PNY 256GB Turbo USB 3.0 Flash Drive (P-FD256TBOP-GE)

Pros: Massive storage USB 3.0 support Great consistent data storage Trustworthy storage Great price for the 256gb. Rugged construction and good cap mechanism

Cons: It's not the fastest device on the market

Overall Review: I have to admit that I first bought this drive on a too good to be true sale but after all this time this drive has become a very trusted friend for transferring large amounts of data from one computer to another. I really can't complain about the speed since even when it is reading a movie it streams them without lag or problems. Very good price and a very good rugged Flash drive.

Pros: Plenty of storage capacity and very good speed when working with large files. Killer deal when on sale.

Cons: Pathetic 1-year warranty! Compare to other well-known brands who provide anything from 3-years to Lifetime warranty. Small file performance (for example, many text docments and files needed to launch programs) is mediocre compared to how well the drive handles larger files.

Overall Review: For storing videos, photos, movies, and music this drive should keep you happy with its USB 3.0 speed. It's too bad they don't have enough confidence in their own product to provide a reasonable warranty. Should we be worried?

Pros: Very fast for large files, meets advertised specs.

Cons: Extremely slow for small files. Buy a different drive if you intend to copy large folders with many small files.

Overall Review: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s] Sequential Read : 190.212 MB/s Sequential Write : 127.193 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 141.205 MB/s Random Write 512KB : 12.616 MB/s Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 4.920 MB/s [ 1201.2 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.088 MB/s [ 21.4 IOPS] Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 5.623 MB/s [ 1372.9 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.141 MB/s [ 34.5 IOPS] Test : 500 MB [F: 0.0% (0.0/119.2 GB)] (x5) Date : 2014/02/14 16:29:14 OS : Windows 8.1 [6.3 Build 9600] (x64)

Pros: Reading speed: 177.9 MB/s Writing Speed: 123.3 MB/s (Using Speedout) 119 GB formated

Cons: None

Overall Review: I transfer a lot of video files between my computers, so having the fastest flash drives is important to me. I was using an imation 64 GB that had very fast read and write speeds. But this PNY is even faster and with twice the capacity. This is a great flash drive. If you are going to take advantage of such high transfer rates I would definitely recommend it.

Pros: The cheapest USB 3 Flash Drive of this capacity I know of

Cons: REALLY slow when writing small files, especially if used with FAT32 (default). Formatting to NTFS makes is considerably faster on small files.

Overall Review: After trying to copy ~10K of small files into this drive was so unimpressed with the speed (100KB/sec in average) that decided to RMA it. After reformatting it to NTFS copy became ~20 times faster, so I'm keeping the drive.

Pros: It works.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Formatted to NTFS Using CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64 3 passes of 500MB Read [MB/s] Seq: 191.8 512K: 151.1 4K: 5.576 4L QD32: 6.048 Write [MB/s] Seq: 107.3 512K: 13.56 4K: 0.059 4K QD32: 0.103

Pros: I love this thing. not slow what so ever. very fast well built no cap to lose. small... with 256gb what's not to love about this drive.

Cons: no cons just waiting for the 512 gb in this size....

Overall Review: I have tons of usb drives this one is by far one of the better ones I own.

Pros: The drive is FAST and reaches (and usually exceeds) advertized speeds in Windows 7 and USB 3.0. Just like any other drive larger files move faster and smaller files move slower, but that's to be expected. Pros: Fast, light weight, big capacity options (mine is 64 GB). It does have a red activity LED, but it's very dim and is not bothersome at all. Also has a key-chain hole, but no lanyard.Overall no complaints as long as it continues to work.

Cons: The materials and looks are somewhat on the cheaper side - but does seem solid.