Monday, September 29, 2008

Disappointing Kingston 4GB USB Flash Drive

Okay, so who hasn't ever stood in line having nothing better to do but glance over the specials dangling before you? As I waited to make my purchase at the Fry Electronics I frequent from time to time, there it was, a Kingston 4GB USB flash drive and priced at under $20. Kingston hasn't always been my favorite brand but I had been needing a larger USB flash drive and USB 3.0 won't be on the market for a while so I picked myself up one these guys. Not the smallest flash drive but nice-looking. An opaque black along the sides with a translucent red on the top and bottom. I plug it into one of my PCs to transfer some data expecting a night red glow near the back of it and I was way off. Instead, there was a faint, green light up close to the port where it was plugged in. Who makes these sort of cosmetic decisions? Well, at least it looks damn good when it's not transferring files, right? Then it comes with this dinky little keyring thing that just looks way too small and flismy for such a big flash drive. They're fine for their smaller USB flash drives and it's probably just a standard one they use for all their flash drives no matter the size but I personally think they should either just throw in a bigger keyring or nothing at all. I mean, the thing is so small that it's really only good for hanging the drive on a little hook as opposed to actually attaching it to something like a real keyring.