The Kanguru FlashBlu30™ USB3.0 flash drive with physical write protect switch combines cost-effective data storage and convenience with superspeed data mobility. This high-performance USB3.0 makes the Kanguru FlashBlu30 one of the fastest drives on the market with data transfer read speeds of up to 145MB per second and write speeds of up to 45MB per second. The convenient physical write protect switch enables the user to quickly switch back and forth between read only and read/write modes to protect data from being accidentally overwritten or erased.
Pros: Been working on computer for ~18 years. Can't imagine plugging into a client's computer with a flashdrive that doesn't have a hard write-protect switch. Kanguru is just about the only company that still makes these anymore. They they now make them USB 3.0 compliant and with a 3-year warranty are icing on the cake.
Cons: $20 ($30 retail!) for an 8GB flashdrive??! Only selling at such high prices because no one else is making flashdrives with hard write-protect switch (at least not sold thru Newegg). Have a monopoly => get to charge high prices, I guess. Doesn't matter much to me, sinceI see it as a cost of doing computer work. But, I doubt if the average, non-IT person would fork out $20-$30 per 8GB when there are good quality flashdrives for about 1/4th to 1/6th the price per GB.