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Corsair Flash Voyager (1 GB)Corsair Flash Voyager USB drives are rugged, stylish, compact, reliable, and exceptionally fast, making them ideal for transporting MP3s,...
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Corsair Flash Voyager USB drives are rugged, stylish, compact, reliable, and exceptionally fast, making them ideal for transporting MP3s, digital images, presentations and more. With data transfer rates up to 19Mb/sec, Flash Voyager drives are fully Hi-Speed USB 2.0 compliant, and are backward compatible with USB 1.1. They support Plug and Play with most operating systems. Their durable rubber casing is easy to grip and water resistant. These highly portable drives are available in capacities ranging up to 1GB.
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5 Reviews from Shopping.com
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Fast and inexpensive!
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Pros: Excellent transfer rate.
Cons: Can't be made bootable.
The Bottom Line:
If you don't need a bootable flash drive, go for the speed and get the Corsair.
I got this based on speedy advertised transfer rate (87x, or about 13 mbps). I tested this by copying a 300MB file, and got 11.7 mbps actual. This totally blows away my Kingston Data Traveler flash drive (also 1GB, USB2), which I measured at 4.3 mbps.
Unlike the Kingston, the Corsair has a built-in USB hub. You know that familiar "ding-dong" sound you hear when you insert a USB device into a XP machine? When you insert the Corsair, you'll hear two ding-dongs, one as the "embedded generic hub" is recognized, and one as the "mass storage device" is recognized. Both of these devices then show up in XP's Device Manager. The Kingston generates only one ding-dong and only one device shows up in Device Manager.
That's probably not very important to most people, but I believe the embedded hub interferes with making the flash drive bootable. I had no trouble making the Kingston flash drive bootable, but had no luck with the Corsair. As a computer tech, I carry around a lot of diagnostic programs on a bootable flash drive. I think the Corsair is a good, well-priced product, but I need it to be bootable, so I'm giving it to my daughter and keeping the Kingston.
I also don't care much for the rubbery coating on the case and cap. It tends to pick up dust and lint when carried in your pocket. The flexible rubber cap is held on only by the stickiness of the rubber, which will probably become less sticky as it ages and then it may fall off too easily and get lost. (The Kingston uses a plastic snap-on cover.)
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