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Pros

Incredibly useful to carry around such a big drive with such a small form factor. Can fit anywhere. Keep it in a jewellery box or something, don't just chuck in a bag/box with cables and peripherals everywhere. Data transfer is fast but does get hot t... Read More

Cons

Usb flash drive is too hot to handle after 5 minute of copying files. Amazon only seem to want to replace or refund it for the first month as i didn't realise how hot it was till i happened to touch it once by accident.

Crashes when loading large files even after reformatting away from fat32. When i connect to my laptop it says it needs formatting, when i try to format it says write protected. Even if i use diskpart to try to clean and reformat it i am unable to.

Gb drive is so slow that it should be * for sandisk to sell and claim this to be anything near usb 3 or similar. Data transfer speed also drops to a horribly slow rate, slower than my slowest cheapest usb2 stick. Worst bit is how slow and erratic the ... Read More

But both casing parts (metal casing and plastic back) are apart. Imo they are not fit for purpose and aren't worth the money.

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Quality

Good value, high quality, doesn't stick out to far so easy to leave in the computer

Product works as described only problem i have is the size of it which i keep having to find it apart from my problem this is a... Read More

Due to the unit getting hot and with the regular removal from devices, the red sandisk name on the plastic part did start disap... Read More

They can get hot for sure, but careful and infrequent use should see this as a quality and valuable product.

Shipping

Data transfer is fast but does get hot to the touch.

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This product had a total of 19,601 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 18 2023.