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 16GB? No it's not to big. June 7, 2007
Nikk Gilbert (Paris, France)
102 out of 106 found this review helpful
I also own the 8 GB Voyager. Both are excellent.
Over the course of the last 6 years I've had a number of USB drives. Iomega, Corsair, Apacer, PNY and SanDisk. I've upgraded each time I felt the storage increase justified the cost. I work in information technology so they are tools more than toys, anyway on to the review. This 16GB drive is fantastic. I have it split into two partitions, one of which is encrypted. I've used it in all sorts of systems and also have a .bat file that allows me to sync my data, my point? Whether you are transferring data, saving data, or syncing data it works quite well. I also use some apps like Firefox portable which allows you to run the browser from your USB device and keep personal info off the local computer. Once again no issues.
I do agree that the protective rubber coating around the drive can make it somewhat difficult to plug in multiple USB devices, but Corsair does provide you a USB cable extension which solves the problem. And also this is one of the few USB devices that the cap stays on very tight.
Update May 2008
I've been asked by a couple of people what I use for encrypting my flash drive. The best software I've come across is called True Crypt (just google it its a org site) its a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.
An excellent piece of technology. January 24, 2007
Nikk Gilbert (Paris, France)
62 out of 64 found this review helpful
Over the course of the last 6 years I've had a number of USB drives. Iomega, Corsair, Apacer, PNY and SanDisk. I've upgraded each time I felt the storage increase justified the cost. I work in information technology so they are tools more than toys, anyway on to the review. This 8GB drive is fantastic. I have it split into two partitions, one of which is encrypted. I've used it in all sorts of systems and also have a .bat file that allows me to sync my data, my point? Whether you are transferring data, saving data, or syncing data it works quite well. I also use some apps like Firefox portable which allows you to run the browser from your USB device and keep personal info off the local computer. Once again no issues.
I do agree that the protective rubber coating around the drive can make it somewhat difficult to plug in multiple USB devices, but Corsair does provide you a USB cable extension which solves the problem. And also this is one of the few USB devices that the cap stays on very tight.
Update May 2008
I've been asked by a couple of people what I use for encrypting my flash drive. The best software I've come across is called True Crypt (just google it its a org site) its a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Just when I thought 16GB was enough... December 16, 2007
Nikk Gilbert (Paris, France)
54 out of 68 found this review helpful
I also own the 8 and 16 GB Voyagers. Both are excellent.
Over the course of the last 6 years I've had a number of USB drives. Iomega, Corsair, Apacer, PNY, Sony and SanDisk. I've upgraded each time I felt the storage increase justified the cost. I work in information technology so they are tools more than toys, anyway on to the review. This 32GB drive is massive and well worth the money . I have it split into two partitions, one of which is encrypted. I've used it in all sorts of systems and also have a .bat file that allows me to sync my data, my point? Whether you are transferring data, saving data, or syncing data it works quite well. I also use some apps like Firefox portable which allows you to run the browser from your USB device and keep personal info off the local computer. Once again no issues.
I do agree that the protective rubber coating around the drive can make it somewhat difficult to plug in multiple USB devices, but Corsair does provide you a USB cable extension which solves the problem. And also this is one of the few USB devices that the cap stays on very tight.
Update May 2008
I've been asked by a couple of people what I use for encrypting my flash drive. The best software I've come across is called True Crypt (just google it its a org site)(a copy comes on the 32GB drive) its a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Update May 2008
I agree that my review is the same for the 8, 16, and 32GB USB drives. But seeing that I own and use all three and have used them for the same thing, well I guess call me lazy. Anyway I thought an update was appropriate. I really like this 32GB drive and I still haven't had any problems with it since purchasing it. Anyway, buy it I am sure you wont be disappointed.
Excellent, Capacious and Very Fast November 9, 2007
Michael A. Campbell
35 out of 36 found this review helpful
I purchased this drive from Amazon recently and tested it under both Mac OS X Tiger and Windows ME. In both cases, I saw excellent read speed but slow, slow write speed (1 MB/s to 1.4 MB/s, an order of magnitude lower than advertized). I was very disappointed at the poor performance to say the least.
Before returning the drive, I decided to test it under Windows XP. Wow, what a difference. The same drive, under Windows XP, is a speed demon. I am now satisfied that the drive behaves much more closely to it's advertized specs. For read speed, I am seeing something in the area of 30 MB/s, which is excellent. For write speed I am seeing roughly 7 MB/s. This is a little slower than advertized, but nonetheless, an excellent speed.
So, this is a great memory stick as long as you are using it under Windows XP (don't have Vista so can't comment, but I expect that performance under Vista would be similar). For earlier versions of Windows (9x and ME) though, be forewarned. Write performance is not good. Similarly, for Mac OS X Tiger be forewarned. BTW, for Mac OS X, I did try formatting the stick for HFS+ (the native Mac OS X format), but it made only a marginal difference.
 Avoid like the plague January 23, 2007
BuyerLSD (edinburgh)
31 out of 43 found this review helpful
Three reasons why I will not touch any Corsair USB memory drive again:
1) As the other reviewer pointed out "The wide, thick rubber gasket surround the USB connector limits how far you can insert the connector into even lightly recessed USB receptacles". I thought it was just mine! There is not enough metal exposed so it means the drive frequently disconnects, loosing valuable data in the process and crashing the PC often.
2) Right from day one, the drive would show up as a USB Hub (I think it uses this to control 4 chips inside instead of a single chip). But this would at least 50% of the time cause any other device to be inserted into the same USB port on removing the memory drive not to be recognized - only a reboot would fix this. I tried this on many laptops/desktops and got the same results.
3) I contacted Corsair who said to ship it back to them even though the local retailer would take it back. Since I was out the country I told them I was uncomfortable posting it internationally (back to them in Fremont, CA) using ordinary post (courier would have been 50% of what I could buy it new for). But they pushed for this without offering to pay for the post so ordinary post it went. They now claim not to have received it and now unlike the other reviewer I do not even have own a $100 paper weight.
I'd like to say a lot of other things, but fear that Amazon will not print it, so lets leave it at the simple facts above. I don't think I have been so disgusted at a company of peripherals as much as Corsair. And for Corsair to validate what I have said is true, my RMA Number: R153005
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