Corsair Flash Voyager USB Drive

A couple of months ago I bought the 32GB version of the Corsair Flash Voyager drive and I love it. While I can only compare it to low cost competitors it’s faster than any other drive I’ve used. My cheap-o PNY flash drive copies at about 4.8 MB/s while the Corsair copies the same files over twice as fast, anywhere from 9 to 13 MB/s. (That’s not a true benchmark, just a comparison copying files while my system is in use.) I primarily use the drive to move video files [...] Read the rest »

Kingston Data Traveler Reader 2GB Flash Drive and Card Reader

I recently fed my gadget habit by getting a Kingston Data Traveler Reader. It’s a combination of a 2GB USB drive and a memory card reader. It’s great to carry with a laptop so that digital pictures can be copied from a camera’s memory card to a laptop. The 2GB USB drive can also be used as a backup for those photos. I’ve used it with SD and SDHC cards without a problem. It’s more solidly built that the SanDisk SD card with built in USB simply because the thin [...] Read the rest »