I need "the best" USB Thumbdrive...

[5630745]

What do you guys recommend? I'm going to put my previous years tax records, along with a couple other scanned documents, on the drive. I need it to be waterproof, since I live in an area prone to flooding. And secure, obviously, the drive needs to be secure as well.

Price is not a concern, I'm after "the best". What do you use? Any advice?

 

[Abstract]

Burn it to CD.

 

[Consultant]

You probably want to think about offsite backup in addition to a thumbdrive.

Perhaps a safe that's rated for fire and water.

About security, make an encrypted disk image.

 

[Sesshi]

This is what I use for stuff I have to put on a USB key - but as others have said, a secure offsite backup is generally a better option. Unless it's your lambs in tutus porn fetish, in which case this is a nice solution.

https://www.ironkey.com/enterprise

Edit: I have no idea whether it's OS X compatible, I'm sure they have it in the specs. I do everything of any consequence under Windows these days.

 

[WinkWink726]

i dont know about "the best"
but Corsair makes one that is concealed in a tube!
You unscrew it from its housing like a tube.
Comes in a few different gigs

The Survivor
http://www.corsair.com/products/survivor/default.aspx (the tube one)

The Padlock
http://www.corsair.com/products/padlock/default.aspx (Yeah... it locks!)

pretty unique, both of 'em

(i checked ebay for the survivor a little bit ago... none go for less than $30)

 

[drichards]

For archive of sensitive documents, an easily misplaced, often unlabeled, high relative initial cost USB key is in my opinion a poor option compared to a password protected archive of encrypted files on a CD or DVD in your safe.