10 windows and play video games on it and its ok. I drill a hole or two in the rear for thermal dissipation.
😎👍 SanDisk Ultra Flair for me!
they're durable af, i had one that bent at a 90 degree angle and still worked lmao
I bought the SanDisk Ultra Flair and the numbers dont match, i get 160 read and write 70.
@@ibobeko4309 There are very few USB 3 flash drives that surpass those numbers. Read is always faster than Write.
I have four of USB type C Ultra Dual Drive Go 32GB, they all have overheating issues. Read speed for cold drive is ~160MBps, after heating up (almost instant) it drops to 120MBps.
For the write, they reach 60MBps but only for the first 0,5GB of transfer, after that speed drops to 45MBps, then after transferring total of 1,5GB speed drops again this time to 20MBps, then after 6,5GB in total, transfer speed drops yet again to ~16MBps.
So the average write speed for 10G file is 23MBps.
You should make longer tests for the write speed, your top pick doesnt maintain that speed for much time.
His test is broken, the specs from Amazon are completely different from his tests, his top pick is supposed to be a 4MB/s write speed
Thanks man!
Where's the SSK SD30? It's an excellent drive. It's a big larger than most of the drives you showcased, but it's transfer speeds and construction more than make up for it.
I get 45MBs write on the Sandisk Ultra flare (128GB) not the 94 like you say: 2019 Imac 8 Core I9 24GB memory USB 3.1 bus. What happened?
Came across this video. I recently had a Cruzer Glide break on me after dropping my laptop on the USB side. Solder pads came out with it so damage was near permanent. A fun USB drive to fidget with but not the most durable
I bought last usb , last week i love it
My SanDisk Flair went into read-only after a couple of months of sporadic backup shenanigans :') I also recently bought a SanDisk A1 micro SD card that was corrupted, and I kind of lost my trust to SanDisk.
For me, Samsung Fit Plus is the winner.
You should try the Kingston DataTraveler Max. It's much faster in both read and write than the Sandisk Ultra flare.
very informative and useful, thank you.
Can you review the Datatraveler SE9 G3 as well? DTKN 64GB variant has lower write/read speeds than the higher capacity Kyson variants (128-512GB), which might explain why you've gotten slower than advertised transfer rates. DTSE9 G3 variants have no speed discrepancies according to Kingston. The 512GB variant of SE9 is one of the cheapest for its size - way cheaper than SanDisks, for certain.
hi there. Have you tried the SK 512GB Dual USB C Flash Drive, 2-in-1 External USB 3.2 Gen2? It's a USB drive and it has USB C on one end and regular USB A at the other...I wonder if it is really fast for video recording with my new iphone 15 pro max...easier to carry thanmy Samsung T7 SSD. Also I want to keep the weight to a minimum so that I can use the drive attached to the phone while on a small gimbal like the DJI Mobile 6 which can only carry 290grams. Thanks
Hey man I saw u making vids for jvc problems do u think u can help me out with my jvc tv?
Thank you for review. I have a question. Do you or anyone know which of USB sticks have led light? Almost all of manufacturers take it off hut i want to have one with led light when showing working progress. Thank
How bout a chart showing slowest to fastest ...worst to best ?
Prices not mentioned? $4 for a smallish slow drive is fine for passing to someone when not expecting it to be returned. For critical files/backups.. get a quality drive! Also, some folks have difficulties with using their hands, so a physically larger drive is needed.
The SanDisk 128GB Ultra Flair USB 3.0 Stick you can get for 12€.
You know darn well how to pronounce SekC. You just didn't want to. Come on. Say it with me... SEK-C! Dayum! That thumb drive is lookin' Sek-C.
One video on top hard drive too sir. ❤
HMM,I WOULD PICK SLOWEST ONES.thnen travelinf or having birthday event,they are best flash drive to transfer data and share...and they dont end ewaste atleast
Hi
What sandisk flair did you have 128 or the 64 because the 64 is slower then the 128
Thanks
You can see it in the video. It's 32 GB.
