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- Transports applications as well as data
- Durable case
- Now compatible with Windows, Mac, Linux
- Inexpensive
- Retractable plug (there's no cap)
- U3 technology being replaced
Reviews say the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium is the best value for a USB flash drive equipped with U3 capability, which allows you to transport applications as well as store data. That means you can work within the USB drive without leaving traces of your activity on the host computer. And it's very durable. One reviewer drove a car over it, cracking the casing slightly but doing no damage to the data within, but the retractable plug can be vulnerable. U3 is being phased out in favor of the StartKey technology. While older SanDisk Cruzer Titanium flash drives were compatible only with Windows, that's no longer true. If you don't need to transport applications, reviews suggest the Kingston DataTraveler DT1 4 GB (*est. $15) as an inexpensive alternative.
We found the best reviews at TrustedReviews.com and TomsHardware.com, where testing is thorough and unbiased and coverage is a couple years fresher than at EverythingUSB.com and CNet.com. CNet, however, also has a video review and about 130 user reviews, which are about half as many as can be found at Amazon.com, but still a significant sampling.
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UK's Trusted Reviews gives an Editors Choice to the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium U3's 2 GB version, and it has broad enough coverage of flash drives that the award is meaningful. The Cruzer is "compact, rugged, fast and very affordable ... really nothing here to find fault with."
Review: SanDisk Cruzer Titanium U3 USB Flash Drive Review, Benny Har-Even, Oct. 3, 2006
Tom's Hardware tests a dozen USB drives for access time, read transfer and write transfer, including the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium. Still, it gets the highest praise for its "nice performance, great design and finish, and a bunch of software features."
Review: Summer 2006 Memory Stick Fashion Show, Patrick Schmid, Sebastian Veltze, Aug. 16, 2006
This now-dated review says the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium is the fastest flash drive tested, although not as fast as the manufacturer claims. It's called "stylish" with good features, including encryption, the review says. There are also about a dozen mostly positive user reviews.
Review: SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Review, Editors of EverythingUSB.com, Aug. 30, 2004
4. CNET
CNet gives the SanDisk an Editors Choice, saying there's no downside and some good applications. In the accompanying video, they drive a car over it, cracking the case a little but not hurting the data. There are also about 130 user reviews for a middling average score.
Review: SanDisk Cruzer Titanium (512MB, silver) Review, Justin Jaffe, June 24, 2004
5. Amazon.com
About 250 owner reviews give the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium a very high average score, only about 10 percent expressing serious dissatisfaction. Some complaints are from users who did not know it was incompatible with Mac and with Windows Vista (no longer the case).
Review: SanDisk 4GB Cruzer Titanium USB Flash Drive with U3 Reviews, Contributors to Amazon.com
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