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Jonathan E.

Jonathan E.

Joined on 10/20/10

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent Keyboard

Corsair Gaming K70 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Red Switches
Corsair Gaming K70 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Red Switches

Pros: Great keyboard. Reds are the perfect switches for me. Blues were a bit too loud.

Cons: Software is clunky and confusing.

Most Critical Review

Mixed Emotions

Patriot Memory 64GB Supersonic Rage USB 3.0 Flash Drive, Speed Up to 180MB/s (PEF64GSRUSB)
Patriot Memory 64GB Supersonic Rage USB 3.0 Flash Drive, Speed Up to 180MB/s (PEF64GSRUSB)

Pros: Capless, USB 3.0, Great Performance & Durability.. It's an excellent choice when you happen to get a good, non-defective drive.

Cons: Bulkier design. It can be hard to have one of these drives and use the USB port right next to the one currently in use. Patriot quality control is lacking lately.

Overall Review: I've owned one of these drives for a long period of time and have been very happy with how it performed and held up to the daily abuse that I put it through as a technician. (I probably shove it in a USB port at least 15 times per day.) I recently ordered two more as I was very pleased with the first one that I bought early last year. However, I was very disappointed as it took 6 tries to get 2 functional drives with a sturdy USB head. Initially the first 4 drives that were sent to me were extremely loose in this area. After comparing it to the first drive that I’ve owned, it did not meet the quality of Patriot that I have expected. 48 hours after receiving the last set of non-defective drives, one of them quit being recognized and would no longer show up on any system. That put the nail in the coffin for me with the whole situation and I just returned them both. I cannot afford to waste my time with these drives anymore. My guess is that the quality control team is missing a bunch of these bad drives or they are going cheaper on the manufacturing process compared to last year. As of right now, I would no longer recommend these drives (at least until a new batch arrives at the warehouse, hence why they are currently on sale for cheap.)

Nice Flash Drive

Patriot Xporter XT Boost 8GB Flash Drive (USB 2.0 Portable) PEF8GUSB
Patriot Xporter XT Boost 8GB Flash Drive (USB 2.0 Portable) PEF8GUSB

Pros: Not defective.

Cons: Lack of quality control.

Overall Review: I received my replacement today because the original one that I had ordered was some how mirrored in it's rubber casing. Everything is good now, thanks to Newegg's excellent service. Nothing is perfect in this world. I understand that there will always be defective products out there- I just manage to always get them for some reason. haha ;)

Love It!

Patriot Xporter XT Boost 16GB Flash Drive (USB 2.0 Portable) PEF16GUSB
Patriot Xporter XT Boost 16GB Flash Drive (USB 2.0 Portable) PEF16GUSB

Pros: Speedy, Durable, and Good Value.

Cons: None!

Overall Review: At the time I ordered this, there was a rebate offer going on... However, I'm still waiting on that to come in the mail.

Defective

Patriot Xporter XT Boost 8GB Flash Drive (USB 2.0 Portable) PEF8GUSB
Patriot Xporter XT Boost 8GB Flash Drive (USB 2.0 Portable) PEF8GUSB

Pros: Fast read/write speeds, a "hidden" cap holder, nice grip, to some degree waterproof, shock resistant.

Cons: Lack of quality control.

Overall Review: I received my flash drive today and noticed that the activity light was facing the opposite direction when I plugged the drive in. It also had aweird bulge on the outer LED cover. The drive seemed to be in the rubber casing the wrong way. I compared it to the other Xporter drive I own and the pictures on the product's page and sure enough, it was backwards. If I can use the word "mirrored" that is exactly how my drive was built. Very odd... Hopefully the rest of Newegg's current stock is not defective and I can get my replacement in a timely fashion without defects.