Kingston 32GB 100 G3 USB 3.0 DataTraveler (DT100G3/32GB) Black

I purchased this because it was on sale, and I wanted to have another usb stick for OS installs. However, when flashing a boot ISO to the drive, it ran so slow that I gave up completely, used an older computer with an older flash drive, redownloaded the Linux ISO, and wrote it to the bootable USB drive all before this one had even reached 20% completion... The thing was cheap but not worth it at all.

Bottom line: The USB stick worked. Then it didnt. I did not have the energy to deal with returns. I did have the energy to write a lukewarm review. Pros: Cheap, sleek. Cons: Failed after first use. Unknowns: Speed? I would hope that data transfer is fast for this amount of data, but I just dont know if that is true.

Good USB drive at a great price! I have had good success with Kingston products so this was a no brainer. The build quality and reliability are top-notch. You really cant go wrong with most storage brands and it really just came down to the best price per storage size for me.

Easily the worst flash drive I have ever used. When I received the order from Amazon I plugged it into my computer to backup and noticed it was taking hours to run, so I ran some tests with this flash drive to compare it to some older flash drives and this performed far worse than the old technology. Test computer: Older computer with USB 2.0 (not 3.0) Flash drives tested (all FAT formatted): 1. Kingston DT100G3 (subject of review) 2. Kingston DataTraveler DTI/8GB (roughly 5 years old) 3. SanDisk Cruzer 2GB (well over 5 years old) The Test: No other programs running. Xcopy script to copy files to the target flash drive. The same script and files were used for each flash drive. Plugged in #1 to USB 2.0 port Ran test for one minute Removed #1 and plugged in #2 in the same port Ran test for one minute Removed #2 and plugged in #3 in the same port Ran test for one minute The Results: 1. Kingston DT1000G3 (subject of review): 57 files/56MB 2. Kingston DTI/8GB: 283 files/143MB 3. SanDisk Cruzer: 525 files/158MB After being a Kingston flash drive user for years, this will be the last one I purchase.

I have always been a fan of Kingston products and this flash drive is no exception! These drives are affordable enough that I dont mind when someone doesnt return it to me. Anyone that has used a flash drive in an office environment knows exactly what I am talking about! :)

Does what it should, has the storage listed. The protective sleeve does NOT stay extended when in my pocket leaving the USB plug exposed, that is my primary issue with it.

Does exactly what I needed these flash drives for. Great product. Great name brand I can trust.

Less than $four.fifty for 32gb was good, but agree with many other reviews that speed is poor for 3.0. For the price it wont be returned, but if speed is important suggest to look elsewhere.

Good Seller, Good Product, Fast Shipping. I purchased three of them.

Writing mp3s to this starts off okay at around 30 mbps then slows to around under 200 kbps in under a minute and eventually around 50 kbps until it finally finishes about 30 minutes later. Not only does it read and write it slowly, it corrupts the files it writes. My car head unit would skip or not even play some songs, leading me to think my head unit was messed up and went through the trouble of replacing a few all because of this POS. Just recently, I decided to reformat and give this a try because I needed a USB stick to use as a recovery drive, and failed again which is the reason for this review. I put the recovery data on this stick and booted to USB and sure enough I get a pop up saying I cant use it because a file is corrupted. Next I reloaded the same data on a Sandisk Extreme and no problems.