Summary: I am happy with this flash drive given the price that I paid (under $20). I have always been annoyed by lost caps on other USB drives so I bought this one for the retractable connector. The performance of this dive is decent given the price that this drive sells for (13.87MB/s Read, 7.47MB/s Write, 64MB Files Test).


The drive came with a small keychain tether. I prefer the full sized lanyards that other drives come with but this is sufficient.

The plastic case seems like it may not be very durable but only time will tell if this is really an issue.

My biggest complaint about the dive is the activity LED. The LED is small and not that bright. Most drives that I have used light the LED when idle and blink it when it is being accessed. This drive is the reverse. It only lights when the drive is being accessed. This is no big deal. The problem is the placement of the LED. It is located on one side of the drive, inside the shell near the USB connector. This makes it difficult or impossible to see when the drive is being accessed. When the drive is plugged into the USB port on my LCD monitor the LED faces away from me and it is useless.

SiSoftware Sandra

Benchmark Results
Device Index : 1368ops/minute
Endurance Factor : 14.00
Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better.

Performance Test Status
Run ID : Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 4GB (USB)
Platform Compliance : Win32 x86
System Timer : 3.58MHz

512B Files Test
Read Performance : 7145ops/minute, 59.54kB/s, 0.40X
Write Performance : 928ops/minute, 7.73kB/s, 0.05X
Delete Performance : 1578ops/minute
File Fragments : 1.0
Combined Index : 1878ops/minute

32kB Files Test
Read Performance : 5338ops/minute, 2.78MB/s, 18.98X
Write Performance : 868ops/minute, 462.93kB/s, 3.09X
Delete Performance : 1586ops/minute
File Fragments : 1.0
Combined Index : 1678ops/minute

256kB Files Test
Read Performance : 2280ops/minute, 9.5MB/s, 64.85X
Write Performance : 651ops/minute, 2.71MB/s, 18.52X
Delete Performance : 1516ops/minute
File Fragments : 1.0
Combined Index : 1062ops/minute

2MB Files Test
Read Performance : 394ops/minute, 13.13MB/s, 89.66X
Write Performance : 86ops/minute, 2.87MB/s, 19.57X
Delete Performance : 1152ops/minute
File Fragments : 1.0
Combined Index : 170ops/minute

64MB Files Test
Read Performance : 13ops/minute, 13.87MB/s, 94.66X
Write Performance : 7ops/minute, 7.47MB/s, 50.97X
Delete Performance : 177ops/minute
File Fragments : 1.0
Combined Index : 9ops/minute

Endurance Test Status
Operating System Disk Cache Used : No
Use Overlapped I/O : No
Test File Size : 32MB
Block Size : 512bytes
File Fragments : 1

Endurance Benchmark Breakdown
Repeated Sector ReWrite : 87kB/s
Sequential Sector Write : 78kB/s
Random Sector Write : 4kB/s

Drive
Total Size : 3.72GB
Free Space : 3.74GB, 100%
Cluster Size : 4kB

Physical Disk
Manufacturer : Kingston
Model : DataTraveler 2.0
Version : 1.00
Interface : USB
Removable Drive : Yes
Queueing On : No

Summary: I love this flash drive. It is rather inexpensive, very sturdy, comes with a lanyard...basically for the frugal in you. Although, it doesn't cost you much, this drive doesn't skimp on speed and reliability. Never had a single episode of data-loss, and having used it incessantly for the past few months, I don't expect any in the future. I was able to use this product on Vista with Readyboost, something that isin't advertised...what a BONUS!! I paid $20 for mine, so don't spend more that 25 for your product. Some people complain about speed but it isin't an issue for me.

Hope this review helps.

Summary: I have used this flash drive for a week and I like it.
I used to have a Memorex one that has a cap. I lost the cap on the second day. When I saw this one at such a low price ($18), I bought it immediately. Now I do not have to worry about cap misplace anymore. The size is good too. It's a little shorter than my other flash drive.
The black color looks cool on my keychain. Functional wise, It's been very stable in transfering data and it's faster. I have not noticed any weekness yet.