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Memorex 1GB Flash Drive

Thursday, January 26th, 2006 | Reviews, USB Removable Drives

The Memorex Flash Drive is economical, small, but large capacity flash drive from a recognized name in the storage business.

If you’ve never used a USB flash drive like this one, you’ve got a treat in store! For convenience in a host of applications, the Memorex Flash Drive will prove itself invaluable in a very short time.

The device plugs into a spare USB port, and is seen in Windows Explorer as an additional drive letter, like a disk drive. Thanks to Plug ‘n’ Play technology on all current computers, this flash drive can be used with no more formality than that in any modern computer.

The Memorex Flash Drive is physically small, much less than an inch wide, as is typical for such devices. It can be slipped in a pocket, and comes with a built-in aluminum lanyard loop for carrying on a keychain. I carry mine in a pocket of my briefcase. The 1MB capacity is a very useful size for transferring data, photos and music files between computers and you will seldom need a greater capacity in normal use.

Gone are the days of having to carry a laptop, or burn a CD in order to give and receive information. The drive works reliably, and even has a blue LED to indicate usage and confirm that it is working. The flash drive has a bulge in the middle, which is considered ergonomic design. Some adjacent USB ports are close together, but the device is still small enough that the bulge should not cause a conflict when plugging and unplugging.

When unplugged, the USB port is protected by a transparent plastic cap, and this is the only place where we could find fault. Memorex state that the cap should be put on the back of the drive, like a pen cap, for safekeeping, when in use, and this is a sound strategy. However, if you’re using the lanyard, this might not be possible, and also it’s easy when in a rush to put the cap down on the desk rather than do this, and because it is transparent it can be hard to find again.

That said, this one criticism can be seen as nitpicking, and is common to several flash drives on the market. At the price, the Memorex 1GB Flash Drive is excellent value, and will quickly become indispensable whenever you have a need to share files rapidly and effortlessly.

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