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SanDisk Ultra Cruzer Titanium
- Transports applications as well as data
- Durable case
- Works with Windows, Mac, Linux
- Inexpensive
- Retractable plug (there's no cap)
Reviews say the SanDisk Ultra Cruzer Titanium is the best value for a USB flash drive equipped with U3 capability, which allows you to run 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, although the retractable plug can be vulnerable. If you don't need to transport applications, reviews suggest the Corsair Flash Voyager GTR (*Est. $95 for 32 GB) as a durable basic drive with encryption.
We found the best reviews for the SanDisk Ultra Cruzer Titanium 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. CNET, however, features a useful 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. The Cruzer Titanium is rated number one at TopTenReviews.com but their review is brief. Note that this drive used to be called the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium; SanDisk has added the "Ultra" moniker, but the drive itself is unchanged; therefore, reviews of either can easily be transferred to the other.
Corsair 32 GB Flash Voyager GTR USB 2.0 Flash Drive CMFVYA32GBGT2
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The U.K.'s TrustedReviews.com gives an Editor's Choice award to the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium U3's 2 GB version, and it has broad enough coverage of flash drives that the award is meaningful. Reviewer Benny Har-Even says 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
Reviewers Patrick Schmid and Sebastian Veltze test 12 drives, assessing access time, read-transfer and write-transfer capabilities, including the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium. 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 and Sebastian Veltze, Aug. 16, 2006
This 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, Editors of EverythingUSB.com, Aug. 30, 2004
4. CNET
Justin Jaffe gives the SanDisk an Editors' Choice award, saying there's no downside and some good applications. In the accompanying video, he drives a car over it, cracking the case a little but not destroying the data. There are also about 130 user reviews here, giving it a middling average score.
Review: 512 MB Cruzer Titanium USB Flash Drive, Justin Jaffe, Aug. 28, 2010
This site rates the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium number one for design, ruggedness (it can sustain literally a ton of pressure) and its U3 capabilities.
Review: SanDisk Cruzer Titanium, Editors of TopTenReviews.com
6. Amazon.com
More than 270 owners contribute to the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium's high overall score, with only about 10 percent expressing serious dissatisfaction. Most are pleased with the ruggedness of the drive, but opinions on the U3 software are mixed.
Review: SanDisk Cruzer Titanium 4 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive, Contributors to Amazon.com
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