SanDisk 4 GB Cruzer Micro USB Flash Drive with U3 (SDCZ6-4096-A11) | List Price: $97.21
Discount Price: $11.95
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Brand: SanDisk
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 2 years warranty
Features: - U3 smart enabled
- Retractable USB connector eliminates the need for caps
- Brilliant amber LEDÂ
- Loaded with four U3 programs
- Easily carry and transfer key documents, pictures, music and video clips
Love the U3 addition [Posted on 2008-07-02]
The U3 addition is wonderful!!!... I am considering getting one for each of my children. This way they can customize it to their needs. It's like a little puter without the monitor and keyboard. Hubby loves his!!
Worked great, until it SUDDENLY DIED in under a year [Posted on 2008-07-11]
Yes. You can remove the nasty bloatware. But when it works fine in the evening, and then suddenly doesn't in the morning? Inexplicably. Suddenly. Just stops working, after 10 months of working perfectly?
And all SanDisk does is confirm it's the drive with a verbal shrug, and gives no explanation, let alone any data recovery options.
A little *too* at home on my computer... [Posted on 2008-07-14]
First, the good news: the drive speed is okay. It is not blazingly fast by any means, but like other jump drives, it's not really intended as a hard drive replacement. If you want extra space on your hard drive, this is a reasonable option. It's nice to just be able to stick something in your pocket and be able to carry some movies or music with you to enjoy elsewhere, without having to bring CDs or an external hard drive.
Now, the bad news: the U3 software the drive comes with gets a little too comfortable on your computer. As mentioned in other reviews, it is installed automatically the first time the drive is plugged in, without asking first, and it floats annoyingly in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. Its menus consist almost entirely of ads for McAfee, Skype and others. Its eject function is rarely successful, and it almost always complains when you use the Microsoft built-in hardware remover.
Overall, it is a functional product, but it is less well-behaved and much creepier than comparable drives from Kingston (which are marginally cheaper anyway--go figure). There are drives out there that don't come with hassles like these.
Excellent Drive [Posted on 2008-07-14]
The drive does come with software that I don't use, but it doesn't mean I won't use it since some people do use it. The software is not compatible with Vista but since I don't use it, I don't care. It's not much of an inconvenience and I haven't had any problems with the device.
Only reason I'm writing this review is that I was amazed by the quality of this product. I lost it in my laundry hamper, and it unfortunately went through a heavy cycle in the washer and later on a heated cycle through the dryer. I thought the device was toast and my files lost, but that wasn't the case. My files are in tact and I'm still using the same drive a month later (hope it doesn't fail, but if it does, at least I'll know why).
A lot in a little package [Posted on 2008-07-19]
I've had this flash drive for a few years now, and I have to say it is one of the best. I like the retractable USB because I don't have to worry about losing the cap. (Although I recently learned that the colored loop at the end of the Kingston is to hold the cap.) The U3 launchpad is really cool. You can add or remove programs as you wish and you can enable a security feature that requires a password to unlock the USB prior to use so if you lose it, no one can delete your files and steal you flash drive! I think it's easy to use (most USB drives are) but if you can't figure out how to change anything, I suggest reading the directions. It will take about 2 minutes, which is a reasonable amount of time to spend on reading.
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