Lexar 2GB Jumpdrive Swivel 360 Degree Cap with Sleek Stainless Steel Design JDSW2GB-431
by LEXAR MEDIA INC
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Manufacturer: LEXAR MEDIA INCAudio: English (Original Language)
Model: JDSW2GB-431
Product features:
- CAP W/ SLEEK STAINLESS STEEL DESIGN
- Windows Live OneCare 2.0 (Up to 3 Users)
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 - Full Version
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 (Win/Mac) [OLD VERSION]
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (3.3 Feet/1.0 Meter)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to B-Male Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
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Customer Review: Awful hinge, mildly annoying surprise program
Summary: 3 Stars
As someone else said, this could have been so much better!
I chose the drive for the cap design, being tired of losing and scattering usb drive caps around the world. But that design seems flawed....
Maybe it's just my unit, but the hinge is so stiff that I have to fight every time I open the drive. I have to push it very carefully through the opening, then pry it open the rest of the way from the connector-end of the drive. This really makes the drive annoying to use in the fast-paced setting for which I bought it. Yes, it's cool that the hinge lights up blue to indicate when the drive is active. But I wish it worked more smoothly!
The software that came with it could have been better too, but hey, I didn't even know the drive CAME with software -- the package says nothing about it. Annoyingly, however, if I use the PowerToGo/Ceedo software to look at the files on the drive, I cannot drag and drop a document INTO that window, as I normally would/should be able to do in a usual windows environment. The window even looks just like Windows' version, making it more irritating. Yes, I can copy and paste a document into the PowerToGo window, but that is cumbersome. This has to be an error in the program.
To the user who was rightly annoyed by the automatically appearing desktop shortcut -- it irritated the cr** out of me too -- but you can turn that off if you go to "options" in the PowerToGo menu.
UPDATE: After several weeks of use, the hinge has loosened somewhat, and is now much easier to work. I just hope the process doesn't continue to the point where the drive swings freely and "exposes itself" uncommanded. I would up my rating to four stars now, with the hinge improving, and noticing how truly convenient it is not to have to mind a cap -- but I can't change the rating here, it seems. Also, as others have noted, you don't have to use the software; you can even just wipe it from the drive and move forward as though it never existed.
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