I am trying to find a fast flash drive in the 8 to 16Gb range without spending more than $60. 8Gb has proven adequate for my needs.
Currently I use an 8Gb Sandisk Cruzer Micro. Love that it is retractable and reliable... but it is s-l-o-w. It can take 5 or 6 seconds after I click in an application for a response.
Furthermore I suspect it is wearing out. When I ran some speed tests recently the write speeds were in the 6 to 7MB per second range until late in the test, when they dropped down to 0.1 to 0.3Mb per second. That made the average write speed drop to the 3MB per second range.
I tried to find an OCZ Rally2 Turbo, but cannot find any for sale. Some of Corsairs would probably do but their form factor is a problem for me, they take up too much space as a trade-off for ruggedness.
I cannot find a Kingston DataTraveller HyperX, nor a HyperX2.
It looks as if there are SanDisk Extreme Cruzer Contours available. These were the 3 I found most appealing in price/performance. (actually never having seen a HyperX for sale it may have been outside my price range)
Are there any good bets I am missing. Most interested in excellent read/write speeds in my price range.
Thanks... Dana