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Review on Sandisk Ultra Flair 128 GB Silver USB Flash Drive: Reliable and High-Speed Storage by Asahi Akio ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Expectations were not met, average quality.

It heats up a lot, but I don’t see any negative consequences from this. Someone in the reviews made the assumption that a sharp drop in the write speed could be explained by the overheating of the controller, but I did not notice such a dependence, because. both cold and hot - it behaves exactly the same. A couple of times at first I almost lost it because of the small size and "inconspicuous" black and silver color. I attached a large red keychain - now it is not lost. While uploading information occasionally and in small portions (up to 1-2 GB) - ready-made video clips from a camcorder for viewing on a TV - there were no problems, tk. blocks of information up to 1 GB with long breaks (at least a few minutes) writes very quickly. But recently I often record 10-20 GB at a time at once (several videos or a couple of thousand JPG photos in high quality) - and here I am already VERY dissatisfied, because. the recording speed with a copy volume of more than 1 GB becomes like that of the most ordinary flash drive, albeit USB-3 (specifically, yesterday 100 files with a total volume of 15 GB were uploaded for almost 22 minutes, which prompted me to write this generally negative review). In short, I took it for the volume and for the recording speed, but in reality only the volume is in the asset. Now I understand that already with the volume of a flash drive from 16 GB, for me personally, a high recording speed is VERY IMPORTANT, because. at low speed, such volumes remain unclaimed. And here the recording speed pleases ONLY with a copy volume of no more than 1 GB at a time. However, really fast flash drives were almost 2-3 times more expensive at the time of purchase, and this one was only slightly more expensive than the cheapest USB-3 flash drives.

Pros
  • Recording speed with copy volume AT ONCE up to 1 GB - under 90 Mb / s (then drops to 10-12). The reading speed on large files is stable 110-130 Mb / s. Reliability. Before that, I ordered 3 flash drives in a row from various other manufacturers through the online store - 2 "died" within a day, and one more - after a week (this is not normal, right?). This one has been working for more than a year without the slightest criticism, writing-reading-overwriting almost every day for several GB, i.e. works constantly.
Cons
  • When writing a large amount of information - at a decent speed (70-90 Mb / s) it writes only a little more than 1 Gb of information, and then the speed drops to 10-12 Mb / s (2-3 times slower than my other USB-3 flash drive). To restore the fast write speed, the flash drive needs a "rest" for at least a few minutes. For 32 GB of volume, such a write speed is just a disgrace (a full flash drive takes almost an hour even when copying large files of 1-5 GB). Judging by the reviews, EVERYONE DOES IT, but for some reason the manufacturer does not indicate this feature. Or is it a total marriage of all instances of the model?

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October 26, 2022
USB flash drive for Windows boot disk
October 18, 2022
On a flash drive of this size, the speed of such a write speed is very small. It's almost impossible to use this.
October 14, 2022
Everything is fine, I use it with pleasure
October 14, 2022
For such a price tag, just buzzing!
October 13, 2022
Good flash drive, with good speed and appearance.
October 13, 2022
Lightweight and small, good value for money.
October 13, 2022
Great option for work
October 12, 2022
After 2 months, it stopped working in usb 3, only in usb 2 it is determined, the cause of the breakdown is not clear ((
October 11, 2022
Used in Smart TV on android - great for expanding memory - the TV uses it to install applications.
October 11, 2022
I will never buy a flash drive from this manufacturer again.