OCZ, OCZUSBATV8G, ATV USB Flash Drive 8GB

List Price: $50.99 Discount Price: $35.52

Features:

• Device Type - Flash Drive
• Storage Capacity - 8GB
• Storage Interface Type - USB2.0
• True Plug and Play (Compatible with MAC OS X)
• Dual Channel Technology

Customer Reviews:

Great drive for the price. [Posted on 2008-04-17]
The price for this drive is now down where it should be. Previous reviewer was correct, and I bought mine months ago elsewhere.

Drive is well-build. Seems reasonably fast. The cap does not snap on, it is friction fit. Because the entire stick is covered with a rubberized material and is quite 'grippy', I have had the cap come off of it a few times taking it out of my pocket. Something to be aware of.

Oddly, the light stays on the entire time it's plugged in. It flashes when written to, then just stays on. Not sure if it's suppose to do that or not.

I was looking for a durable USB stick to carry around wherever I go and I like this one very much.

Almost as advertised... [Posted on 2008-05-31]
Received the flash drive on time and it performed as advertised. It is physically durable and performs very well.

Issue: The drive is substantially thicker than it appears. For those with systems that have the USB ports stacked one above each other you will find that using both ports when using this flash will be a tight fit. I typically plug my external HD (standard USB cable plug) in the bottom port and this drive in the top. The two items sit snug against each other. If you pull on the flash drive to remove it, due to the coating and the snug fit it will pull out the other connection with it.

Other than this I recommend this product to anyone looking for a good physically durable flash drive.

Just after the return window closed, it broke [Posted on 2008-06-05]
We purchased three of these USB flash drives, which had been recommended to us as being extremely sturdy.

A few days after the Amazon "return window" closed--and after a maximum of ten insertions and removals from the USB slot---one of the drives left its usb "plug" in the slot when we tried to remove the flash drive. The USB plug had to be removed from the computer's USB slot with pliers since not enough was sticking out to grab with fingers. And, due to Amazon's "fantastic" return policy, we can't return the drive. Handy for Amazon, eh?

If you are looking for a trouble-free, sturdy USB flash drive, well, you may want to keep looking---these don't seem to qualify. When one out of three items purchased fails after ten uses, it is not my idea of a good-quality product.

This is the LAST time I purchase anything like this from Amazon. At least, until they change their return policy. I guess I'll see if the manufacturer is any better at customer service (than Amazon).

Works great [Posted on 2008-06-20]
Yep, it's a flash drive. Liked it so much I bought another one. Looks cool and has pretty good I/O speeds. Coated with a grippy colorful rubber exterior and has a BRIGHT orange activity light. The only downside is the chain that holds the cap holder. It opens easily. I made the mistake of putting the drive on my keyring and almost lost the drive when the chain broke.

Awesome product! Best Performance Pen drive on the market [Posted on 2008-09-28]
Installed Linux OS on the pen drive and run smoothly thanks to the great write/read speeds.

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