The Good: I am still torturing an 8GB Silicon Power (Toshiba Flash) thumb drive that was wiped with killdisk over 300 times in the past 3 years
It refuses to die!
The Bad: The USB 3.0 on the drive in question has the same problem this one does.... The "Up To" speed rating is less than worthless
My Silicon Power rated "UP TO USB 3.0" spec is slower than several of my USB 2.0 drives and does not saturate a USB 2.0 port even though I continually get a popup stating that I should use the drive on a USB 3.0 port for maximum performance
I just created an account to point at the type on the second picture ( obviously not Anandtech staff's fault ), Silicon power could do some spell checking of their press material.
I have a similar design SD/microSD card reader. USB-C on one end, USB-micro-B-nested-in-USB-A on the other. Good little device, supports the full speed of my SDXC cards just fine. So if these are slow, it's probably the flash's fault, not the connector's.
I really like that this one has a cap for the USB-C connector. I’ve had a different one on my keychain for months now, and it turns out that the plastic ‘rim’ of the USB-C connector is pretty fragile.
I also had similar happen with a Satechi USB-C power meter that wasn’t on my keychain and wasn’t abused as much. Because the ‘tongue’ of the USB-C port is in the device unlike Lightning, it was a delicate process trying to remove the plastic that broke off inside the device port on that one. Other than shaky compatibility (which I’ve mostly worked around because I’ve settled on a set of mostly compatible devices and accessories), that’s my biggest problem with USB-C.
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Bullwinkle J Moose - Thursday, July 27, 2017 - link
The Good:I am still torturing an 8GB Silicon Power (Toshiba Flash) thumb drive that was wiped with killdisk over 300 times in the past 3 years
It refuses to die!
The Bad:
The USB 3.0 on the drive in question has the same problem this one does....
The "Up To" speed rating is less than worthless
My Silicon Power rated "UP TO USB 3.0" spec is slower than several of my USB 2.0 drives and does not saturate a USB 2.0 port even though I continually get a popup stating that I should use the drive on a USB 3.0 port for maximum performance
The Ugly:
LOOK AT IT!
Bullwinkle J Moose - Thursday, July 27, 2017 - link
Correction>"The USB 3.0 spec on the drive I own has the same problem this one does...."
shabby - Thursday, July 27, 2017 - link
Given its size, it probably runs at usb 2 speeds.SushiOnFire - Thursday, July 27, 2017 - link
I just created an account to point at the type on the second picture ( obviously not Anandtech staff's fault ), Silicon power could do some spell checking of their press material.Other than that the USB A port look flimsy.
bubblyboo - Thursday, July 27, 2017 - link
I see HTC Sense 2/3 on that promo phone with a USB-C plug.Lord of the Bored - Saturday, July 29, 2017 - link
HTC always was ahead of their time. :)CharonPDX - Thursday, July 27, 2017 - link
I have a similar design SD/microSD card reader. USB-C on one end, USB-micro-B-nested-in-USB-A on the other. Good little device, supports the full speed of my SDXC cards just fine. So if these are slow, it's probably the flash's fault, not the connector's.Eri Hyva - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
Which card reader is that?CharonPDX - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - link
Cheapo generic off Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GR8E3EM/DanNeely - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
Rube Goldberg and Heath Robinson would approve; but that looks way too fragile and kludgy for frequent use.jhoff80 - Friday, July 28, 2017 - link
I really like that this one has a cap for the USB-C connector. I’ve had a different one on my keychain for months now, and it turns out that the plastic ‘rim’ of the USB-C connector is pretty fragile.I also had similar happen with a Satechi USB-C power meter that wasn’t on my keychain and wasn’t abused as much. Because the ‘tongue’ of the USB-C port is in the device unlike Lightning, it was a delicate process trying to remove the plastic that broke off inside the device port on that one. Other than shaky compatibility (which I’ve mostly worked around because I’ve settled on a set of mostly compatible devices and accessories), that’s my biggest problem with USB-C.
(See example from the one on my keychain: https://i.imgur.com/LbXeuv5.jpg )
boozed - Monday, July 31, 2017 - link
That looks fragile