SanDisk 32GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive SDCZ430-032G-G46
back on sale. same as this deal
Also 64 GB is $13.99
CamelCamelCamel.
Laboriously? It gets hot just by being plugged in.
I can feel the heat just by browsing them on my phone.
they get hot when being written to (write cycle cause change of states in the gates which generates heat, not the read cycles) and small size means little little heat sink ability ….it’s the trade off if you want a tiny form factor …..you want cool when being written to get a physically bigger drive which acts more as a heat sink …… i use them mainly for mp3 for my car radio so i don’t have a large usb drive sticking out of my dash board …..work great as i write the music once (gets hot due to write cycle) stays cool after that (read cycles).
The exact purpose I purchased a previous similar model for previously years ago! It worked great in my car stereo and was small enough to blend into the unit discreetly.
while it may be true that they get hot while getting written to and this is the normal belief, these drives actually do get quite hot even without write activity. Void above is not wrong that having it plugged in is really enough for it to get quite toasty…
Have used it to hold mp3 to plug into my car stereo.
It does seem to run hot even when reading, but I've had mine for well over 5 years without failure.
I had two of them (16Gb) die in less than a year. If you need reliability, look elsewhere.
Not to nitpick, but Camel, Camel, Camel shows it's been this price or better since August. You have to go back to 2018 if you really want to buy it for $19.
That deal is finished lol
they sound a bit iffy from the comments in that thread but still a good buy at that price.
there is a technical reason they get hot during write cycles ….. just like a technical reason phones get hot during fast charge cycles ….. people need to ask themselves why things happen, not just what happens when making decisions, and not always assume comments come from someone with technical qualifications ….
you backup (write) 128gb on usb3 at full speed, it will get hot …… you watch 128gb of 4k movies all day it will only get warm like any other flash drive …..
That is way bigger, dude
As people mentioned the price per gb…
Just in time for winter
winter … more the summer, you leave it plugged into your car MP3 player, probably gets to more than 50 degrees in the sun …. then you get into the car and turn it on ….. day after day and they keep on working ….. very tough for such a small form factor …..
I have one of these in a work truck and I've had absolutely no issues. My old usb kept deleting things and then blue screened the head unit (big problem, truck gets benched without the head unit), but I got one of these at the start of summer and it's been brilliant.
Music for hours, no vanishing albums, no mid song corruption.
This vs overclocked microSD for Raspberry Pi?
depends what you are trying to do, you can read quicker then the micro SD on this, but the micro SD will be cooler if you do a lot of writes, and easier to update on a PC, just plugs into USB port , no need to find micro SD read/writer.
For my PI, I hope they bring out a model eventually with M.2 slot, but I think the cost might not fit with the Pi ethos …
Don't particularly care about heat, only performance
Have a CM4 with a NVMe drive installed, but it is bottlenecked by the x1 2.0 slot.
already have a drawer full of flash drives and SD cards from various ozbargain deals
enough to fill a Dell basic 15" backpack
bigger backpack or physically smaller drives ?
Gift what you’ve got to neighbours, and restart hoarding anew. Aussie retailers need your support, spend!
some neighbours might be offended if its not of a high enough value ….like giving cheap presents or re-gifting …. why risk your reputation ….
interesting you mention spend and retailers ….. besides the shortage of sandwich grills ….. went into the good guys looking for a new fridge and had been eyeing a samsung top freezer / bottom fridge 620L "mate see those fridges with the blue sticker ….. means we have no stock and can't sell you one" seems some parts of the retail sector have nothing to sell …..
I’d go back and thank them, they have saved you from owning a Samsung fridge! Get anything but.
I use a 256gb version of this for my Xbox series S, I don't play much, at all, and keep the least played games on USB. If you plan to do this, just know it works and loading is actually pretty quick, I'm impressed. I recommend either unplugging the USB or fully turning off the Xbox when not in use as the USB gets hot.
I have one these plugged into an RPi for temporary storage.
I very much expect it to fail unexpectedly, based on the amount of heat being given off.
Mine failed after a couple months, had the 64GB and it got tremendously hot when transferring large files which most likely contributed to its premature death
AFAIK my local MSY sell them at this price (1 cent more) all the time.
Bought one of the 64s. I got it $3.99 because I had $10 credit from a black Friday sale. I had completely forgotten about the money!
Note the delivery is a few weeks on these (I have 22nd Feb).
PLE have them on sale for $11 is you're needing it sooner (like me)
https://www.ple.com.au/Products/631630/SanDisk-Cruzer-Ultra-…
I ran H2testw on the 64GB drive. It is even more disappointing than I expected. My drive did not get hot, only warm.
First test is on an old laptop with a USB 2.0 port (just in case it was one of these https://youtu.be/ctByXhte_-A?t=60)
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 13.2 MByte/s
Reading speed: 22.9 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Second test on my PC using a USB 3.2 port
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 23.4 MByte/s
Reading speed: 101 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Annnd I dun lost my tiny tiny drive. It's gotta be on my desk.. somewhere…
Be warned, these units run VERY hot if used laboriously for extended periods. The read/write speeds are great, but not if run for long periods. I have a few of them and I just use them for running backup licenced copies of Windows 10 and Microsoft Office. That suffices for me. The small compact size is ideal for travelling. I keep them inside a small container in my laptop bag for emergencies and/or when I am away from secure/reliable internet.