Review on Kingston 64GB DataTraveler Elite G2 - Sleek Black Metal USB 3.1 Flash Drive | High-Speed 180MB/s R, 70MB/W | LED Indicator by Stetson Olsen

A true Kingston fan returning from the past. I like the design very much. Differs from older 2.0 drives in that it is thinner in the miskey ring hole. I understand why, but since it fits pretty snugly in the USB port, getting it out can be a bit of a hassle (sharp edges). Once I put the ring on him it shouldn't be a problem. The speed is phenomenal as I'm not used to 3.0 drives. I don't need to use it very often, so I haven't put too much thought into testing different products. How much performance compared to other products is trivial for me. This drive is incredibly fast! When I first used this drive, I plugged it into one of the USB ports on the front of the case and it worked as expected. The next day I plugged it into the same port, nothing. Plugged it into my hub and it recognized it immediately and ran as above. I tried an older 2.0 version of this drive on the same front port and it worked fine, as did everything else I plugged in there. Tried again and nothing. I'll try a few more times after rebooting and whatnot, but if the problem persists I'll trade it in and see where I end up. Let's hope it's just a bad block, if any. If so I would upgrade to 5 stars as otherwise it works as expected and I wanted this particular design so I'm totally happy with it. UPDATE I can't write more than 18GB of data when the capacity is around 28GB. . I've tried it on multiple computers/operating systems. I was going to return it today only to find out that "this item is non-refundable" so it sucks. I will not buy from this seller again. I emailed Kingston directly to request an RMA. We'll see how it goes. Downgrading to 1 star is just out of spite! :)