KingstonDigital 128GB Data Traveler SE9 G2 USB 3.0 (DTSE9G2/128GB)

It's exactly what a thumb drive should be: Very small, very sturdy, very high storage capacity, super fast data transfer rates, and doesn't heat up during large data transfers. I really wish Kingston made a 1TB version because I would've bought it without hesitation. It's really small and made of metal, plus it's Kingston which means I can count on it being reliable.

I love that this device doesn't have a usb port that slides out- as I've noticed these types of USB's starting falling off/breaking over time. I use this little piece for DJing as it's a great way to always have my music on me. Add it to your keychain or necklace for a ready-to-go playlist! You can also keep your resume in hereOther great features:-Small/Compact-Sleek design-Quick loading files.10/10!

This is the best flash drive I have ever used. In fact, my first one was so superior to all my other flash drives, I purchased another one. I love the key chain hole, and that there are no moving parts sliding in and out to break or bend. The software has never corrupted, and I have had my Kingston flash drive for several years now. I discovered my son has a Kingston as well, and he agrees - best flash drive out there.

There isn’t much to add regarding the ability to store data. It functions, and the capacity is as advertised. The notable points are the case. It is made of metal, so it will withstand more abuse than cheaper plastics. It is one piece, so no caps to lose. It doesn’t have some fancy sliding mechanism to break. It is big enough to use without tweezers or long fingernails, and it is big enough to find in a drawer full of junk without a magnifying glass. It has a nice hole in the case for a key ring. The problem is the wedge shaped end.It doesn’t work so well with a key organizer like the orbit key. Since the orbit key uses a bar, instead of a ring, that you tighten down to keep the keys from jangling around in your pocket, the wedge shape of this USB key throws everything off. It still works, it’s just mildly irritating. I would buy it again, but if I find a comparable one without a wedge, this one will go into the junk drawer.

I'm a computer novice (that is if novice means I can use them but don't really understand them) so when I bought this thumb drive I was reading everybody else's reviews to see if it would work for me. I'm only using this for a storage device and mostly just photos and word processing documents, but I had a smaller thumb drive that was reaching its capacity and needed an upgrade. I had bought a cheaper version on another website and it was a pain in the butt to copy my files (took hours and hours) and then eventually they all disappeared. I still don't know what happened with that one but I guess you really do get what you pay for and I at least knew this was a better brand. I was so frustrated with my last purchase, but after reading other reviews and asking around, I took a chance with this one. First of all, the little thumb drive is very attractive - okay, I'm a girl and that mattered to me. I didn't like my other plastic one and wanted something that had less slides to push and just something sleek. It's small and has a nice brushed nickel finish. But better than that it only took about 30 minutes to transfer all of my files from my prior thumb drive to this one and it's been running just fine ever since. I did use the key ring from the cheaper version because this one definitely needs a little something so that I can hang it on my bulletin board or make it easier to remove from the computer, but other than that, this one should last me a long long time and it's definitely the best one I've purchased. It arrived quickly (beware of those that are coming from afar - that's where my cheaper one came from and it was a piece o' junk) and I couldn't be happier.

I bought this USB drive to back up the most important files on my Mac. I've attached it to my keychain and carry it with me, knowing that if something awful happens to my Mac in my apartment while I'm away--such as a fire or a robbery--I'll still have a copy of my most important files. (I also back up some files to the cloud, though not everything).As a side note: I use a free backup application for Mac called SmartBackup with this drive and it works well.Also, less than a week after buying this drive, I was in Best Buy. One of the sales people was helping me with something and took out his keys--and on his keychain was this very same drive!I did have one issue with this drive at first. It comes formatted as a FAT32 drive. I wanted to reformat it as an APFS drive (the format that Apple now uses for SSD drives) so I could password protect the drive. I couldn't figure out how to do it using Apple's Disk Utility application, so I had to call Kingston for support. The person at Kingston thought maybe there was a bug in macOS that wouldn't let me format the drive as APFS. So I was stumped. But then I found a webpage that gave instructions on how to do it. So the person at Kingston was wrong. I was able to format the drive as APFS with encryption (password protection) and now it's working just how I wanted it to work. Here are the instructions I found to reformat the drive as APFS with encryption using Disk Utility:Choose “Show All Devices” from View MenuClick Erase buttonUnder “Scheme:” choose “GUID Partition Map”Then in the pulldown just above for “Format:” you can now choose APFS variantsThe other notes I have about this drive:It does get hot. After backing up my files using SmartBackup, which so far has taken between 30 minutes to an hour, and ejecting the drive, the drive feels hot to the touch, though it cools pretty quickly.The drive doesn't have a cap or a way to shield the opening, so twice I've found lint from my pants pocket sticking into the drive. I was able to easily remove the lint both times, but I've become a little paranoid, so I constantly check the drive to make sure there's no lint sticking into it.