I recently bought an Asus Flip Chromebook, which only comes equipped with two USB C ports. The rest of my word is USB A. USB type C might be the wave of the future, but its along way from the beach still. I bought the 128 GB model as my 64 GB I was surprised when I received it as to how small it was. I guess its not the sliders that I was used to in the past. Technology has come along way.
Plugged it in and everything seems to work nice. About 115 MB of storage is available, and no pre-installed security software comes on the drive. The sliding mechanism works pretty good too. I have tried both USB C and USB A. I Did a quick read and write test, and speeds are not blazing fast, but decent. I got around 150 MB/S read, and about 50 MB/s write, good enough for me. One reviewer mentioned hot hot this thing gets. I can vouch for that, it did get quite warm on me,but not during the read write test, and not during type he 48 GB data transfer, it was kind of just sitting there plugged in and when I went to remove it, it was noticeably hot. As long as it keeps working I wont mind, One thing I wish they would add is some type of water resistance, as my wife likes to wash my drives regularly with the clothes. I think the tiny form factor will probably make this problem worse. Its a good buy considering there aren't many hybrid flash drives out there to choose from. I have included a couple pictures for size comparison.
While some complain about speeds, I am rather impressed with this drive. It really shines where older USB 2 drives utterly fail. That is when copying/moving many small files. It easily copies many hundreds of tiny files in seconds rather than twenty minutes on an old USB 2. drive I have.
Why is it so much faster? I honestly do not know. But it manages 150 MB per second READ speed on single large files. Write speed is a respectable 20 MB per second SUSTAINED for the whole time. (It starts higher, but never slows to less than 20 MB per second.
Please do not misunderstand. Maximum speed is nice, but sustained speed over a long write is the real test of how fast a drive is. Does it get hot? Yes it does. But not nearly hot enough to burn me. And certainly safe to the drive itself.
Getting hot probably does decrease the life of the drive. But I do not expect it to last a decade. And if you do, please spend some time thinking about that. A decade ago the biggest flash drive you could get was around 128 MEGABYTES. This is one thousand times that size. I really hope this drive is vastly obsolete by then.
To other reviewers: Please do not say the drive is burning hot. That is an opinion. While I appreciate the information, it would be nicer to hear what actual temperature both the drive, and the ambient port of the computer reaches. Surely some of you have one of those handy IR thermometers? Sadly I do not. Anyway, thanks for reading.
Awesome OTG Flash Drive! The storage space is amazing (for the price) and the functionality is outstanding. You can go from a regular USB 3.1 port on your PC, Laptop, TV, etc. to any device that supports a Type-C USB Connection (Smartphone, Tablet, Laptop, etc). The transfer rates on this drive are extremely fast and dont disappoint!
The entire drive itself is only 1.5 inches. With the Type A port extended, you're looking at 2 inches. With the Type-C port extended it's only 1.75 inches. This thing is tiny, but not "lose-it-in-a-day" tiny. It does have an option for a lanyard connection, however, no lanyard was included in the packaging.
I've owned several OTG drives and this one by far is the best in terms of functionality. Other OTG drives I've owned had the basic plastic sleeve that slid over the permanently extended port connection. Well, majority of those types tend to lose their "locking" mechanism so the plastic sleeves stay in place. This OTG drive has a small thumb slide (think of the old box cutter knifes where you slid pushed down slightly and slid the knife out or in). This is very similar, except it doesn't "ratchet" when extended or retracting the ports. But, it does have little notches that will lock the extended port in place pretty securely. It will also "lock" the ports within the drive casing when the thumb slide is moved to it's center position.
The design is very nice and "expensive" looking. I would definitely purchase this type of OTG again.
This thing is awesome. I needed something to go back and forth between a USB-C MacBook Pro and other, USB-A devices. This works great. The transfer speed is fast enough for large files and I LOVE the storage capacity. I could not find any other USB-C flash drives with that capacity for this price range. Be warned, though, it is tiny. I have been nervous that I was going to lose it, so I put it on a lanyard. It was really difficult to fish the string through the lanyard mount on the top, but I was able to get it to work by fishing a twist-tie wire through first, then hooking the lanyard string and pulling out the wire which fed through the string.
Love this new thumb drive. It replaces another SanDisk that died on me. It is quite functional and the read and write speeds seem to be better than the one that died on me. Between the time that my old one died and when I got this new one I purhchased one of those new MacBook Pros with USB-C but since we still live in a USB-A world I needed something that was flexible. I found this product and I have not been disappointed. Two critiques: 1) it gets hot for some reason. Even when it is not in use it is hot. Perhaps this is because of the power that the USB-C connection carries? 2) I REALLLLLLLY wish that they had put an opening on there that would allow us to attach this thing to a keychain. Perhaps that is what those two little openings are at the top? I don't know but what I can say is that it is damn near impossible to thread anything through those two little openings. Perhaps on version 2.0 they will design one with this ability.
