Review on Kingston DataTraveler SE9 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive for Reliable Data Storage (DTSE9H/32GBZ) by Larry Simpson

I have been using these USB drives for over 2 years now. I have 2 silver 16gb, 1 silver 8gb, 2 gold 16gb. Some are used daily/weekly, others for longer backups. Nobody has let me down. They drew me in because they are in a seamless metal body and look like they could take some abuse. I decided to leave this review after accidentally skimming over some of the 1 star reviews. I feel like people lose their logic and just look at the numbers, they don't count the percentage of GOOD reviews. Currently, as of 12/30/14, the reviews are about 90% positive and 7% negative, with the rest of the reviews being 3 stars. Considering that people are much more likely to leave comments when they have had a negative experience, it means that more than 90/100 people who bought this device are satisfied or agree with it. There is nothing wrong with these statistics. While I understand that some devices will fail, that doesn't mean Kingston is unreliable or should lose confidence. There's a reason there's a guarantee, no manufacturing process is perfect. If you base your purchasing decisions on products that have 100% customer reviews, you will most likely not buy anything. While I'm sure some of the 5-star reviewers can be challenged, I've noticed a few 1-star reviews that simply say "product is broken", "cheaply made", "major design flaw". then don't go into detail. It's a metal case with no seams, the main thing reviewers complain about is the peeling adhesive holding the plastic flash drive inside. I understand this is a very important bug, but expected. Metal is glued to plastic, it will never be perfect. I never had the inside like people said. and they're used quite often when I'm working with automation hardware and software. I'm always working on my laptop and transferring files to/from machines. I have them on my key fobs, they always bang against each other and countertops when I drop them on my counter/table/toolbox. Every time I connect this device, it is recognized and ready to use. My main drive has been in use for over 2 years and has been plugged and unplugged probably over 1000 times, dropped dozens of times, adjacent keychain items abused many times. It was probably used on 100 different computers. Maybe I just took the best of everything? As for the durability of these devices, I would say that they are worth the money. Memory has become very cheap. When I bought them they were $10 for 16GB. In my opinion they are worth it if they last a year. As for people complaining about data loss. with any form of backup, as long as you rely on a device. your practice is wrong. Redundant backups should always be used for important data. This usually also applies to backup hard drives! You should never copy important files to these devices and delete the original. Large companies back up their data with multiple types of redundancy, multiple network drives, and the like, because they know a device can and will fail. This is no different for private individuals. If I store important data in my company on one of these devices and it fails, I would lose important files. They'll look at me and I'll take the blame just like that. Well that would be my fault!