I’m not certain most of us would pick a USB drive on it’s environmental impact alone, but assuming we believe that SanDisk has made a USB thumb drive out of mostly recycled plastic and still manages killer speeds to boot, seems like a win-win. This is a typical USB thumb drive that we’ve all seen an undoubtedly own. In my opinion, anything less than 64 GB isn’t worth buying, given the steep drop in costs, and 128 GB is a good sweet spot in terms of size and cost. Plus, who wants to save hundreds of GBs of data on a thumb drive that’s susceptible of being lost? In my work and professional life, I’m using USB drives to move large amounts of data - dozens of GBs of various documents and videos/photos. So speeds are a must for me. USB 2.0 need not apply. This drive boasts impressive speeds, with the only caveat being your machine must be able to accommodate those speeds to take full advantage (if nothing else, this drive is future proof). In terms of the physical aspect of the USB drive, it’s small, but not too small. I’ve seen smaller ones that are even easier to lose. This one is short and stubby. It also has a loop to hook it onto a keychain or something else to keep it secure. Tough to say how it holds up over time, but first impressions are that it’s relatively durable. It comes with SanDisk software preinstalled, but I don’t typically mess with that. I generally quick format my drive and set it up for encryption. Before jumping into real world performance, I do need to mention that I have an ASUS gaming laptop with GEN4 SSD. It also has USB 3.2 compatible ports. Point being, and it’s probably obvious, older laptops won’t be able to transfer at the same speeds as me. But I copied a 3.3 GB video file from my computer to the thumb drive. As you can see in the screenshot, it averaged about 50 MB/s transfer speeds. Not quite the 100 MB/s, although it peaked over 50 at some points. But all-in-all, it took a little over 60 seconds to transfer the whole file. To me, that’s fast, although it didn’t hit the advertised speeds. Honestly, I never expect any data transfer to be as fast as theoretical speeds; at least in real world cases. Bottomline, this is a relatively cheap USB thumb drive with terrific speeds. It has a convenient hook to keep on a keychain that seems durable enough. And it’s made of recycled plastic to boot. Not sure how much that matters to you, but it’s at least proof that our tech devices can be somewhat eco friendly without sacrificing performance.

The SanDisk Ultra Eco USB Gen1 Flash Drive is a flash drive that is made of 70% recycled plastic. It eco friendly, has a fast speed and is pocketsized. This flashdrive has a 128GB of storage with speeds up to 100 megabytes per second. It is small in size which makes it easy to store and even has a loop on the end that can easily be added to a key ring, backpack, lanyard or loop inside your purse. The SanDisk Flash drive is great to use at work or home. I was able to copy a ton of photographs from one location and move them to another very quickly. There is plenty of room to store lots of photos, videos, or other multi-media files on the flash drive. I was able to move a lot of data between a personal drive and a SharePoint at work in no time at all. I was surprised as how much faster it was to move the data that way than to copy a One Drive file to the SharePoint file. I don't have time to waste at work and this defintily helped me out. The price on this flash drive is good. You are able to get storage with speed for under $20. Plus it is eco friendly. Definitly something I can recommend.

This is a great drive with 128GB on the device. It's small enough to put into a pocket or even keyring and take with you. I like the deep teal color which is made out of recycled plastics; Design wise it's nothing too special but the color does give it a nice vibe. For what it is and the price point is at its very good value to have on your hands. Placed it inside a USB port for a Windows 11 PC, and the PC instantly recognized the device as USB storage allowing me to use the device quickly. Downloading my files was quick, easy, and painless. Backing up pictures, Documents, Pictures, Videos, and Music was giving fast enough transfer speeds. Using it for other PCs for presentations was fast enough to open on the flash drive. SanDisk did a fantastic job putting this product together for school, work, or play. As long as it last I think this will be a solid USB storage to go to if you are looking for something to have around even to use as a back up stoage device. It also work in TVs, Game Consoles, Chromebooks, and so much more. Comes with a free download to RescuePRO Deluxe. Great product.

The SanDisk - Ultra Eco is a cute little thumb drive, that claims 100MB/s read speeds and an eco friendly casing. If you're super into Eco stuff, this drive will probably work well enough for you and you'll save a little bit of the environment in the process, though I'm sort of sad they still used plastic on the packaging instead of full cardboard. For any serious tech user, SanDisk could have done a lot better with a USB 3.2 drive. In my testing, I was able to get about 107 sequential read, but only 40 sequential write. That's not bad if you plan on using this as an installation media drive, but for day to day use, that's not great. For comparison, a good quality SanDisk SD card in a USB 3.0 reader will do about 94 read and 63 write. Maybe they had to trade off some of the write for that extra read speed in their product, but I personally would have liked a more level approach. I'm also not a fan of the USB plug on the unit I have. The fit is tight to the point that I have to line up things just perfectly to get it into the USB port. I almost thought I was trying to use it the wrong way until I verified both the plug and the sock. The plug also feels like it should be rotated. The curved plastic feels intuitive that it should be on the top side, but instead the curve rotates down. This is different from other USB cables and drives I have and just feels off. Over all though this drive does what it claims to do, just be sure to always read the fine print when purchasing any USB drive

San disk is a go to name for storage. I own many form factors from SD to micro SD to thumb drives. They have been very reliable and have good duty cycles before dying. I have only caused 2 micro SD cards (I have owned about 30 different types of storage devices from San disk) to fail in the 10+ years that I have used their products. This eco drive is really nice. Setup was a snap. Self recognized on windows and I used the rescue pro software that it comes with that is free for 1 year. It is nice and small. It goes well on a key chain. Just make sure you put it on correctly. Putting it on the wrong way will make it not really line up with the rest of the keys. Transfer rates are great.... Upload of HUGE files (GB) size I was getting 50 MB/s via encrypted. Non encrypted: Upload to drive for HUGE files: Upload to drive 80MB/s Download from drive to PC 100 MB/s. Eco friendly, fast speeds, nice color, small form factor, good warranty, reliable name. Can't go wrong. I would recommend this product.