09-12-2007, 05:35 PM
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Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
Hi Guys!
I want to buy a 1 GB Flash/Thumb/Pen drive in a range of Rs.500 or so. As there are many good brands available like, Transcend, Kingston DataTraveller etc. I want one which has a pretty good speed. Which do you think I should go for.
Thank you.
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09-12-2007, 06:32 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
I think Sandisk Cruzer is good. Transcend, especially V series is rather slow.
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09-12-2007, 08:02 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
I also found Transcend to be slow. How much does Sandisk Cruzer cost...
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09-12-2007, 08:15 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
I think so too... transcend is relatively a bit slow...
and price wise... i can have a 1 gb pen drive... kingston for 460 here.. in Manipal
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09-12-2007, 11:35 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
Hows the speed of Kingston...
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10-12-2007, 12:00 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
i personally like sandisk cruzer
it comes with U3 technology which allows you to carry your files,your software on a secure USB drive.
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10-12-2007, 12:06 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
in Kolkata I see ZION USB sticks gives the fastest speed... I dont know what others have felt about ZION USB drives !!!!
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10-12-2007, 12:56 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
I Recently purchased Kingston 1 GB Pen Drive but that's a gift for my friend! One advantage is that it doesnt have a cap. I really have no idea about the speed or data transfer. I heard Sandisk Cruser is good but that was not available in the market!
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10-12-2007, 10:01 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
Zion? Is this a good brand and how much does it cost...
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11-12-2007, 10:19 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
Sandisk Cruser is veryy good .. have a good speed.. i recommend it..
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11-12-2007, 10:28 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
I will suggest you kinston 2 GB
price RS. 600/- (new delhi)
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11-12-2007, 10:33 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
Am using a HP one and its pretty good, some 1 year old and its still fast.
And yeah, the Sandisk Cruzer is a good bet,
The U3 technology allows you to have an antivirus on the usb stick,
which runs when you plugin to a system and checks for viruses.
Regards,
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11-12-2007, 11:03 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
transcend mite b a bit slow but then i gues its the most popular
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11-12-2007, 11:42 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
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I will suggest you kinston 2 GB
price RS. 600/- (new delhi)
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From where in Delhi?
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11-12-2007, 01:19 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
Sandisk Cruzer and Kingston, do they have U3 & Ready Boost technology...
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11-12-2007, 01:47 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
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Sandisk Cruzer and Kingston, do they have U3 & Ready Boost technology...
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Ready Boost, yes both of them
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11-12-2007, 02:07 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
Regarding build quality - Do not buy these
1. iBall (whatevr name it is, the small one)
2. Zion
The build qualty is not good.
Also, when you buy the Data Traveller, buy the previous model, the new one (sliding option) build quality is also not good. I mean http://www.kingston.com/flash/dt100.asp - do nto buy (just my suggestion)
From my experience, the best one is Kingston Data traveller, the previous model
I mean - http://www.kingston.com/flash/datatraveler.asp - best
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11-12-2007, 02:15 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
go for Sandisk Cruser or kingston dear
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11-12-2007, 02:17 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
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Sandisk Cruzer and Kingston, do they have U3 & Ready Boost technology...
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Do NOT use Readyboost on you Flash Drive which is meant for personal use. If you wanna use Readyboost then dedicate a flash drive for that and do not use it for any purpose.
Tho the performance gain is marginal (at least for me and many others) the effect on the life of flash drive is detrimental, esp. on those which you use to carry your data.
Also Transcend V series are very very very very very very very slow!! But one thing I've seen is that it survives water!! (mebbe an exceptional case wid me!  )
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11-12-2007, 02:19 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
moserbaer looks good and works well 
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11-12-2007, 11:48 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
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Also Transcend V series are very very very very very very very slow!! But one thing I've seen is that it survives water!! (mebbe an exceptional case wid me! ) |
Totally agree on both points, while mine is slow, it was not water that it survived, actually I tripped over the lanyard and while the body shellcome out, the machinery was able to hold on to the port, I just attached the tow again and it is working real fine now. They are rugged for sure.
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12-12-2007, 12:09 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
hey, go 4 SanDisk Cruzer they hav good vfm+performance+U3.
Take SanDisk Cruzer Contour 8GB its so cool at its price.... 
Cruzer Micro 2GB n 4GB hav the best vfm.Don't take 1GB its only Rs.200 less than 2GB.
If u r also looking for good build quality,buy d Cruzer Titanium(not dat Micro series r poor build),but they r not vfm series from SanDisk.
I like Transcend jetFlash drives,but only few hav U3.They hav high performance than any other brands.........costs so high too  .
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12-12-2007, 09:53 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
Transcend Jetflash are slow and I dont think they cost high.
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12-12-2007, 10:11 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
 Nope, Jetflash r Vista Ready-Boost ready(I'm not talking abt old jetflash), so its not slow!!!!! MS recommends Transcend Jetflash and Transcend v60(8GB).
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12-12-2007, 10:44 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
go for Transcend... u'll never regret.... be sure not to buy iBall... their transfer speeds are horrible
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12-12-2007, 02:29 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
How about transfer speed in Win XP which doesnt support ReadyBoost...
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12-12-2007, 04:49 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
i have used kingstion and transcent both... but i have seen a speed difference in both these... a single file which transfers to kingston in 5 mins takes 6:20 secs to go in the other one... Your decision
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12-12-2007, 06:32 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
Can someone please post the price of SanDisk Cruzer 2GB Model ?
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12-12-2007, 07:14 PM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
SanDisk Cruzer Micro 2GB- Rs. 750/-
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13-12-2007, 03:09 AM
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Re: Which brand Pen Drive should I buy?
HOw much does a 8gb model cost??????
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