Patriot Supersonic Magnum 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model PEF64GSMNUSB Patriot Supersonic Magnum 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model PEF64GSMNUSB

Pros: Super fast, relatively affordable, looks awesome, and it has an aluminum shell.

Cons: Slightly higher price than other flash drives, but you get what you pay for. Also, I wish they made this device narrower, not so much of an issue with stacked USB ports but if it's side by side like my laptop it can run into

Other Thoughts: If you're tired of waiting for your files to transfer, this is the ticket to one of the best USB drives. I may have to purchase another one of these bad boys in a larger size.

Pros: I gave it 4 eggs and not 5 because it has not died, hope I didn't just jinx myself.

Cons: it looses 1 egg because its not as fast as claimed, yes is runs on 3.0 controller, but its fine, the one nagging thing is the lack of an LED, Patriot are you listening to anyone? all the reviews on the web state the same, put a darn light on it already.

Other Thoughts: maybe next year the next batch (generation) will have an LED and be a bit faster, honestly its 2013 already speed these things up again, or someone invent a flash drive using thunderbolt and price it right, they will sell like hot cakes.

Pros: ~100MB/sec

Cons: 1) Consistent file corruption when writing from my laptop to the Patriot Magnum. (No problem when writing same files to a USB3 external HDD, for comparison.) File corruption makes this unusable.
2) Physically too wide. Overlaps adjacent side-by-side USB port.

Other Thoughts: Too bad. This one is going back for a refund.
The Patriot Supersonic Magnum is fast enough to be usable - roughly 100MB/sec when writing or reading 50MB camera files. But it consistently gives write errors and corrupts files, so that kills it.
Also, it is physically too wide and overlaps adjacent side-by-side USB ports.

Pros: No Pros.
I can't get it to write files without corrupting them.

Cons: Corrupts files.
Physically too big. Won't fit in side-by-side USB sockets when a device is in an adjacent socket.

Other Thoughts: This is going back for a refund. Very disappointing.

I tested it multiple times with various files and scenarios. It always corrupts some of the files I try to write to it. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
It came formatted FAT32. I tried formatting it with exFAT and then with NTFS. Both quick and then full. Still no difference. Every attempt at write resulted in some corrupted files.
Also, it is so physically wide that it overlaps adjacent side-by-side USB sockets.

Tested with a folder of 100 RAW NEF camera files, each about 50MB in size, for a total of 5GB. Tested on 2 computers: desktop and laptop.
"Write" 55 sec = 91MB/sec.
Read 38 sec = 132 MB/sec.
Write is in quotes because it corrupts some of the files when it writes them.

With its speed, this could be a highly usable USB stick.
But because of the file corruption and physically unusable size, this product is a total failure. Very disappointing. I expected better from Patriot.

Pros: Poentially large space if it works.

Cons: Lots for file corruption and a lot a times the write speeds are KB/sec. I have requested RMA. We shall see how it goes.

Pros: None

Cons: Never recieved second package and it shows the same tracking for both.

Pros: I'm getting pretty good speeds with USB 3. Was averaging 200MB/s and 150MB/s read and write speeds respectively with a very large file. I was only averaging 90MB/s with my brother's Corsair USB 3 drive.

Cons: Like others said, this is a very wide flash drive, about twice the width of a USB connector. Docked one star for shoddy construction. Within the first few uses, the blue plastic on the end came off when I plugged it in. Nothing some stronger glue won't fix probably.

Other Thoughts: Great performing drive, but could have made a better casing.

Pros: Works as expected. Fast data transfers.

Cons: None

Pros: This is my second drive.
Fast on both USB2 (easily max speed every time) & USB3.
Getting 110MB/s write & 220MB/s read throughput with writes varying from 128k to 8MB overlapped using ATTO Disk Benchmark.
Price has come down considerably since my previous purchase.

Cons: With the FULL and latest NEC / RENESAS USB 3.0 Host Controller drivers on my Vaio F-Series laptop (see station-drivers.com), I am finally able to get the unit recognized as USB3, but not without having to unplug/replug a few times. But I suspect this has more to do with NEC / RENESAS or Sony's implementation.
Wide - blocks other ports unless you use a usb3 cable.
Cap not integrated, and cap has no eyelet for lanyard attaching to body, so can get lost easily.

Other Thoughts: I gave it a poor rating before when I could not get USB3 connection (always usb2) on my Sony Vaio F-series laptop, but that seems to be fixed now w/latest drivers, albeit not perfect. Speed is incredible - better than most mechanical HD!

Pros: Getting 150-165MB/s write and almost fully sustained 275 MB/s Read spead.

Cons: Big bulky and blocks the use of adjacent horizontal port(s).

Other Thoughts: System used
Motherboard: Asus Rampage Extreme 2, intel i7 960 CPU
Usb3.0 Addon Card: StarTech 4 Port PCI express
OS:Windows 8