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@@GentlyUsedFrog thank you mr english teacher 🖕👎💩
the one u had on screen at min 7:49 i had one like that with 64GB usb 3.2 and it was slow like 13-15 mb a second and it was near 20$ if i convert romanian money to american $. For that money i got from internet 2 usb 3.2 128gb from team group with 25-80mb write speed.
Thank you for your review! I bought the Sandisk Ultra 3.0 and thought something was broken on my laptop because I was seeing write speeds between 30 and 40 MBps and was expecting much more. Looks like what I am getting is normal and inline with what you found. Thanks!
you should have done the list in order as you explained it.
hi i see that u have made oculus videos in the near past so im commenting on a newer video to gaurentee a response so basically my oculus is charging but its turning off and on over and over and when i try to use the usb setting mode and power it off and on or factory reset it just turns off whenever i let go of the power button
It's Facebook product (social media company mostly)
You need to test more than one of each.
very helpful, thank you
Glad to hear that!
The only problem I got from the last flash drive is the temperature. When I tranfer files I can't touch the drive for more than 5 seconds because it is hot
I tried all my ports but same result
No Samsung bar?
do u have any idea on adata uv150 and sandisk ultra luxe
compare to ultra flair.
Nice video bro
i have a chromebook laptop and was wanting to install windows on a usb so i could use it that way any recommendations??
buy San Disk Ultra Flair 128gb you get it for 12€, it seems a good deal, i have the San Disk Ultra USB 3.0 it is very fast but the Ultra Flair seems way faster.
For Windows 11 you need at least 16gb, for Windows 10 i think it was 8gb but i would take the 16gb just in case, if you have less money a 16gb usb 3 would do the job.
i put a thumb if only you put a table with those flashdisk names and their write/read speed at the end...
how can u check if the size of the USB is what it says ? from experience i Know they sometimes show 1tb or 512gb and turns out they are way smaller in capacity?
Plug into a computer it will automatically tell you
There is a program called H2testw, it reads the size and can verify the size, it can find out forgeries.
really looks like its an absolute no brainer and just pay more for the sandisk flair
A weird thing to note the max speed of usb2 is 60MB/s or 480Mb/s
And no usb2 pendrive ever got this speed
And besides usb3 max speed is 5Gb/s
I had that SanDisk (your top pick) and it just died on me. Can't be recognized. So my opinion of it is not good
Im more bothered about long lasting. As long as it is not too too slow. I have 2nd a 3rd sandisk are the best
22 USB Drive tested and you didn't think to add bookmarks? Poor job.
You need to differentiate between USB 2 and USB 3.
I bought a verbatism flash drive 2 weeks ago, and it already died on me…
WATCHED.
these all are actually pretty bad only one seemed to have acceptable write speeds
Simply put if its from China buy a burger instead, at least there will be some beef in it.
More than half of those You tested are NOT ORIGINALs!! As I can see from Your links, You bought ALL of them from some anonimous sellers, for fake drives they actually perform as expected.
So Your effort is futile, buying some anonimous companies products and compare them with respected brands. (and not even knowing if You have genuine products).
Waste of time!!!!
Thumb DOWN
Who the f is gonna take the worst shit
All of them is a not good, you not have a nothing to 300-500 Mb/s. Now in is have a so many new models where is a very fast more than 300 Mb/s
The question is.. are they able to work at the advertised speed?
@@TricksTipsFixHmmm...
Usb flash are unreliable AF. Gave up on them after several failed and went back to good "old" CD/DVD's.
Usb drives are a bloated products space full of junk made by even well known established brands, being unuseably slow or failing completely in less than a year, something I have experienced many times. More landfill just so a company can make some cash, needs to be illegal.
I still use USB flash drives to transfer data from my devices or to store important data offline disconnected from any network.
you didn't know flash drive cost higher than hard drives 🤣
maybe you buy the fake ones 😂
Can you tell better alternatives to storage outside the laptop photos, videos and documents? Thanks
@@MaraSamsara If you want to store your photos and documents outside your laptop you can : just get an usb drive, Usb hard drive or cloud storage like google drive or dropbox etc..