SAMSUNG 256GB BAR Plus (Metal) USB 3.1 Flash Drive, Speed up to 300MB/s $53.60 @ Newegg

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Black - https://www.newegg.com/global/au-en/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147704&Description=256gb%20usb&cm_re=256gb_usb--20-147-704--Product

Silver - https://www.newegg.com/global/au-en/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147700&Description=256gb%20usb&cm_re=256gb_usb--20-147-700--Product

Note black is $1 more.

Also worth a mention is the Patriot Supersonic Rage 2 256GB. You'll have to add a $2 item to qualify for the discount.

https://www.newegg.com/global/au-en/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220928&Description=256gb%20usb&cm_re=256gb_usb--20-220-928--Product

original deal - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/419729

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  theacekiller888 on 24/11/2018 - 15:26

  The review says the write speed is just 40mb/s? Is that normal?

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    ozhunter on 24/11/2018 - 15:33

    The up to 300mb/s is the read speed. It's usually advertised that way as it looks better. I'd say that write speed is normal, it's a cheap usb 3.1 usb drive.

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      Zachary on 24/11/2018 - 15:41

      So what do you consider to be a performance oriented flash drive with the both read and write speed at the top?

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    Mister Plod on 24/11/2018 - 18:11

    Just tested my 128gb version: 292MB/s read, 49MB/s write

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  [Deactivated] on 24/11/2018 - 15:51

  -1

  My 4GB SanDisk Titanium USB 2.0 which I still use all the time from almost 15 years ago writes faster than this.

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    Bellpop on 24/11/2018 - 16:13

    +7

    Ok dad

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  leetec on 24/11/2018 - 16:05

  +2

  I am using the 64gb and 32gb version, reading is really fast, at USB3.0 port its writing is steady at 22-25mb/s for large file, small file will go as low as 9mb/s, and it does not warm up at all. The last gen's writing speed is inconsistent and often halted intermittently, and warm up a lots. I rated it's the best of this price and the best build of all.

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  swimmingtoad on 24/11/2018 - 16:31

  +1

  Patriot Supersonic Rage 2 256GB is a crazy fast usb

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    Zachary on 24/11/2018 - 17:15

    -1

    But this is faster: https://www.newegg.com/global/au-en/Product/Product.aspx?Ite…

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      CH on 24/11/2018 - 17:54

      +2

      At 5x the price, that's a hell of a premium for being slightly faster.

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        Zachary on 24/11/2018 - 20:14

        -1

        It's also significantly faster in random reads and writes too…..the Rage 2 will only do like less than 1MB/s or around there in this area where as the Extreme Pro will do 100MB/s+…. but here's the Sandisk 128GB one which may be slightly slower: https://www.storagereview.com/sandisk_extreme_pro_usb_30_fla…

        Sure if you're intending to use the flash drive for moving or coping over larger than say a few megabytes in size, then Rage 2 would be sufficient, but if you're also copying/moving over tiny 1KB files or smaller and have lots…like 10k kind of lots, the Extreme Pro will be faster overall….

        Also you get lifetime warranty with Sandisk vs. 5 years on that Patriot brand….

        Who's negging me now…? :P

        EDIT: Also here's one for the magnum 2 which is basically the same product, but looks different and isn't retractable.

        EDIT2: Found out Amazon is selling one for almost half that….

        EDIT3: in an Australian accent Waaa, check this beauty out, it's even faster still!

        EDIT4: Hmmm, the reviews don't seem to make it sound too good……criticisms about it starting hell fast but then dropping down to 60 to 70MB/s….. Oh it's actually just a SSD shrunked to flash drive form factor…..and thus not native flash drive that one of the commenters asked for:

        Araemo - Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - link
        Is this a 'native' USB drive using UASP, or is this a USB-attached IDE/ATA/SCSI controller connected to a 'standard' SSD controller?

        Part of why I ask is how differently they're handled by some low level functions in windows. (For example, if you wanted to use this as a very fast offline media for SCCM Operating System Deployment (OSD), and it's detected as a 'hard disk'("Fixed disk", even if hot-swap enabled) rather than a 'usb flash disk'("Removable disk"), it won't work, because it gets confused by the extra hard disk detected.)

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    kutovat on 24/11/2018 - 17:26

    This has been sitting in my cart for a week, just pulled the trigger plus an HDMI cable of $4 to qualify for the code. Happy Larry :-)

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  Bugs on 24/11/2018 - 22:05

  Don't use this in an LG tv. My 64gig version fails constantly