SanDisk - Cruzer 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive - Black

I've used a variety of the SanDisk products including many of the previous generation flash drives. Design-wise this one looks nicer than the previous ones, but to me it's not really anything that's a big deal. SanDisk flash drives have always been great for me. Like many other reviews have stated, I always delete all the files/programs that come preloaded on the SandDisk flash drives because they don't seem to serve any benefit for what I use the flash drives for. I mainly use the SanDisk flash drives for storing and playing mp3's on my Pioneer car stereo. This 32gb drive is my first time using any SanDisk flash drive larger than 16gb. The Best Buy salesperson was very helpful in explaining that the larger capacity could result in noticeably longer loading times, and he is definitely right. My 16gb drive usually loads/starts playing fairly quick, the 8gb even faster, and the 4gb loads/plays almost immediately. I think I have a total of around 23gb of mp3's on the 32gb flash drive. It takes about two minutes to load and start playing. This isn't the flash drive's "fault;" it's due to the stereo's design. I load the same 32gb flash drive into the factory car stereos for our company cars (both Hyundai's), and they start playing immediately. I say all that to say that if you're purchasing this larger capacity to be able to play a larger amount of mp3's on a car stereo you might want to be mindful of what model stereo you're using it in and if you're willing to put up with the potential long load time. Another thing that the Best Buy salesperson explained to me is that the difference between this 2.0 version and the more expensive 3.0 versions has to do only with speed of writing (copying files to the flash drive) and has nothing to do with the speed of the aforementioned loading/playing stuff. This was a very helpful explanation to me and my limited knowledge of computers and stuff. Hope that helps. Matthew 7:12

I bought a new laptop. Its been a long time since I've bought a new computer. A real long time. Back then you made a Recovery/Boot CD. Flash Drives (FD) were expensive and their capacity was small compared to today's drives. The new laptop manual said I needed a FD larger than 16GB. Wow! What is that going to cost? Best Buy to the rescue. This FD has more capacity than 6+ DVD's. Sliding the USB connector out of and back into the protective body is smooth. Transfer time was fast compared to the rate of writing to a DVD. Compared too other FD's I don't know. Back to cost, it had the lowest cost per GB of all others on the store shelf. I feel FD's have the potential to be large security risk. They are very small and getting smaller. They are usually dark colored. Very light weight. Their capacities continue to increase. Being small can make them hard to find and their dark color makes it even harder at night or against a dark background. Their light weight makes them easy to be pushed off a desk by paper shuffling. Where is your trash can? The more they store the more you can lose. You usually realize the value and vulnerability of your data when you're trying to remember what was on your FD. GUARD YOUR FD WITH YOUR.... Losing a FD might....

I give the Cruzer I have four stars because of two problems. First, the unit I have is much smaller than the one pictured although the specs seem to be the same. I am actually amazed that I haven't lost it yet. It is roughly the size of two postage stamps . It was the only affordable USB drive in stock at the Lubbock store when I needed one urgently. The unit shown in the photo, though, is substantially larger making me think that problem has been fixed. My second problem is that the unit I have is USB2, not 3. Again it was the only thing in stock at the time, and I haven't yet copied anything to it large enough to present a problem. If it is now USB 3, I would give it five stars.

I am very happy I purchased my Beautiful, 'SAMSUNG', 29.5 Cu..Ft. FOOD SHOWCASE, 4-DOOR FRENCH DOOR, STAINLESS STEEL REFRIGERATOR from BEST BUY. I would never shop for any major appliance, TV, etc., but at BEST BUY. Their CUSTOMER SERVICE is EXCELLENT, especially in PHOENIX/AHWATUKEE, ARIZONA, at the Best Buy Store on Ray Road, Appliance Manager, Andrew and/or in GOODYEAR, ARIZONA, at the Palm Valley Shopping Center, Store Manager, Ray and Appliance Manager, Jason. These three stores Managers, Andrew, Ray and Jason are real ASSETS to the BEST BUY COMPANY. Managers/Sales people like the above are hard to find these days. Due to the examples of the above Managers Customer Service Skills and Expertise, (which I believe filters throughout all BEST BUY stores in the U.S.) I will ALWAYS shop at BEST BUY for 'ALL' my major appliances plus any other products they handle. Reason being, QUALITY PRODUCTS, CUSTOMER SERVICE, EXPERTISE and SKILLED PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE. Connie Mattes, Phoenix, Arizona

I bought this item because I had the worse computer crash in the history of computer crashes so I needed to install Windows 10 on it and then reinstall Windows 10 on a new hard drive. I caught it on sale for I think 5.99. For this capacity, eventhough 2.0, the usb was essentially free! I rarely give any product 5 stars. In this case, it is really 5 stars because it did what it was supposed to do and the price was right. I have actually recommended it to a friend of mine as she needed a usb to make use of portable files. If you are moving large files and need the faster transfer rates, then you should consider the 32 gb rated for 3.0 ports which was on sale yesterday (December 11, 2016) for 10.99 which is still essentially free! lol...If you need more space than that, then you really should be looking at the WD Passport 1TB or my favorite 2B as you can get a good deal on those.... Happy shopping....

This is one of a class of now familiar storage devices that are generally reliable although in other models I've owned (this one is fine so far# slider guides and the detent at the end point of travel tend to wear down, leaving the slide free to rattle around and #more importantly) will require an extra finger to hold slider steady while inserting device into USB port. Otherwise I've had no reason to complain about San Disk products and am obviously thrashing around in search of shortcomings. My advice: don't worry. The Cruzer will probably give reliable service for years. It's not immediately clear from the packaging that this is a USB 2.0 device; the front card says only that it is USB 2.0/3.0 compatible. One final note: I have not tried the preloaded security software

It's a USB thumb drive. You plug it in, it works. Nothing more to it. Good capacity, and I know the Cruzer line is a great quality product. (My last thumb drive is a 4GB Cruzer which went through a washer and dryer cycle. Didn't lose a bit!) Transfers just as fast as any other stick on USB 2.0. Have NOT yet tried it on a USB 3.0 interface. The encryption program that comes on the disk is simple and effective. It provides a drag and drop interface for storing files, and they can be viewed through the software in a read-only mode. To edit, one must remove the file from the store, edit it, then replace it (and then shred the unencrypted file). According to SanDisk, it uses 128-bit AES encryption, which is sufficient for any non-paranoid user. It does only allow one encrypted store per stick, so multiple people cannot encrypt files on the same device. It also has YuuWaa integration, though I did not try it.

I have purchased many SanDisk flash drives in the past and liked them but this model is painfully slow! If I were to use it for personal use it might be just ok, but not when I am transferring large files in a customers office. The design has one flaw in my opinion. The drive came with no lanyard which by itself was no surprise. What troubled me was how difficult it was to attach a ringlet to it. Due to its design I was not able to attach a ringlet and had to opt instead for a string unit (a string unit that passes through the drive catch and then back through itself). I hope that makes sense. Anyway in the end I wish I had gone with my gut and bought the Kingston. To bad too because I had always been a fan of SanDisk in the past but not any more.