Sandisk 16GB Ultra Backup USB Flash Drive - $26.95 + $7.95 P&H

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  Bobbymg on 26/06/2011 - 11:42

  Mate I got 3 from MLN for 23$ each.
  there is no bargain there at all.
  this looks like an ads for me.
  CHEERS

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  cyssero on 26/06/2011 - 11:43

  Appears these drives are a bit slower than you'd hope: http://usbspeed.nirsoft.net/?g=16gb. Anywhere between 7-10MB/s.

  The A-DATA TRX-200 is about ~$28 pp but quote much higher read/write speeds even over USB 2.0 - see this for example

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  MiLe on 26/06/2011 - 12:09

  HN is currently seeling 16gb Toshiba USB drives for $19, and theres heaps of stock left in the Martin Place store.

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    ozb-442 on 26/06/2011 - 12:25

    You have to remember those toshiba 16gb flash drives aren't anywhere nearly as reliable as Sandisk, they're probably using slower memory. I think i remmeber seeing somewhere that they got about 3MB/s write and 12MB/s read

    EDIT: 4MB/s write and 17MB/s read

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      ndenham on 27/06/2011 - 09:53

      Having used the Toshiba one just yesterday to transfer a shitload of files I can verify the write speed tops out at more like 3.4 MB/s and dips as low as 2.8.

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  padfoot07 on 26/06/2011 - 12:12

  I got an 8gb for 8 bucks at clive peeters yesterday

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  ozb-442 on 26/06/2011 - 12:21

  Sorry, my bad. Considering it's a Sasmsung though, and they retail for alot, i though it was a good deal. And yes, on that website it looks like they get 7MB/s write and 25MB/s read.

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  Jabba the Hutt on 26/06/2011 - 12:56

  I'm getting around 6 to 9 MB/s real world write speeds (copying ~300MB files from HD > Ultra Backup) with the 8GB version I bought in the uniquemobiles deal. Better than my Blade but nothing to brag about.

  The thing that surprised me was the build quality - for something labelled Sandisk "Ultra" it feels a bit cheap and plasticky, with a retraction mechanism that's not as smooth and solid as old school Cruzers.

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    ozb-442 on 26/06/2011 - 13:02

    Thanks for the input - guess I was wrong. Stupid fake MyMemory benchmarks lol. I had a chat to their customer service lady yesterday because they were stating that Integral 16gb Micro SDHC class 4's could get 15MB/s write and 20MB/s read. She then said that these were with optimal performance, yet i insisted that they just won't reach thay speed because the inbuilt memory chip just isn't that fast.

    http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SDHC/Integral/Integral-16GB-…

    Back on topic - Looks like I won't get the Ultra Backup then. What read speeds do you get?

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  ozb-442 on 26/06/2011 - 13:25

  I just ran a read/write benchmark on my Cruzer Micro 8gb

  9.89MB/s write

  23.0MB/s read

  Guess there'd be no performance benefit upgrading to an Ultra Backup then.

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  cyssero on 26/06/2011 - 14:17

  The only benefit of the Ultra Backup is the 'one touch' button which basically kicks off a sync. Not bad if you're trying to get some novices into backing-up important data such as photos and documents. Still wouldn't trust any backup on cheap flash memory like this, but it's a start.

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  Black Hole on 26/06/2011 - 19:51

  The backup software is only 30 days trial.