SanDisk Cruzer Titanium 4 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ7-4096-A10
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Customer Review: Roomy and Sturdy
Summary: 5 Stars
I give lectures and briefings and a lot of my material is proprietary, so I got this drive for its security features and its near indestructability.
A nice bonus is the U3 software which lets me plug into a laptop or desktop and load up a Firefox web browser or Thunderbird email software. Opera web browser and email software is also an option. Instant connection to my personal email accounts! And no worried about any of my personal information being left on the host computer.
Another bonus is being able to use Open Office for word processing, spreadsheets, and even presentations. All stored on the thumbdrive.
I also have Syncback (both the laptop version and portable version) for instant synching of the information between the thumbdrive and my home computer.
Probably best of all, though not specific to this drive, is that I've been able to run other software off it as well, like my Eudora email program. Lots of things can be run off of a thumbdrive. With these large capacities, like the 4GB of this one, the sky is almost the limit!
Customer Review: Excellent Drive
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first picked up this flash drive, 4GB was about the most you could buy at a reasonable price. These days, of course, you can pick up a flash drive 32GB or more. However, in this day and age, cloud computing is starting to reign superior to any form of physical storage, so flash drives, themselves, are starting to become worthless.
However, you will still occasionally have a need for physical media, and 4GB is way more than enough for any flash drive, so unless you need to physically transfer some REALLY large files, I'd strongly suggest picking this drive up.
What I love the most about this flash drive is the titanium case. Sure, it's totally unnecessary unless you're expecting to have the drive smacked with a baseball bat several times, but it feels solid in your hands, which I personally enjoy compared to other drives with plastic cases that just feel cheap and flimsy.
I purchased this product well over a year ago and continue to find uses for it to this day, so it's definitely worth the money you spend on it.
Customer Review: Excellent Flash Drive
Summary: 5 Stars
Like the other reviews, I agree that the only downside to this drive is that the U3 software does not work with Vista...but San Disk said it should have the compatability problems worked out by te fall. I didn't purchase this drive for the U3 software. I purchased the drive for the storage, the price, and the design.
I own the San Disk Cruzer Micro 1 GB, and I never felt safe having it on my keys because the plastic is a bit flimsy. The Titanium San Disk Cruzer is well built and I do not worry about it being on my key chain. I paid less than $50 on this drive, including shipping, and it looks like that was a steal because I cannot find that price any more.
I tested it recently to see what type of transfer speeds I would get and I was impressed with the results. I transferred 3.2 GB of MP3 files from my laptop (running Vista) to the drive in 7 mins and 30 sec. I then transferred the MP3s from the drive to another laptop (running XP) in about 6 mins and 30 sec.
All in all I am very pleased with this device.
Customer Review: Does What I Wanted and a Pleasant Surprise
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased three SanDisk 4 GB Cruser USB Micros with U3 in Fall, 2008 solely for data storage (extra backup and transport). Based on reviews I had read, I expected to have to go to SanDisk's website to figure out how to remove the U3. As a result, I put off using the Crusers until now (June 2009). When I plugged the first one in to my XP equipped desktop computer, a message came up inviting me to either launch or delete the U3. It also advised that I could reinstate the U3 whenever I wished, using a small executable that remained on the drive. The delete process took only a few seconds and, subsequently I was able to store close to 4 GB of various files in about 15-20 minutes. The process went smoothly and a few tests of "recoveries" were uneventful. Repetition of this same process for the other two drives also went smoothly. In short, I have three very satisfactory data storage devices, easily configured to avoid the bells and whistles, but easily reconfigurable in case I want to use features such as the password protection.Customer Review: Whoa Price un-Break
Summary: 5 Stars
Just FYI, I bought this for $45 from an Amazon affiliate. It works quite well, but I've never seen it break 10MB/sec on reads or writes. It feels very tough, I've only had it a few weeks so it hasn't been through a washer or some rain yet. The latency (moving lots of small files) is decent, 1000x faster than my Lexar Firefly. If you're moving lots of 2-4k files expect to be move only at 300KB/s or so. However, running an application and reading/writing to the device is pretty decent as well 8MB/sec reads while running firefox, pretty impressive!
The U3 software is very easily removed, it's some nice software but they are just way too limited in available apps. Here's what I did, downloaded PortableApps or if you are paranoid try out TrueCrypt, it works very well with AutoStart. Another very nice app is Roboform. The U3 software integrates with the USB device a little better than these various apps, but it costs a lot more in disk usage and cost of having to buy all kinds of software.