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Review on 10-Pack of Enfain 1GB USB Thumb Drives in Vibrant Orange – Highly Visible and Convenient by Mike Bogan

Revainrating 3 out of 5

6.5MB write / 18MB read (average) = very slow. Check your drives for errors before transferring important data.

I bought 60 of them. So far I've used 30 and one of the drives has failed. One of them showed a capacity of 124MB instead of 8GB, and formatting didn't help. Also, another drive caused the repair service to corrupt when reconnected to the Windows 7 computer after the first write session (probably a bad sector on the chip). Finally, they're pretty slow when it comes to writing data - all 30 have an average write speed of 6.5MB/s (very slow) and a reasonable but slow read speed of 18MB. Recording to an 8GB hard drive at 6.5MB/s takes 20 minutes (not good for pre-show preparation)! In general, I'm certainly glad I have them on hand, but I wouldn't buy them again. The reliability of the data is far below the norm, and the transfer speed is weak for a modern flash drive. You must check each disk for data integrity after the first transfer (and this wouldn't be necessary if they were of better quality). I also suggest that you format each drive before first use. The best thing about these drives is the design. The material has a firm feel and nice texture, fit and finish, and colors. Very professional. Unfortunately, the interior is mediocre.

Pros
  • 1GB x 10 = 10GB; with original chip real flash memory
Cons
  • some difficulties