railfancwb Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Was looking for large capacity thumb drives, specifically 256gb, and found this. Is the offer - price and capacity and USB 3.x speed believable? Not a frequent or recent customer for such things, so this may be reasonable in today’s market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 Seems anything which sounds too good to be true is - even if from Amazon! https://www.myce.com/news/aware-fake-2tb-usb-sticks-amazon-can-cause-data-loss-83202/ Per the linked article a real 2tb thumb drive currently costs over $1,500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, railfancwb said: Seems anything which sounds too good to be true is - even if from Amazon! https://www.myce.com/news/aware-fake-2tb-usb-sticks-amazon-can-cause-data-loss-83202/ Per the linked article a real 2tb thumb drive currently costs over $1,500. That article is dated 2017 You can guess which one is real. Edited April 14, 2021 by pipedreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) TB in a thumb drive is rather common these days and prices on tech are falling like a rock. The 3.0 is a bit of a dilemma. First you have to have it, then plug into the right port. It is many times faster than 2.0, but I don't find it as fast as it claims. Watch them, the seem to get pretty hot. FWIW, my step dad gave me several Chines 1Tb thumb drives. All but one has failed pretty quickly. $30? I don't really think so at least for something that I have to depend on. $169? Way over priced for today's tech unless the thing is a true thoroughbred, and even then it is steep. Stick with SanDisck, PNY, or some of the well known names, preferably Japanese vintage if you can find it. Edited April 14, 2021 by LostinTexas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Buy a quality brand name drive, may cost more but you get what you pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 4 hours ago, railfancwb said: Complete with Spyware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 The 6 Best 1TB Flash Drives in 2021 https://whatintech.com/1tb-flash-drive/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Usually it's about $100 per 1TB in SSD. I would pass considering it has one star....and...it doesn't make sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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