KingstonDataTraveler Kyson 128GB High Performance USB 3.2 Metal Flash Drive | Speeds up to 200MB/s | DTKN/128GB

I'm using this in a generally unrecommended use case because it's probably temporary, but it's been rock solid!The speeds are great when connected to a USB 3 port, the casing is super small and light, and the cost was perfect. Plus it's Kingston which is generally known to be a reliable and quality brand for flash products.Sometimes it does feel hard to plug in to USB ports, but I think that's just because the port and PCB inside aren't totally solid against the shell which I don't think is a problem.I've been using this drive connected to the USB port on my HDHomeRun Flex Duo, a network TV tuner box, for the DVR functions and it's been great. I don't record a lot or watch a bunch of live TV, so it's not getting super slammed 24/7 with live caching and recordings, just about three or four shows a week and it's been solid.

What to say.. I've used these drives for two years now. They write much faster than their similarly priced competitors but read even quicker. I've ran OSs off of them, multi-boot options, transferred large amounts of data, used one as an encrypted drive, and even run programs off of them.I'm only writing this review because I wanted to purchase more, and realized that they were so damn good, they need positive feedback. 10/10 option, I cannot in good conscience recommend any other portable USB drive option.

Write speed lags significantly behind read speed, but it's still the fastest write speeds compared to anythng else in the price range, by far. The compact size and thin metal construction are an advantage or disadvantage, depending on your point of view. I keep it on my keyring with no issues.

Very useful.

I gave this a 4 star because it performed well relative to Samsung BAR Plus 128GB at $2.50 less. Its sequential read and write throughput is 216 and 35MB/s, respectively, compared with its advertised read and write throughput of 200 and 60 MB/s. So write is less than advertised but breaks my minimum of 34MB/sec or 2GB/min. However, if you have $2.50 more to spend, I recommend getting the Samsung BAR Plus 128GB instead. Samsung's sequential read and write performance are 370 and 67MB/s, respectively. The next step up in performance in SanDisk Extreme Pro 128GB at twice the price. So for 2 years in a row, Samsung BAR Plus and SanDisk Extreme Pro remains the best performing USB flash drive in their price category or $20s and $40s.

Great little USB 3.2 drive with plenty of capacity and speed for most all of my needs. Great price too. It seems like they could've included a cap to cover the drive when not in use though.

Kingston has always been a reliable brand for memory in general. The flash drive in question is no exception. Memory prices had been on a slow decline, so I thought it was good deal in general.Performance is expected for a USB flash drive in that random read/writes isn't that fast, but for storage of documents and small(er) files, it does exactly what you want it to.

Small and easy to use