Saw this on the shelf at my local Australia Post store (VIC) and thought it was cheap for 32GB USB 3.0, no idea on read/write speeds. No indication it was on special or clearance but the smaller 8GB ones were more expensive than this.
Also picked up a couple of odd items in the clearance bin, LED Parking Assist stand, 1.63M outdoor weather station. Both were marked at $5 but scanned for $2.
LED Parking Assist and Weather Station - These may be store specific.
Would be great if the USB wasn't store specific.
The 32GB USB Drive may not be store specific, but those other 2 items looks that way.
Just copied and paste from macstevi's comment from last year's post on same item for $19.99:
De-scenting may be required as performance looks quite stinky
Capacity USB 2.0: 4, 8, 16, 32GB USB 3.0: 8, 16, 32, 64, 128GB
Read speed USB 2.0 up to 15MB/s USB 3.0 up to 80MB/s
Write speed USB 2.0 up to 8MB/s USB 3.0 up to 12MB/s
what is de-scenting?
Bought mine for 15$ the other day. It was having 3 different price tags on at same time (30$, 20 and 15). The speed is not that great, a bit slower than my WD portable hdd, dont know how to measure accurately thou. But for 32gb 3.0 i cant complain
dont know how to measure accurately thou
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/H2t…
H2testw is used to test for fake drives (verifies that every block writes/reads correctly). It should not be used to test the speed - the verification makes it a bit slower than a dedicated speed test reports, and it doesn't test random writes.
OK.
Doesn't exactly help if you are stuck on USB2.0 either ;)
Grab CrystalDiskMark.
Does this deal offer free postage? Common Aus post make us a deal!
Which Aust Post in VIC? Wonder if its nationwide?
It's $9.99 only
Can this Click be 'Click-n-Collected', or do you have get Australia Post to post the Click?
i really need to walk into more australia post stores
Believe me, if you value your time and dignity, you really shouldn't.
Emtec are beyond awful when it comes to data storage - don't put ANYTHING on these you can't afford to lose, because chances are good this is going to die within a year.
Sandisk are bloated price-wise for sure, but there's a middle ground Emtec misses entirely.
Humm…..EMTEC make some very high quality storage stuff….every product has some sort of product failure…I would not put them in a bad basket..I've had more trouble with SanDisk….but still use SanDisk and it is fine…
Maybe OW still have these floating around - www.ozbargain.com.au/node/193777.
Same price, half the size, twice the speed, hopefully much more reliable…
Try to find today in Melbourne QV OW, no stock…
3 left at Crows Nest
Bought two……looking at the speed might return one. Half of my other sub 3.0 stick. Worst when using 2.0 slot.
I got an 8GB Emtec from Dick Smith, and it failed after the first format I did on it. Took it back and returned it. The 2nd one I got worked for a few weeks, then died again…. Wasn't worth the effort to return the 2nd one since it was free credit I used to get it initially.
Went into auburn store and it showed as 15 but scanned as 9.99
I was in the Northam WA Australia Post store today and the staff had just received a print out to mark down a number of items. The Thomson Ipad portfolio case & stand and bluetooth keyboard which was advertized at $12.99 in their catalogue down from $39.99 was marked down again to $6.99. The Logitech m325 wireless mouse was marked down to $4.99 and I also picked up an Isense Ipad shock resistant cover marked down from $9.99 to $1.99. I had not read this thread till after shopping their so will pop back tomoz to see if they have any Emtec 32 gig sticks available and thanks to this forum I usually get to know about mark downs even before the staff at the post office do. Previous Australia Post deals shown here have in the past been state wide from my experience.
Thank you
Sounds great. Driving over from North Queensland now.
Thery are in stock in burwood (plaza) nsw. Just bought one.
Bought last 2 at Camberwell VIC…will make good linux multi boot drives…not worried about speed…
Got 2 at seven hills. There weren't any on the shelves but I asked anyway. The lady said they "sold the last one" but went to the back and then said they had 4 lol. So there should still be 2 left. She asked me how I found out :)
Also got 2 Logitech k400r for $9.99!
Edit: blacktown has 7 of those cardboard placecards for them.. you take it to the counter to purchase.. so theoretically they should still have 6. It's marked as $14.99 but I'm sure it'll scan at $10.
Warning: Only 30158 of 30159 MByte tested.
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 10.9 MByte/s
Reading speed: 33.5 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
reads slightly faster than the medion 64gb.. but almost twice as slow in writing
Is this on USB 3.0 or USB 2.0? Looks like USB 2.0.
USB 3.0 port :)
I was expecting them to be slow
Oh-man, ya killing me with that K400R deal!
Half the price of their recent hotcakes promotion…
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/192213
Officeworks pricematch might be possible with a copy of a receipt.
Need a new best friend? :P
I highly doubt OW will price match a receipt from a while ago.. and I actually have to look for it. But I'll try if you're that keen lol
Sorry. I thought it was due to this deal.
@Utopian: Triple-DOH!
Found the source of my confusion… You posted that 3/6
:D
Don't mind me… Bit slow at the moment.
Couple of my locals have stock
but waiting till they go to $5
so.. these usb drives don't work as a bootable recovery drives.. i've tried with 2 different laptops and both of my usb drives.. no go.. it just freezes at boot :/
Really? That's practically unheard of - flash drives are not complicated. Other USB flash drives work fine? You might just have some faulty or badly formatted ones.
yeah it's so weird and it happens on both of the ones i got.. i was just using the windows recovery media creator.. using fat32 file system.. same process work flawlessly with the 2x 64gb medion usb 3's i got :/
Perhaps u r sticking it into a usb 2.0 port or even 3.0 when 2.0 is available?
Old school 2.0 sticks in 2.0 ports is seemless for boot purposes if u can.
While I agree, some fancy ones are described as mSATA with a USB connection - And are mounted as fixed drives, not allowing USB boot…. from what I read in the last couple of days.
Perhaps u r sticking it into a usb 2.0 port or even 3.0 when 2.0 is available?
Tried all ports mate. No go :/
from what I read in the last couple of days.
Mind sharing please?
@CVonV: MAN, I was cramming internet knowledge SO hard those few days, and on many fronts. Couldn't find it in my history - BUT, this is on the trail:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8709/mushkin-ventura-ultra-usb…
Thanks. But it doesn't really mention anything about bootability :S
I'd like anyone else to comment if they've had success with booting from this usb key.
@CVonV: You're right. I kinda gave up, too much on my plate right atm. I hate giving-up though! I'm SURE I read something about it! Gimme time, sorry.
Plenty of stock at burwood plaza NSW for $10.
Has anyone seen this price in Perth?
ah this will be store specific.. please do a h2testw on it for read/write speeds :)