64GB DataTraveler DT150
by Kingston
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Customer Review: Large capacity, great size and price
Summary: 5 Stars
8 years ago, I bought a flash drive of the same price and size but has only 1GB on it. Technology sure is really fast because now, 64 times the capacity, same size and price! Greate purchase, I was lucky enough to buy this product a week ago when it was still a bit cheaper than the current posted price of $122. Main reason for buying the product is because my WD passport hdd broke. This one is not 320GB but it's more reliable and portable. I don't mean to compare this with a high capacity HDD though, I was just devastated because all my files were gone :(. Can't wait for them to come up with a higher capacity flash drive soon.
The product is sealed in a blister pack, very simple packaging. Be careful when you open the pack though, don't throw it away because there is also a lace included in the cardboard-type sort of manual where the licensing and stuff are printed. This lace goes through the hole at the bottom of the flash drive (see the picture that I've attached in this product). This is why I wondered why one of the reviewers had to make the hole bigger when there is already a lace included.
Flash drive capacity is as advertised, you get a little over 64MB (nice!)and there is a separate 32KB for the system files (note the word separate). I tried to see how long will it take to write files on this thing so I copied over a movie file worth 173MB and was able to transfer it in 14 seconds, giving us over 12MB per second. Not as fast as a spinning HDD of course but still manageable (I'm not particular with the write speed anyway). As for the read speed, I'm not sure how to measure this so I decided to load a movie instead, didn't encounter any lags or anything for the whole duration of the movie.
Finally, there is no external switch to turn on/off the write protect settings for this item. You might be able to do this using a program that will invoke the setting on board. Personally, I don't use this setting that much since we get a lot of prompts that warn us when the same files will be overwritten and the capacity is huge anyway.
Overall, one of my great buys in amazon. Currently out of stock as I write this review, lucky me :).
Customer Review: THE PICTURE CLEARED NOW IF YOU BUY IT FROM SELLERS ITS TRASH NOT ALL OF THEM I THINK BUT TAKE THIS ADVICE!!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
THIS IS MY OLD REVIEW IN JUNE 7 WHEN THE PICTURE NOT CLEARED I DIDN'T TEST IT PROPERLY ITS MY FAULT....
Its not excelent but works I copy 2gb data to it it take 28 minute the writing speed 1.28 mb to 1.30 in windows 7 and windows xp sp3 of course didn't see it go above or average than this it came out of the box it didn't say format it yes or no its already formated or something like that don't know how! it fat32 i format it with quick option same speed give me and i format it slow full option it take about 1hour i thinked it will give me the full speed but it didn't and same speed if i copy 62gb to it i think it will take years i can't format it with ntfs in windows 7 error will appear i can't format it in windows xp because i don't see options like allocation and capacity its the bars white don't know why?!
THIS MY NEW REVIEW OCTOBER 15 WHEN TESTED FORMATTED OR THINGS LIKE THAT
I FORMATTED THIS FLASH AND APPEARED TO ME NOT 64GB OR EVEN 62GB IT SUDDENLY APPEARED 8MB WHY BECAUSE ITS CHEATED FLASH MEMORY AND ITS FAKE THE WEIGHT LIGHT NOT HEAVY LITTLE THE ORIGINAL YOU FEEL IT HEAVY AND I CANNOT FORMAT IT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT IF YOU WANT BUY IT FROM AMAZON NOT SELLERS MY 90$ EATENED AND NOW I CAN'T REFUND
IT BEEN NOW 4 MONTHS NOW ITS MY FAULT BUT WHAT CAN I DO NOW ITS TOO LATE... TAKE THIS ADVICE FROM YOUR BROTHER BEFORE PURCHASING ( MAKE YOUR RESEARCH FROM GOOGLE )
IF I CAN I WILL NOW RATE IT 1/2 STAR FROM THAT SELLER I BUY BUT FROM AMAZON 1000 STARS IF I CAN. HOPE THAT REVIEW HELP YOU PEOPLE
Customer Review: VENDOR MADE VERY GOOD ON A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT
Summary: 1 Stars
After purchasing the Kingston 64 gb flash drive, I found it did not hold my MP3 files I was trying to rip and/or transfer from other flash drives. The folders were fine just before I properly ejected the device from my laptop, but upon re-connecting the flash drive and opening it it's contents, when my mouse ran over a folder, it displayed "folder is empty." And it was!
Sharzad, the vendor I purchased the flash drive from, was very understanding and cooperative about the problem, and offered me a complete refund. However, Sharzad went even further, sending me a second Kingston 64 gb flash drive, stating that should this one not work, I wouldn't even have to ship it back, and I will get a full refund. Upon receiving the second flash drive in the mail, I discovered Sharzad also included a pair of the best earbuds I have ever owned to date, as a thank you for doing business. Regrettably, the second Kingston 64 gb flash drive had the exact same issues as the first. Sharzad has been simply wonderful about this entire matter and refunded my original purchase price and shipping cost! Sharzad knows how to keep customers!!
As for the Kingston flash drive, I am very suprised at the issues I was having with not 1, but 2!! Kingston is a brand I currently use a 2 gb flash drive from, and my 2 gb has never had any issues like this. All i can say is that I will be trying another brand of flash drive in the same capacity, and see what happens.
Customer Review: This is a great device to carry around
Summary: 5 Stars
All my prior USB flash drives were 8 GB or smaller. I was looking for a 16 or 32 GB drive, and saw that this 64 GB drive was in my price range.
It works with my Dell desktop PC's running Windows XP Home, Windows Vista 32 bit, and Windows 7 beta 32 and 64 bit.
The drive comes pre-formatted with a FAT file system, which is good, as Windows no longer allows large drives to be formatted to FAT.
It isn't exactly the fastest flash drive in the west, but it is one of the largest affordable drives. The physical size is no larger than typical 2, 4 or 8 GB USB flash drives.
If you need a lot of space in an easily portable drive, you could do a lot worse than the Kingston Technology DT150/64GB 64GB DataTraveler 150 USB 2.0 Flash Drive.
It can't be used to speed up Windows Vista or Windows 7 like some other USB flash drives. It doesn't do readyboost. Only purchase this for a lot of storage at a reasonable price.
It holds backups of my personal files, in the event of a drive failure or accidental deletion. This is the first drive which can hold my large music and video library.
I'm very pleased with this drive and with Amazon's quick delivery.
Customer Review: Banefully Lacking Kingston DataTraveler 64gb Flash Drive
Summary: 1 Stars
Wow, I actually have a very difficult time wondering why so many up, down, up, down and in between reviews are here? I will do my best to keep my words tight, aptful and as quickly as possible...
I bought this exact model 64GB Kingston Flash Drive and, at first it seemed okay, and after a week or two it went haywire on me; I tried and tried in all ways and yes, even contacting the seller and going the length of contacting Kingston to no avail... I did some research and found similar stories related to mine, where the drive just quit working, crashed or something similar and wouldn't format at all??? So my solution to this problem was somewhat simple, but cost a lot of money in the end, after having paid over 100 bucks for the Kingston, to only see it fail and nobody would take it back or honor it?
Thought on it overnight and when I woke up, I ended up later that day buying a brand new 64GB Transcend JetFlash V20 USB 2.0 Drive, which has and is working like a charm! I wouldn't rec buying this Kingston 64GB or the new 128GB for God's Sake Please unless you wish to flush money if you understand me... Good luck all and if you end up buying this drive, I sincerely hope it works great for you?