hi, i need help looking for a usb drive (for school and back-up files)

i actually want to know which brands of these are reliable and good.
i had a 2gb gxt one, but i lost it too soon to know if it was that reliable u__u;

if anyone could give me some advice, i'd appreciate it =)

aren't they all pretty much the same? anyway just get any big brand usb eg. sandisk, LG, kingston etc.

Yeah. I thought the actual memory chips in all USB drives come from pretty much the same manufacturer. So buying the cheapest one shouldn't make a difference.

Personally, I have a 1 GB PNY usb drive for like 4 years now and it's been thrown around and abused and it still works great.

get sandisk or sony.
I have a sandisk 4gb and it cost less than $30
and theres also the sony 8gb for about $40

Go to slickdeals.net and search for flash drives in the hot deals section of the forum. You'll find good deals and people usually write their experiences about it.

yep. they're all the same --- same OEM, rebranded under different names. as long as you get a brand one and not a knockoff, then you'll be set!

i got a kingston 512mb which i got like 2 or 3 years back for $15CAN. its relatively small when you compare to the newer ones, but its been working fine for me!

go to slickdeals.net
theres a 4gb micro cruzer (sandisk) for 20$ shipped
good deals...works fine
http://www.slickdeals.net/?permadeal=11875#direct_deal_11875

i have a 512MB SanDisk cruzer and a 1GB SanDisk microcruzer retractable one.
i've had my 512 for 4 years. still doing good for me.
i don't like how the new sandisk ones have the U3 software thing on them.
i find it annoying especially on a mac.

You can uninstall it. Just google U3 uninstall. It should be the first link.

I have this 512mb & 1 gb imative brand. not sure. lol still works really good
Then i have severa. 2 gb sandisk flash drives.
sandisks are commonly used. well at least i found them commonly used.

I think they all work the same, but what you'd wanna look for are the best deals for more space (more gigs/mb). :]

i thought all types of flashdrives worked the same...i have some super cheap ones that i got from wal-mart and i've had them for 2-3 years and they work fine...even after i left them in my pockets and washed and dried them...^^...

KINGSTON. no brand beats KINGSTON when it comes to memory/storage related things lol

Get kingston or sandisk. Top of the chain.

hm....i never had one..so i wouldn't know...i just thought they were different because of the amount of memory that can be stored...but i guess the more space the better?
i'm supposed to buy one...but i said forget about that
because my creative zen has a removable disk so that's better for me..

Sandisk is a good brand for flash drive

Stick to generics. I don't see any difference in performance or anything.
Just find one for more memory:price ratio.

Kingston's a big brand?
Woa, I bought a Kingston USB and I thought it was some cheapo brand since my friends would usually make fun of it T_T