Kingston absent, which brand to go for???

[sude]

dear users,
recently my PC suddenly stopped accepting any floppy disks for the second time. the first time i had to settle for a new floppy drive, though the current situation is same but i am not in favor of buying a new floppy drive.. Neway i have thought of purchasing a pen/flash drive as a substitute for my F' Drive.

i have decided of purchasing a 256mb pendrive. and the brand to go for is an important aspect. Though majority of the forum users recommend Kingston over Transcend (for its ruf n tuf nature and its 5year warranty), and digit's Agent 001 recommends "Kingston, Gigabyte, Transcend and others" (see page95 of diGit's April 2006 issue). After an extensive enquiry i have come to know that there are no dealers for Kingston in my locality (Durgapur, West Bengal), in such case which brand to go for???? as kingston is absent i am compelled to consider other brands (like transcend, Frontech). i have enquired about transcend jetflash120 256mb priced at Rs.1200.

1) Do you think that a pendrive from transcend would be a worthy choice??if so which model??
2) my budget is Rs.1500, do you think that i can get a 512mb pendrive within my budget?? if so of which brand??

3) i think it is not that everyone's owning a kingston or transcend pendrive... some may even have some other brands pendrive/s! i would like them to post a brief note about their Pendrive. (please mention brand, capacity and price).
4) i have one query... can a USB2.0 Pendrive run on a machine having USB1.1??

-SUDE
<>Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.<>

[Vishal Gupta]

1.) 100 %, Just go for it.
2.) Yes!

256 MB -> 1100
512 MB -> 1500
1 GB -> 2100

3.) I trust only on Kingston/Transcend
4.) Yes!

[Ankur Gupta]

wen transcend is available dont look for other options and yes u will get 512MB drive for 1500 bucks.

[nil_3]

Transcend Jetflash Pendrive 256MB costs Rs. 650/- in Kolkata! With TWO years warranty! Just purchased.

[sude]

dear nil really is it available for rs650??? would u give me the contact no. of the shop from where u have bought it please!!! i would like to show the retailer here, the difference...

-SUDE

[sude]

dear ankurgupta would u please specify which brand is available regarding the 512mb pen drive!!!

-SUDE

[Kniwor]

1 Gb transcend is available for 1800...
just wantet to know is this true.... i think i'm mistaken here.... i doubt this

[nil_3]

Sude wrote:"dear nil really is it available for rs650??? would u give me the contact no. of the shop from where u have bought it please!!!"

I purchased the Transcend JetFlash (Red colour model) at Rs. 650/-(plus 4% VAT) from:---
ARIHANT INFOTECH
3 BIPLABI ANUKUL CH. STREET
BESIDE SHABIR HOTEL, CHANDNI CHOWK
KOLKATA 700072
Phone No. 2212 7871,2215 5289.

[nikhil ramteke]

i trust only on transcend,i hav purchased of 1gb jet flash for Rs.950 only....just go 4 it.....dnt think 4 other.......
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Originally Posted by Kniwor

1 Gb transcend is available for 1800...
just wantet to know is this true.... i think i'm mistaken here.... i doubt this

as i said above sir i hav purchased with Rs.950 only....

[Ramakrishnan]

Transcend 1GB jetflash is available in Mumbai at Rs.850/-. I just bought it and and even verified it's s.n. on their website. I also got bill and warranty.

[janitha]

With prices coming down like this,isn't a warranty for 5 years practically meaning less. Still of course, only reputed and durable brands dare to give long warranty periods.

[prasad_den]

Why would one want to revive a 6 month old thread and compare prices..!!!???