Samsung BAR Plus 32GB - 200MB/s USB 3.1 Flash Drive Champagne Silver (MUF-32BE3/AM)

I purchased this to use with my Roku TV for the pause and record feature they programmed into the TV. It works and does what it’s supposed to do.

I can transfer from this drive at about 250MB/s but it writes to the drive at about 25MB/s which really cripples the usefulness of this drive for moving large files between computers, especially in the larger capacities. I can only recommend this drive to be used as a live media for Linux installations.

Exactly what I needed.

Redefine everyday file transfers with speeds up to 200MB/s dd if=/home/admin/archlinux-2019.09.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdc status=progress 449888768 bytes (450 MB, 429 MiB) copied, 1 s, 450 MB/s 1275904+0 records in 1275904+0 records out 653262848 bytes (653 MB, 623 MiB) copied, 25.7224 s, 25.4 MB/s Copying a raw binary stream at 25.4 MB/s on USB 3.0 with advertising claims of 200MB/s -- whats that for text files? -1 Star because it was unnecessary they make that their first advertising point, I never expected it to do that speed but it clearly doesnt.

Ive never had one of these drives fail, and I have a daily carry drive that Ive written over 50tb total that still works as well as the day I bought it. Metal case gives a nice feel and the sloped angle at the back makes it easy to extract, plus a hole to attach to a lanyard or key ring. My only complaint is the finish can get a bit scratched up if you keep it with keys like I do, but doesnt affect anything functional which is all I care about. They arent even that expensive, so why take a risk on cheaper ones?

This thing gets very hot within a couple minutes of being plugged in. I cant say how this will effect long term performance since Ive only had it a few days, but I do find it concerning.

I just counted up and I have 11 of these. They are fast, nearly indestructible, and perfect for OS installs, live drives, and sneaker net. You can actually do a LOT with 32GB. The price is spectacular.

Just like any other stick gald to have one in handy

I own a lot of these, havent ever ran into any trouble other than occupationally some of them overheat while doing large rights to them. I dont tend to stress them after I write things to them they tend to just sit around and get read after once in a while, which means read speed is the only thing that really matters to me, and they have pretty good read speed.

Perfectly designed for its purpose. Extremely durable and pretty fast. No complaints at all as it does exactly what it advertises. Highly recommend.