As USB flash drives get ever larger capacities, while boasting ever smaller bodies, we place an increasing amount of important information on them, and that's why finding the best USB flash drives for your needs is essential.
Some of the top five flash drivers are as follows:
1. Patriot Supersonic Rage 2
High-end USB
- Capacity: 128GB
- Interface: USB 3.0
- Huge capacityExtremely fast
- Expensive
If you want one of the fastest possible USB memory sticks, then the Patriot Supersonic Rage 2 is definitely the one for you. Sure, the price is high, but we were blown away with how fast the device is. If you need to move around large files quickly, then this is definitely worth the price.
It also comes with 128GB of storage space, which is a phenomenal amount of storage to carry around in your pocket. Just make sure you don't lose it!
2.Kingston Technology DataTraveler 100 Generation3
Best 64GB USB drive
- Capacity: 64GB
- Interface: USB 3.0
- Plenty of spaceGood value
- Not as fast as other USB 3.0 flash drives
Over the past two years or so, the rise in wholesale transportation costs has made it uneconomical for retailers to sell USB flash drives that were too small, with the cost of postage and packaging actually constituting the biggest portion of the selling price.
The Kingston Technology DataTraveler 100 Generation 3 is the most affordable 64GB USB 3.0 drive on the market with read/write speeds of 150Mbps and 70Mbps respectively.
3. SanDisk Extreme CZ80
Fast, reliable and cheap
- Capacity: 32GB
- Interface: USB 3.0
- Cheap
- Fast
- Not quite the fastest stick out there
The SanDisk Extreme CZ80 is a brilliantly priced USB drive that offers plenty of storage space and file transfer speeds. Although it's priced more towards the budget end of USB sticks, the performance is anything but budget - this is a very speedy little performer.
The slide-out design of this stick means you can tuck the USB interface into the body when not in use, minimising the risk of it getting damaged while you're carrying it around.
4. Verbatim Pinstripe
Best 128GB USB drive
- Capacity: 128GB
- Interface: USB 3.0
- High capacity
- Good price
- Not the most robust drive
- Not very fast
This is the cheapest USB 3.0 drive on the market on a per-GB. It comes with a two-year warranty and a capless/retractable cap design. Worth nothing that Verbatim - a very well known Japanese storage and memory manufacturer - sells it on its website and usually has pretty good deals on the device.
5. PNY Turbo 256GB
Best 256GB USB drive
- Capacity: 256GB
- Interface: USB 3.0
- Good speedsHuge capacity
- No built-in encryption
Another memory vendor that turned into a player in the USB market as well. which features a capped design as well as read/write speeds of 80Mbps and 20Mbps respectively.
These are not super fast speeds and if you want something with more oomph then check out some of the other USB drives in this roundup.
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