Comment Re:How about some more *durable* flash drives? (Score 1) 305
Our department just ordered usb thumbdrives for all of us from Newegg (Kingmax 1GB). These things are pretty nifty (size of a piece of Trident chewing gum... the whole thing is the usb connector). We wanted something ultra durable and something that would actually fit on a keychain (and no caps to lose) and we read reviews about how people ran these through washing machines so we gave them a try.
They've been pretty good and durable so far (about a month) and were on the cheap (under $20 a piece) but they are so little some people have lost them (make sure to loop it onto your keychain with a proper metal loop, not the included crap) and, you can put it in the usb port upside down (it fits but doesn't mount) so sometimes you have to flip it over and plug it back in again. Sorry to sound like I'm selling one of these... I'm just excited to finally have a thumbdrive small enough to put on a keychain and not have it be bigger than any of my keys.
They've been pretty good and durable so far (about a month) and were on the cheap (under $20 a piece) but they are so little some people have lost them (make sure to loop it onto your keychain with a proper metal loop, not the included crap) and, you can put it in the usb port upside down (it fits but doesn't mount) so sometimes you have to flip it over and plug it back in again. Sorry to sound like I'm selling one of these... I'm just excited to finally have a thumbdrive small enough to put on a keychain and not have it be bigger than any of my keys.