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

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great value, large capacity, high reliability, keychain ready, universal for most devices with USB ports

Love it! to make them portable enough to be easily shared. Memory cards are currently the cheapest and easiest way I know to send my content to friends and colleagues. New age design with a decent loop that you can use to attach it to your key ring and/or desk fob. Functionally, USB 2.0 (standard speed) is good for most jobs and sufficient for playing videos (Quicktime (.m4p format) and any music). The write and read times for these drives are in a datasheet somewhere online, but to me it just means it takes about 3 times longer to write files to the flash drive than it does to read them later (which is what most devices do anyway is normal). This is not a "USB 3.0" drive, which simply means it doesn't support higher 3.0 speeds on the newer and faster USB ports. The style is a beautiful and durable metal (aluminum, I assume magnets won't stick to it). My only comment is that I think the blocks were labeled completely backwards: that might be harder to explain, but the gold standard for cables is to print the symbol on the top of the USB connector. In this case, the top says "DTS39 32GB" (I think DTS39 is the model number?). Either way, it's upside down and useless. There is a "Kingston" logo on the bottom which I believe belongs on the top (inverted to read right side up). Check out my photos to see how they look on a laptop with two USB ports on the left (quite common today, but obviously other devices may be built differently).

Pros
  • New to my collection
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