Feature Product
- The flash drive for USB Type-C devices
- Easily transfer files between smartphones, tablets and computers
- Free up space on your Android smartphone
Description
The SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive USB Type-C includes one reversible USB Type-C connector and one standard USB (Type-A) connector, so you can easily transfer files between smartphones, tablets and computers, freeing up space when you need it. Plus, the SanDisk Memory Zone application (available on Google Play) makes managing and backing up content on your Android devices a snap.
Blogging is truly my way to express the appreciation of well-made products I’ve purchased and will of purchase in the future. And passion can’t be mentioned without blogging about the amazing SanDisk flash drives. To kick off this blog, it's about the recent purchase of the SanDisk Ultra 256GB and 1 of the 16GB flash drives Type-C & USB support.
Ever since I’ve switched to the Touch Bar MacBook Pro lineup, I lost the USB drift connectivity I once enjoyed. As many may guess, the 2016 and newer MacBook models are now all equipped with USB Type-C only. The SanDisk Ultra Dual drive was the ultimate solution to all my problems. Even though its original concept of manufacturing a dual support connection, was made for smartphone USB Type-C connection such as Samsung and other many well-respected name brands.
The speed of SanDisk flash drives have always been super impressive, and pricing units are also competitive to other brands in the industry.
The USB 3.1 along with the dual USB Type-C speed at 130MB/s 3rd generation is enough to get my files moved and even have one as my bootable drive. I’ve been using the 256GB to transfer my weekly backups to my external 4TB hard drive without running into any issues or delays while operating on a Mac OS. The Dual USB Type-C and Type-A connectors gave me the freedom to quickly plug-in and access all my data and also assure a good connection to my laptop while transferring them. Furthermore, even though I have adaptors from 3rd party companies, I still get anxiety giving them my trust when transferring data. Those 3rd party connectors can’t be touched or moved, and having a cable to it, one can’t help but at times causing it to move, which later can affect or interrupt the connection, which at times causing it to disconnect. The reason I purchased the 16GB to be my primary Bootable drive is that I can plug it directly into the laptop without using any adaptors. In my opinion, one of the most important steps in re-installing one’s Operating System (Win/Mac) is having a good connection i.e., power charging, and reliable USB that can transfer data without any problems during installation. I’ve had problems in the past where some issues occur during installation, and the result is very stressful to fix. Nowadays, CDs are something of the past, which I wouldn’t be surprised to start witnessing Flash drives will soon be something of the past as well; due to the large and affordable cloud storage options available to many users.
As others have said it gets kind of hot and the performance isn't quite as good as a 3.0 drive, or better yet a type C drive, could be. With that out of way it's the only drive I could find that has both outlets and doesn't have stupid caps that you know will end up getting lost. It works plenty well enough for me and it's fairly small, I love having the option to plug into my Android in a pinch. You will need a lanyard or very small keyring to attach it to a regular keyring. It's has pretty mediocre performance but it probably has the best form factor of any USBC+3.0 flash drive out there.
I read reviews about this driving being slow. However the drive is very fast with my computer's, but I have very fast computers. I guess the people complaining about it being slow have slow computers. My only complaints about this Drive is... The sliding out mechanism doesn't lock sometimes and you have to hold it to push it into the USB port. And I wish it was easier to attach a tassel or keychain to it. I had to make some modifications to get a little piece of rope too attached to it. All in all it works great for what I do.
Normally I probably would have passed this item by because of its price.
But it was on sale and I really could use flash drive with both Type-A and Type-C connectivity.
This diminutive flash drive, measuring 1.5 x .75 x .25 inches, is impressive, but not outstanding.
Using a USB2.0Type-A port, I tried it on Core i5 and Core i7 computers.
Using Crystal DiskMark5, read speed on both computers was slightly in excess of 40Mb/S, substantially slower than the 130Mb/S claimed by the manufacturer.
However, when used with a USB 3.0 Type-A port, read speed was 134.3Mb/S, which is pretty good.
On another computer, a Core i7 laptop with a Type-C port, read speed clocked in at a surprisingly low 124Mb/S.
Write speeds came in around 20Mb/S in all tests.
There are two small holes on the long edge of the flash drive for threading a lanyard. For those, like me, who carry their flash drive on their keyring, this may be a clumsy arrangement.
I also tried this, using the Type-C connector, with an Android phone and it worked fine.
On the computers, when conducting speed tests, the flash drive quickly got warm.
Finally, there is a slider switch used to expose the Type-A and Type-C connectors. You have to hold it in place to keep the connectors from collapsing back into the drive.
Overall, a pretty nice piece of gear offering both Type-A and Type-C connectors.
Jerry
Take a lot of photos and video on my Google Pixel 2 Xl, 128gb can dissappear really quickly with 4K Video at the pace I go ( every 10 seconds eats 80MB). I didn't want to invest too much money into a ssd usb c hard drive, and came across this. Transfers at a decent high speed. I am able to offload more files to prepare new media quicker to edit
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