SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ6-8192-A11
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Customer Review: Cruzer Negative Review
Summary: 1 Stars
I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT. I have a regular
vista OS. When I plugged this product into my computer's
USB port, it automatically launch the LaunchU3 software
that created the following problems which until now I am
still stuck with them and want them be resolved:
1. Normalize all my picture folder items. They were solid colored
before. Now they are like transparent colored, like being suspended.
2. Remove the flashing from my USB port that was used by the Cruzer.
There has not been any flashing on this port previous to LaunchU3
when the port was not used.
3. Lastly, I need to load pictures to this Cruzer without prompt that
some pictures being copied are not available. It does not load all
pictures when I tried loading them to the Cruzer.
In summary, LaunchU3 software may have a "spyware" routine embedded in
my Computer that I am still trying to get rid of.
Customer Review: U3 VPN issues
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this for the U3 functionality because I have a corp issued notebook and wanted to be able to access personal email while out of town. Surprisingly it came with Cruzer Sync 6.2 installed. Cruzer Sync emulates a bare bones Outlook and allows a user to do basic email chores, however it could not get through my VPN. My VPN is tied to an Aircard and onboard wireless is disabled and password protected so when VPN is disconnected you can't get a wireless connection at all. I did try on another notebook and it works, but U3 and Cruzer Sync DOES leave traces in the registry file and application data files so if you've got a company issued notebook with strict limitations this is not for you. As a flash drive it's one of the slower around for write times. I measured only 7.9 MB/Sec write access so this is no better than average. The amazon seller was excellent and the price was good so it's not a total loss, but did not meet my expectations thus my rating.Customer Review: Great performance with ReadyBoost, but the drive light leaves much to be desired
Summary: 3 Stars
This is my first SanDisk drive after buying only Lexar for the longest time, but I couldn't seem to find a good cheap Lexar drive after I bought a new Vista laptop to try out ReadyBoost with. This one happened to be nice and cheap, so I bought it and overall I've found it to work well with the feature and as a flash drive.
However, the two star demerit is for the bright orange activity light within the retractable case that just won't stop shining. Yes, it's there for activity and it's reassuring that it's on. But does it have to be so bright and large in the latch? It's 1"x2" of light that's distracting on the side of a laptop, especially at night when you're in your room and ready to fall asleep.
Thank goodness for electrical tape to minimize how the light shines. In the next version of this, SanDisk must move to a small LED to indicated activity, because as it is, the light is too bright and annoying to recommend this drive.
Customer Review: Don't avoid USB software
Summary: 5 Stars
Over the last several years I have used five Sandisk Cruzer flash drives from 1g to 8g. Never a problem of any kind. At first I dumped the software that comes with them but now I use lots of it.
There is a big and growing supply of portable software. It is so cheap and handy that it provides (almost) a computer on a flash drive.
On trips, I take my laptop, but I also take a Cruzer loaded with Firefox, word processing and office software, a lightweight photo editor, Foxit (a compact pdf reader), and several others. Then, when I need to use a printer and have to use the hotel or a relative's computer to do my printing, I can use the USB software and leave nothing on the borrowed computer.
USB software and "portable software" that runs from an SDHC card is just too good for its purposes to ignore. And, Sandisk's Cruzer series has served me well with, and without, the software.
Customer Review: 1st One Dog Slow, Replacement Much Better
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought a 8GB Sandisk Cruzer Micro online from Staples and its write speed was incredibly slow - 4x slower than my 4GB Cruzer and 25% slower than my 8GB Kingston Data Traveler.
I took it back to a Staples store and they exchanged it without question (I usually find Staples to be pretty user friendly). The new drive falls somewhere between my other two in terms of speed and is completely acceptable.
Even though these low end drives aren't rated for speed, shame on Sandisk for selling such variability in the same package. If you get a slow one, by all means return or exchange it!
I got rid of the U3 software - you might find it useful. The package doesn't make existence of the U3 preload very clear, but it's easy to remove.
Pros - Small & retractable, often cheap for its capacity.
Cons - Apparently it's a crapshoot as to how fast the drive will be.