Review on SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB Flash Drive (2 Pack) – High Performance with Everything But Stromboli Lanyard Included by Alex Gilbert

These drives are cheap and pretty fast (see below for more info). They also look nice, although understandably the metal will scratch from the insert. I'm a student and have the drive on my keychain to give it a little abuse and exposure to the elements, but as of June 2016 it's been going strong. My only concern is that they get pretty hot when in use, especially over USB 3.0. . They don't burn or anything, but I've never had a flash drive (metal or otherwise) that did. (I also find the included "everything but stromboli" strap a bit odd, but it's neither here nor there.) *** Testing Info: *** I used the USB FlashBench software to verify actual performance with compared to the speed of 150 MB/s specified by the manufacturer 15 times faster than USB 2.0 (also for counterfeit detection). On my computer, the drives read at about 141MB/s and write at 101MB/s over USB 3.0. On USB 2.0 they read at 29 MB/s and write at 19 MB/s. In other words, they are about 5 times faster than USB 3.0. These speeds are comparable to other fast drives and for the price I'm perfectly happy with them.