High capacity memory stick recommendations!!

[jbrown]

Hi

I'm looking for a high (ish) capacity USB stick. By this I mean 512gb to 1tb. This so I can carry a large amornt of files with me without having to carry a whole external hard drive. It should have decent transfer rates.

And hopefully not be too expensive.

I've seen a few on Amazon / Ebay, and bought ( and returned them! ) two.

The problem with them was the excruciatingly slow copy/read rates. IE 68gb data to take a day to copy!!!!

What represents a decent transfer rate?

Any and all recommendations gratefully received

cheers

 

[Fishrrman]

I think you'd do much better with a small USB3 self-contained SSD drive.

Something like this?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00ZTRY532?tag=delt-20

There are others, as well.

Many, MANY times faster.
Of course, there will be a short cable to plug in, but you have to "plug in" a flash drive anyway...

 

[Macgyver1]

Are your ports 2.0 or 3.0(Large speed difference)? If 3.0, there's a lot of speedy options. Recommend you format them yourself to Mac extended journaled if that's applicable to you.

I tend to stay mainstream with flash drives myself(Sandisk, Lexar, Kingston), never had an issue as you describe. Of course there may be underlying conditions as well.

Best

 

[jbrown]

they are standard USB drives ( USB 2? ) going via Apple adapter to USB-C ( Thunderbolt 3 )

 

[xraydoc]

Reportedly very fast.
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-T3-P...13006&sr=1-2&keywords=samsung+t3+portable+ssd

But not a stick.

 

[jbrown]

I appreciate the feedback - but still hoping someone can recommend a good, fast, high capacity USB memory stick

 

[JD2015]

You looking for USB A or USB C flash drive?

 

[jbrown]

You looking for USB A or USB C flash drive?

Either will be fine

 

[christophermdia]

Either will be fine

I got this ... maxed at 128gb, but you can't beat the price ...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M59PHE4/ref=twister_B01179M6DQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

[bartvk]

I appreciate the feedback - but still hoping someone can recommend a good, fast, high capacity USB memory stick

Have you had one of these Samsung SSDs in your hand? If not, I recommend you do. I think you'll change your mind about wanting a "standard" USB stick.

At first I thought, "meh, a big SSD drive". But then a colleague of mine showed me his. And in actuality, it's very small and very flat. Do you know those creditcard holders which take 5-6 cards? About the same size.
[doublepost=1484333102][/doublepost]If you do prefer a stick, here's what's available around $200. Note, I don't have experience with any of them. These are simply the current biggest sticks, which is 512 GB.

https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-HyperX-512GB-HXS3/dp/B01A8I92Q6
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Flash-Voyager-512GB-Drive/dp/B00S89FF78
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Flash-Voyager-Slider-512GB/dp/B01F3Z65RI
https://www.amazon.com/Patriot-512GB-Supersonic-Magnum-PEF512GSMN2USB/dp/B01A6YDZ3I
https://www.amazon.com/Patriot-512GB-Supersonic-Flash-PEF512GSMGUSB/dp/B01AAIJ0XE

There's stuff coming up in the 1 and 2TB range, from Kingston:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11005...ltimate-gt-usb-flash-drive-with-2-tb-capacity

Perhaps not necessary to mention this, but have you thought about how you're going to back up the data that's on the USB stick?