Joined on 03/13/03
No Complaints; you get what you pay for
Pros: Great price on Shell Shocker.
Cons: No published Read/Write specs anywhere that I could find, either on Newegg's listing nor the retail package. Capless push button design. Eventually most of these buttons wear out. But then, caps get loose and lost. Pick your poison.
Overall Review: Mediocre speeds from USBFlashSpeed: 120MB Read and 64 Write from file sizes 128KB and above. Smalller file sizes slower. But no complaints really, I got everything I expected for eight bucks.
Leaves Something To Be Desired
Pros: Fast transfers.
Cons: Plugging and unplugging USB flash drives is extremely stiff. It takes one hand on the device and the other on the flash drive along with a hefty pull to unplug a drive from this device. Enough so that it pulled the plastic case off my Kingston 102 DataTraveler. And it doesn't matter what flash drive you have; eveery one takes a lot of force to disconnect. I tried Kingston, SanDisk, Corsair and Lexmark... all the same. Don't know if all these StarTechs are the same way or not, but be forewarned. I'm not going to risk breakage of my 32 gig USB 3.0 Corsair on this extender.
Overall Review: Purchased this model based on comparative ratings with other brands of extenders. Put it away until finishing my new Sandy Bridge build since the USB 3.0 ports were on the motherboard. Never thought about pre-testing such a simple device, especially plugging/unplugging. And of course it's beyond the Egg's 30-day exchange policy. Should have been paying better attention; won't happen next time. Not sure if it would have been worth the postage to ship it back anyway.
Rating Was A Hard Decision
Pros: Metal case. Feels sturdy and substantial. Hard to find metal at a decent price anymore. Cap fits snugly; hoping it stays that way. Price was excellent as long as you buy the silver color on sale. Other colors more than two times as much. Speeds were decent. Tested consistently ar 125Mb read and 75Mb write. Don't know that one can expect much better at this price point.
Cons: First, how is this drive USB A to USB C?? Am I missing something here? I went back and read the listing and looked at all the photos TWICE, and cannot figure out how this drive is A to C. I thought maybe there would be a sleeve or other type of adapter that would go from A to C. Nope, you pull the cap off and there's a USB A plug and that's it. Maybe other buyers can enlighten me. Second, and this complaint may be considered petty by some, but the bubble packaging is nearly impossible to open. It is encapsulated in two layers of heavy plastic that even an Exacto knife has trouble cutting. If you use a knife to open this package be extra careful to keep your hands back because when the blade finally breaks through it's dangerous.
Overall Review: It was hard to decide between 3 and 4 eggs for this drive because of the nonexistent USB A to USB C issue. But ultimately even though it's USB A only, it appears to offer solid value especially at the sale price. Much more so than the Te*m and Ada*a drives constantly on sale. I will probably buy another one.
I Knew Better But Did It Anyway
Pros: Absolutely nothing.
Cons: Ordered two; first one died on the second use. Tried it on over 20 USB ports on five PCs. Not recognized in any of them. When I ordered these there were only nine reviews and they were all 5 stars, so I decided to take a chance. Maybe Team had finally put out a reliable flash drive. Nope, not so much.
Overall Review: Okay, so I've spent twice the money I should have to get one working flash drive. Still fairly cheap. But... now how do you trust the one working drive with anything even mildly important? I sure don't Newegg, why do you continue to sell this junk? Look at the various Team reviews and there are usually 40-50% 3-star and lower.
Just what I needed
Pros: I needed a cable that took the Display Port out of my Dell Optiplex 3020 micro and converted it to HDMI for input to my old Samsung monitor. This one is 4K which I didn't need but it was cheap which I did need. This cable filled the bill just fine.
Cons: None so far. Just want it to last.
Overall Review: Seller shipped fast. No complaints here.
Fast, Fast
Pros: This is my fourth NVMe drive and was installed in a Dell 7050 SFF desktop. With an old USB 2.0 flash drive plugged into a USB 3 slot on the Dell, Windows 10 loaded and I was on the desktop in 6 minutes. Nothing so far has been that quick.
Cons: None so far. Of course we all want longevity and I have no reason to believe this Samsung won't stand the test of time.
Overall Review: My one complaint was Newegg's delivery time of 10 days. What's going on here? I suspect the sale orders were aggregated and then one bulk order was placed and we all had to wait for Samsung to supply them to Newegg. Just a guess.
Junk
Light would not charge. Seller did not respond.