Kingston 128GB DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 100MB/s Read, 10MB/s Write (DT100G3/128GB)

Some of my projects require transferring a large amount of data, and my 32GB flash drives were no longer keeping up. Ive always had good luck with Kingston so I didnt hesitate to order (both a 64GB and 128GB version). I only wished I would have read the other reviews before doing so. I had to transfer about 80GB of data so I plugged the drive into my Mac Pro. The machine recognized it, although it took a good 5-10 seconds before it appeared in the list of drives. I started the transfer and after reviewing the files told me it would take about a day to transfer. Ha - ok, Ill let it run overnight. Looked at it the next morning and it was still going! No joke. I had to do a repeat of the transfer and this time grabbed a small external USB 3.0 256GB SSD hard drive. I plugged it in and the computer saw it immediately. I started the transfer and it told me it would take about 40 minutes. I dont have the exact time that it took because I stepped away. But it was less than that. The speed with this flash drive is not what Im used to with other USB 3 devices. Im glad I didnt spend much on them because they will probably be put in the drawer and forgotten about!

I can always count on Kingston flash drives. Very reliable. Great price. Its the only brand Ill buy.

I got this flash drive so I could download my music it great

I like to buy this brand if I have the chance. So far I never have malfunction issues or data corruption. They are not being advertised as a rugged product, but they almost are. Very durable and stable after months of use.

So, this 16 GB USB 3.1 drive performs significantly worse than an old 4 GB USB 2.0 drive that I tested, but its the cheapest drive available in its capacity

Excelente

This is an entry-level USB 3 drive and as such outperforms entry-level USB 2 drives. Ive used this model in 16, 32, and 64 GB capacities and never had any problems. I reformatted a couple to exFAT in order to store files larger than 4 GB and used them with televisions to watch high-definition movies. It performs noticeably faster when connected to a USB 3 port compared to USB 2. In the terminal, even rudimentary operations like find and ls are much faster on directories with many files when this device is connected via USB 3. The slide cover is convenient and stays locked into position. The attachment point for lanyards or key chains is too small. I was only able to use a thin plastic wire tie with it. For the ten dollars I paid, it was a good deal.

I needed an additional USB drive to create a recovery boot USB for a new laptop. Saw this one on sale and didnt think twice (or read the reviews [my mistake]) because it was Kingston brand. Upon arrival, I knew something was fishy when formatting took longer than usual on this supposed USB 3.0/3.1 device. I started trying to move files of various sizes -- everything from small documents to lossy and lossless audio and uncompressed video -- and all of them wrote to the drive ABYSMALLY slow. I then decided to benchmark the drive using multiple tools, specifically CrystalDiskMark and SpeedOut. Imagine my surprise when both of them showed that this USB3 drive, on a USB3 port, was writing at less than a quarter speed of a 10 year old, USB 2 stick on the same port. Yes, LESS THAN A QUARTER of the speed. I could move an entire 3.7GB mp4 movie to the USB2 stick in the same time it would take to move an album worth of 320MP3 audio files to the *new*, 64gb USB3 stick. Knowing that Amazon has had issues with counterfeit items in the past, I ran another test to ensure the stick was genuine. To my dismay, it WAS genuine. Kingstons quality has clearly fallen a long way. Im not so sure a counterfeit wouldnt run BETTER. What a sad state of affairs. Not only is this stick unsuitable for its intended use as a system recovery device, its not even suitable for use as a backup device because it takes far too long to save anything beyond a few megabytes of size. Buy something else.

Average sized thumbdrive. Speed tests are what you would expect for USB3.0 Its not the smallest in size or biggest in capacity but more than enough to get the job done. Especially at the $6-$7 price point. An excellent deal if your looking to replace or add another USB to your collection.

I used these to back up my prone-to-failure hard drive before installing a new computer. I was able to transfer everything needed on only one flash drive. Works well and good price.