Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model DTR30/16GB

Pros: FAST!

The stick performs well. Good for transferring movies or whatever from pc to ps3 or xbox runs about 30-25mb/s on usb 2 and around 38mb/s on usb 3

Cons: Small little light cover on the front of mine popped off in a matter of a week. However it doesn't effect anything so whatever.

Other Thoughts: Buy one they work well and are fast!

Pros: Fast

Cons: Died after 30 days. Multiple Computers see it as a drive with 0 capacity.

Pros: + Good size, I can easily find it in my backpack
+ Heavy rubberized exterior protects it while in my backpack
+ Large rubberized cap
+ Bright LED activity light
+ USB 3.0 for fast file transfers

Cons: - Tapered shape, thickest at USB port side of drive making it a tight fit if the USB ports on the computer are close together and something is in another port
- LED light is on the "top" side of the drive, if the port is sideways or upside down, the LED wouldn't be visible

Other Thoughts: This has been my "daily driver" flash drive for just over 6 months now. It goes with me everywhere. I'm quite pleased with it's performance thus far and have seen no slow down over these past 6 months.

USB Flash Benchmark results:

Read speeds for file sizes from 16MB down to 128K are veyr constant at nearly 71MB/s. At 64K the read speed takes a sharp nose dive down to 45KB/s. They steadily and linearly decline until bottoming out at 2MB/s for file size 1K.

Write speeds for files sizes 16MB down to 512KB range from mid to low 20MB/s. At 256KB file size the write speed drops to just under 10MB/s and holds fairly steady until 16K and smaller file sizes where the write speed tanks at 100MB/s.

Pros: Very Fast writing at 28.8mb/s reading at 69.7mb/s

Cons: only 14,8gigs

Other Thoughts: While it is very fast i am curious to see how long it last.

The speeds are very fast. I would buy this product again!

Pros: I bought this for my son for Christmas. Figured I would spend the extra money to get a nice one. He said it had great speeds!

Cons: Didnt last 2 months! It sees the device 50% of the time but wants you to format it everytime you plug it in. Then gets a error right after. The other 50% it doesnt even see the device.

Other Thoughts: I seen were others had issues with this USB drive and a gentleman from Kingston posted a contact number. I will try and give him a call to see if he can help. Ill post back with my results. Ive always had good luck with Kingston produtcs in the past!

Manufacturer Response:

Hello Mike,

I'm Scott and would like to offer you my assistance in resolving the issue you are experiencing. We can replace this drive for you under the warranty. Please call me at 1-800-435-0640 (USA and Canada only) M - F 6am - 6pm PT and I or another technician will be happy to assist you. Please have your part on hand when you call so that I can properly identify the product that you have.

Thank you for selecting Kingston as your upgrade partner.

Pros: After my previous problem, I was contacted by someone from Kingston and was offered replacement. I was surprised by this, I'm glad to know there are some manufacturers out there that really stand behind their product. Thank you Kingston for being proactive!

Cons: None.

Pros: Good size and price.

Cons: I bought two of these Oct. 2012 and not even two months later, I can't even use them. They're not even recognized by the OS.

Manufacturer Response:

I'm Scott and would like to offer you my assistance in resolving the issue you are experiencing. We can replace these drives for you under the warranty. Please call me at 1-800-435-0640 (USA and Canada only) M - F 6am - 6pm PT and I or another technician will be happy to assist you.
Please have your part on hand when you call so that I can properly identify the product that you have.

Thank you for selecting Kingston as your upgrade partner.

Pros: none

Cons: dead after a few weeks.

Manufacturer Response:

I'm Scott and would like to offer you my assistance in resolving the issue you are experiencing. We can replace this drive for you under the warranty. Please call me at 1-800-435-0640 (USA and Canada only) M - F 6am - 6pm PT and I or another technician will be happy to assist you.
Please have your part on hand when you call so that I can properly identify the product that you have.

Thank you for selecting Kingston as your upgrade partner.

Pros: fast at beginning

Cons: nothing works after a few weeks!! it install properly but cannot read from it...

Manufacturer Response:

Hello,
I'm Scott and would like to offer you my assistance in resolving the issue you are experiencing. We can replace this drive for you under the warranty. Please call me at 1-800-435-0640 (USA and Canada only) M - F 6am - 6pm PT and I or another technician will be happy to assist you.
Please have your part on hand when you call so that I can properly identify the product that you have.

Thank you for selecting Kingston as your upgrade partner.

Pros: This drive gives a few percent above advertised performance in ATTO and Flash Drive Tester. Real world test I transferred 2.35 GB mixed files from hard drive to it in 4 minutes. This is really good for the price of this very attractive and shock resistant drive. It is not fat, wide, or bulky.The LED is nice and evident.

Cons: None