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

I bought this usb drive (32 gb version) because I need one on my keyring in case if I dont have my external hard drive or laptop with me. And probably its a best flash drive for this purpose. It looks durable - just one solid piece of metal. Water, shock, magnet, temperature and x-ray proof with 5 years of warranty. I dont have usb 3.1 yet - but I tested it with 2.0 and 3.0 - see attached pictures. Im sure writing speed with 3.1 will be much faster.

Attached screenshot of benchmark. Added SanDisks Extreme (USB 3.0) and Extreme Go (USB 3.1) for comparison. Speed is top class. Exceeded advertised read speed (200mbps) but I will say that write speed is a bit lacking. However, to compensate for that, this drive has exceptional 4k read/write speeds compared to others Ive done. For those who dont know, 4k speeds are a good representation of how well your drive reads/writes many small files. Sequential speeds show how well a drive performs with a single large file (like a full movie). Drive gets barely warm after benchmark was completed. Can easily attach to a key ring to carry on the go. Would not hesitate to buy again! P.S. I bought Champagne Silver because I noticed Titan Gray s paint can peel off from the reviews, which looks kinda ugly. Appears Champagne Silver does not suffer from this issue.

In typical USB fashion, this drive easily hits 200MB/s, but only in its read speed. Which is to be expected, manufacturers have done this for years. What I didnt enjoy was the fact that the random write appears to be so abysmal, averaging about 20MB/s. If you can manage to write sequentially to the drive youll get better performance but chances are youre using File Explorer in Windows or Finder in Mac, both of which typically dont ever write sequentially. Still, its a fairly priced drive and I cant be upset at that, the $8 I paid is right in line with the speeds I would receive.

The thumb drive is small and compact. easy to use.

Fast read/write speeds, looks sleek, good build quality. Even ran it through a washer/dryer accidentally and it still works.

I wish someone had told me to buy this style of USB stick a long time ago. Everything about it is great, but my favorite thing is not worrying about anything breaking it. Watching someone step on an average plastic encased stick, leaving behind tears of data security dreams, I realized how silly. Military grade encryption software and 64 character password don’t protect against a shoe with 240 pounds of human on top of it. But these keychain style ones will survive way more freak accidents than any other stick in the same price range.

Es una memoria bastante bonita, funciona adecuadamente y con un tamaño bastante optimo para llevarla de un lado a otro.

I use this Samsung flash drive to store all my documents and files, and it seems to do a very good job, never had any problems with it. It works very well on my Windows 10 laptop that has USB 3. 0 ports, and it also works very well on my Windows 8. 1 laptop that has USB 2. 0 ports. I like the fact that it is cased in metal, it seems to be very durable and hopefully it will be reliable and last a long time.

Great usb for loading programs into CNC machines. (HAAS & HURCO 3-Axis mills) Also works on our Mitsubishi wire EDM machine.

Read speed is amazing, but, I bought this for write speed and as a replacement for Lexar its not that great. I have compared some of my storage speeds.