Kingston - DataTraveler SE9 16GB USB Flash Drive - Silver

I have already bought 4 of these and am planning on buying two more one for my best friend and one for my family. Let me tell you why, I saw these on daily deals and I'm sorry for an all metal chassis and low profile design for under 15, that is a steal! Plastic thumb drive break, whether you drop your laptop, or step on the thumb drive it self. Try doing that with this one. Your laptop will break before this thumb drive does. TRUE STORY: I washed one of these, I freaked out because it was the back up for one of my pc's that crashed, I put it out in the hot sun, in an hour I tried it, thinking all of the memory is gone. To my amazement, it worked. Why? Great design, tough, reliable. Get this, it has a great keychain feature that everyone of my friends always points out. Want something functional and reliable yet looks really cool? This is it; reminds me of a state of the art chip. Buy one. Great for students!

Pick up your old USB drive and look at it. See the metal part that actually inserts into the USB port? Now imagine lengthening that portion to about ~2 inches. THAT'S how small this thing is. It's very durable since it's encased in a metal body. It does what it's supposed to do so there's no complaint there. It works perfectly. In this day and age, manufacturers have the process down to build a working USB drive. Now it's all about aesthetics and this one shines in that department. One thing I want to note. When I plugged it into my Mac, it showed 15.6 GB of available space. However, when I plugged it into my Acer running Windows 8, it showed 14.5 GB of available space (there was nothing on the drive). I haven't tried to fill it up yet so I can't say if that was a glitch. Regardless, I only have about 12 GB of data I want to keep on it. Very happy with my purchase!

I bought this because of the reviews i read about its performance. I have read in the websites that SE9 writing speeds are upto 15MB/Sec, or at least above 10 MB/sec. but I am getting speeds no higher than my old model kingston flash drive and are only around 3MB/sec. The files that i tested are not small multiple but 1gb video files in a laptop with i5 processor. No speed improvement even when connected to a usb 3.0 port. I don't understand this problem and i really disappointed with this one. May be I received the defective one

I was looking all over for a usb drive that would allow me to connect two devices side by side on my macbook. The ports on the macbook do not have much space in between each other. My old usb drive was very wide and would not fit if I also had a wireless mouse usb attached. This Kingston USB was perfect. I also love the design and color. It looks like it was made for my macbook. I can't say much about speed and performance. All I care about a usb is that it is large enough to hold my files and won't lose my files as I have had happened with some usb brands.

The perfect USB stick for most purposes. Used to transfer large files and programs rather than a more permanent storage. * Great rugged metallic exterior, with an impeccable surface finish. Takes a lot of use for it to get scratched. * Capless, so no more caps lost or always falling off the drive. * Large and sturdy keyring loop. No sewing skills required to place it conveniently with your keys.

This little thing is awesome. Throw it on your keychain and its as easy to carry around as possible. Not to mention the accessibility and near inability to misplace it. I definitely recommend this drive to anyone who needs it for taking school or work files wth you wherever you go. Just be careful not to leave in the drive when you get up to leave...fortunately if its on your keychain you won't be getting anywhere anytime soon. Awesome. Thanks Kingston

I've been using this memory card every day for about 10 months. It has been rock solid during that time, it isn't the fastest drive but I think that's obvious for the the price. The brushed metal has held up pretty well to everyday use and click-clacking against keys (mine is attached to car/house keys). I was a little worried about not having a cover over the exposed usb port - but thus far it hasn't been a problem.

The Kingston DataTraveler is as attractive in real life as it looks on the page. It is small, sleek, and under-stated. Your data won't get lost, you will have lots of space and the speed of USB 2.0. The metal casing is incredibly solid, I keep it on my keyring without any fear of it breaking off and getting lost, like countless lesser sticks in the past. And, oh, it is good value for money too.