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PNYs Turbo 3.0 is Built for Speed & Convenience Get the most out of the USB 3.0 port on your new computer.
Enjoy
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Worth reading over recent posts (and the newer Amazon reviews):
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/270220#comment-4079626
Reliability of these has dropped a lot recently, I wouldn't trust my data with them. Look at the recent Amazon reviews to see how bad they've become. They made a change around eighteen months ago to the quality of the components.
PNY changed the manufacturing of these USB drives last year (found that out when I posted a deal on it), and recent reviews not looking good as the drives keep failing within months. Before it used to be one the most reliable drives, shame PNY had to bait and switch.
Amazon reviews of the 256GB model, sorted by most recent. 4/10 1-star reviews on first page
EDIT: Beaten by spack
bought a couple earlier this year and a few last year. Had no problems at all with them
Reviews don't look promising at all though, which is why I'd still recommend staying away. You never know if you'll get a dud.
Past ozb post - lots of negative feedback here
Also rated 2/5 stars on newegg
Thank god Amazon has a good return policy - but still not worth the hassle losing your data and returning if you get a dud imo.
bought a couple earlier this year
You sure it was Turbo and not the Turbo Elite deal you posted earlier this year? (though Turbo Elite's reviews don't look promising as well).
but still not worth the hassle losing your data
This is why you keep your data on more than one device and on the cloud
This is why you keep your data on more than one device and on the cloud..
I would bet that 99.9% of OZbargainers don't backup their flash drives.
I backup often, but still sucks when your USB craps itself.
Also whats with editing your comments? Make a jab at me and then edit it out so the rest of ozb can't see it?
@lyl:
I backup often,
I doubt it considering your previous comment
but still not worth the hassle losing your data
Lyl is a student who would constantly be using flash drives to transport stuff being worked on.
As he said:
but still sucks when your USB craps itself.
Fair enough too
I can still lose a weeks worth of work, and that is a hassle. Sure I won't be crying like someone who loses everything as they only store their files on a single drive, but I'd much rather not have a drive which has reliability issues.
@lyl:
As I said before even the most reliable flash drives die
I've had Samsung pro ssd's fail and high end flash drives die
Luckily all my data is backed up on 3 different drives, a NAS and 2 cloud accounts
I also have some cheap Chinese drives that have been working flawlessly for 4 years
Then why not get a more reliable flash drive? I don't mind if the failure rates are low, but this drive has so much consistent negative feedback over the last year that I don't think the risk is worth the saving.
If you're okay with the risk then fine, I just felt I needed to inform potential buyers of the issues with this drive.
Bought one as far back as July 2015, build quality was already suspect then .
Regret buying this from Amazon on earlier deal
The molded plastic looks and feels cheap, evident just when you slide open the usb plug protector.
Used it to move data from laptop. It stopped copying halfway, came up as blank FAT32 drive. This was moving 10GB of personal data (!)
Had to replug to continue. Wouldn't trust it for anything important.
Not commenting on quality, but 256GB on a thumbstick, for $60, is friggin' magnificent. Only 11 years ago I was making do with a 1k late-90's desktop with a 10GB HD. Something, something something, living in the future, man.
if this has a read/write swtich… this would be awsome!