Fast, Mac-Compatible 8GB Thumbdrive

I have been using this drive for about a month now, and it works great! It's fast, great capacity, and works seamlessly on my Mac. Unfortunately, the first one I received was dead, but with Amazon's no-questions-asked return policy, they overnighted me a new one, and I returned the broken one, with minimal effort. Overall I am very pleased with the drive.

Very Nice! Faster than I thought it would be.

This USB thumb drive has a really nice feel to it. It works in Windows Vista perfectly, the drivers load automatically.

I measured the following performance:
Write single 717MB video file - 120 seconds - 5.975MB/s
Read single 717MB video file - 30 seconds - 23.9MB/s
Write 455 files (727MB total) JPG files - 150 seconds - 4.85MB/s
Read 455 files (727MB total) JPG files - 37 seconds - 19.65MB/s

I think this is very nice for the money.

Poor Durability

Owned for 4 months. Performance great. USB connector just came off. Was only plugged into my computer or carried in my laptop bag. Problem seems to have been fatigue in the pins connecting the USB plug to the board. No apparent mechanical support beyond the unit's rubber boot. What a waste.

Much Better

I had been getting larger USB flash drives as the performance-to-price was reasonable. I went to a competing 4G unit, which I had had success with their earlier versions, but it was truly a dog. Twice as slow on large files and more than ten times as slow with a bunch of smaller files (e.g., 3 minute transfer ended up taking more than 30 minutes).

So, I looked around. This one (the GT version, which supposedly is faster) had good reviews and a good price. I couldn't find it locally, so had to get it online. So far, this one is faster than the good competing units and, of course, much much faster than that dog I had earlier.

Yes, mine is tight when two sticks are next to each other. Had to use the extension in those cases. But, usually by itself, it fits snugly.

I like the fact that it is rubberized. Makes it less damage prone. The cap works well, but I haven't had it very long. The only problem is that it does pick up dust, lint, and tissue residue fairly easily. No big deal there, though.

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I'm glad for buying it

This flash drive is fast enough.
Even my Home Theater system recognize it without a problem and now I can watch movies from it directly withou having to burn them to DVDs.
Good one. Buy it with no worries.

a great flash drive

I purchased the flash drive to replace my other drive which only had 2GB. I use it for work (I am an IT engineer at a major TV network in NY)and for personal projects too..in particular it is handy for delivering large photo files and text changes to my book designer, as I am also an author and publisher. I have only one complaint: and that is the rubber cap kept coming off and now the cap is gone, so that's not a great design as the drive hangs around my neck most of the time, and I'm concerned about static discharge, but drive works great even with the missing cap.

50% Faster Writes than advertised

I'm very happy so far, especially as I tested the write speed to be 18MB/S which is 50% faster than claimed. The read speed was the claimed 31MB/S.

Came with USB extension lead and disk with the encryption software on. My last flash stick was a Sandisk with 3U - it always gave quite a wait to boot up 3U so I don't think I'm going to miss it - perhaps will miss the auto backup software. The TrueCrypt encryption software that comes with the Voyager is freeware - seems very good and the latest version was on the mini-CD that came with it along with the Windows-98 driver.

My laptop has recessed USB slots and I could plug the device in no problem, but it does prevent use of the slot next to it unless the extension cable is used. I like the rubber case and I don't think this is going to be a big issue.

It seems the XP driver installs itself (no disk needed) and according to the device settings write caching is disabled which it says makes it safe to remove the device without first having  more

Solid

I've used and been exposed to numerous brands and styles of "thumbdrives" over the years. Overall, this is the best I've seen.
Pros:
- Slightly "tacky" rubber coating is good for gripping and keeping it in my pocket.
- Solid, durable, rugged construction. Navy small boats, rain, salt spray, in my pocket during firefighting operations, even a trip through the washer and dryer--nothing seems to hurt this thing.
- Tight-fitting cap just doesn't want to get lost!
Cons:
- Slightly "tacky" rubber coating can sometimes make it a little challenging when pushing it past tight cables on the back of a PC. Rarely a problem for me, though.
- Nice and slim, but not as slim as the skinniest out there... but then again, those are a little more fragile.
I love this thing and am seriously considering upgrading to the 16GB!

An excellent piece of technology.

Over the course of the last 6 years I've had a number of USB drives. Iomega, Corsair, Apacer, PNY and SanDisk. I've upgraded each time I felt the storage increase justified the cost. I work in information technology so they are tools more than toys, anyway on to the review. This 8GB drive is fantastic. I have it split into two partitions, one of which is encrypted. I've used it in all sorts of systems and also have a .bat file that allows me to sync my data, my point? Whether you are transferring data, saving data, or syncing data it works quite well. I also use some apps like Firefox portable which allows you to run the browser from your USB device and keep personal info off the local computer. Once again no issues.

I do agree that the protective rubber coating around the drive can make it somewhat difficult to plug in multiple USB devices, but Corsair does provide you a USB cable extension which solves the problem. And also this is one of the few USB devices that the cap stays on very  more

Avoid like the plague

Three reasons why I will not touch any Corsair USB memory drive again:

1) As the other reviewer pointed out (4 gig) "The wide, thick rubber gasket surround the USB connector limits how far you can insert the connector into even lightly recessed USB receptacles". I thought it was just mine! There is not enough metal exposed so it means the drive frequently disconnects, loosing valuable data in the process and crashing the PC often.

2) Right from day one, the drive would show up as a USB Hub (I think it uses this to control 4 chips inside instead of a single chip). But this would at least 50% of the time cause any other device to be inserted into the same USB port on removing the memory drive not to be recognized - only a reboot would fix this. I tried this on many laptops/desktops and got the same results.

3) I contacted Corsair who said to ship it back to them even though the local retailer would take it back. Since I was out the country I told them I was uncomfortable posting it internationally  more