John McGaw wrote:
On 8/14/2018 7:25 AM, wrote:
I just noticed am abundance of large capacity (128GB) flash drives on
the market quite cheap. I guess I just missed them. I had trouble in
the past with the smaller ones, so I wonder if these larger ones are
worth a trial?

Anyone?
Thanks
J

So, are we talking about some random vendor on e-bay selling something
and claiming it is a good 128gB drive or are we talking about a known
brand being sold by a reputable retailer? Huge difference there, believe
me. In the past it was common for sleaze-ball sellers to have doctored
drives that reported falsified size data (when they worked at all).

Good catch. I didn't immediately associate "on the market"
with "Ebay". Everything on Ebay that is associated with
flash memory, is crap... to a first order approximation :-)

There is no such thing as a "bargain" USB stick.

Either they're seconds, or they're fiddled to indicate
a capacity they do not possess.

*******

Now *this* is a USB stick.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16820236344

CORSAIR Voyager GTX 1TB USB 3.1

read speeds up to 440MB/second
write speeds up to 440MB/second

Dimensions 0.42" x 1.04" x 3.07"

Still fits in your pocket. And it fits in your
pocket, because the stick removed your wallet.

Paul