Kingston DataTraveler Exodia M USB 3.2 Gen 1 DTXM/64GB - with Moving Cap (Black + Blue)

As a tech enthusiast exploring portable data storage options, I recently got myself a USB 3.2 thumb drive with the promise of high-speed data transfers and a generous 128GB capacity. Unfortunately, my user experience didn't quite match the thrilling adventure I had anticipated. Let's start with the transfer speed, which was a key selling point for me. The brand boasted about lightning-fast data movement, but in reality, the thumb drive achieved a disappointing transfer rate of only around 30 mbps. While it may not be a deal-breaker, in today's fast-paced world, this speed falls short of what I had hoped for. I couldn't help but feel a bit frustrated, especially considering the misleading figures in the product description. Now, I understand that this USB stick comes at a budget-friendly price, and some might argue that a lower speed is a reasonable compromise. But personally, I felt slightly disheartened. It was like being stuck at every red light during a long drive home – eventually getting there, but not without some annoyance. Moving on to the advertised storage capacity, I was disappointed to find that it fell short of the claimed 128GB. Instead, I had only 116GB of usable space. I know manufacturers often exaggerate capacity due to various technical factors, but as an end-user, it's a bit disconcerting. It's like buying a dozen donuts and discovering there are only ten inside the box. Despite these setbacks, I must admit that the thumb drive does function as intended, allowing me to store and transfer data. However, the gap between the actual performance and the advertising leaves me feeling like I've been sold an illusion. It's not a terrible device, but the manufacturer's claims seemed too ambitious, setting unrealistic expectations. In conclusion, if speed and actual storage space are crucial factors for you, this USB thumb drive might not be the best choice. It's a classic case of "you get what you pay for." Experienced tech consumers might not be as bothered by these drawbacks, knowing the realities of digital storage limitations. However, if you're looking for the full value of your investment, this device might be a bit of a letdown. My recommendation would be to do some more research and possibly consider investing a bit more for a thumb drive that truly lives up to its claims.

Many reviews mention speed is a little slow or not as fast as expected. I found that copying a 1GB file from my windows SSD to the drive took 8 seconds and averages out at approx 75mb/s but copying from my HDD on same system there were vast fluctuations in speed often dropping to sub mb speeds before shooting back up to 60mb/s. I wonder if it may be a system build issue, disk error on pc end but Im leaning towards the lower than expected performance to be due to either computer problems either disk drive or computer having only USB 2, 3.0 or 3.1 ports. Overall I find the drive excellent, quick and fairly designed although could be a little chunky if used on a congested motherboard, a dongle would help resolve that. Overall I think good performance and fair build priced at under £9 make for excellent value.

This 256GB USB drive is good value in that it provides a fairly large capacity at a good price. I think of Kingston as one of the better, more reliable brands when it comes to memory, so I hope that the drive will last for a good number of years. I used CrystalDiskMark to check its performance. It achieved 92.42MB/s reading and 17.56MB/s writing. The Kingston's read speed is good but a little slower than the 135.98MB/s I got from a similar but slightly more expensive Sandisk drive. The write speed is very slow compared to the 72.14MB/s I got from the more expensive Sandisk drive. I'm fine with the slower write speed of this Kingston drive as I don't have to use the drive often. However, if you are going to be doing a lot of frequent copying of large files on to it, then I think of this as good value in terms of its capacity - but you may find its write speed a little frustrating.

A great quality item which is small in size and is compatible to use in any laptop and is very easy to use and made of good material and is a excellent value for money item i am glad i brought this item for my use.

Works fine, same old slow write speed as usual with USB sticks. I love the look of these and plenty of room to store files.

This drive is SLOW, when I say slow I mean have you ever wanted a 128Gb USB stick writes at sub USB 1.0 speeds? well look no further this might be the stick for you! But it's USB 3.2 I hear you say, well yes it is and if you transfer small amounts of data at a time (small being hundred meg or so) it does write very quickly indeed however once the cache is full (it seems) it bottlenecks out and goes at woefully slow speeds and I really do mean SLOW!! 355KB/s slow when transferring 100Gb of RAW photos was brain achingly slow I bought 2 of these drives and both are exactly the same start writing at 45MB/s and after a very short while stall and plod along around 355KB/s at times even completely stalling! Read speeds are acceptable with one caveat, seek time (by which I mean the time it takes to initialise the drive or start reading a file) is CD-Rom levels of slow. Overall I cannot recommend this drive, it's cheap yes but most certainly not cheerful. Kingston appear to have skimped on the NVRam or controller behind a decent cache to fudge the read/write speeds for a short test but sustained use it's utter junk. Anyone reading this consider what you want the drive for, if you're saving documents one or two large-ish files at a time it's definitely usable. if however you want to transfer large amounts of data at a time look elsewhere spend a little more this one will be a painful experience.

Happy with the Kingston USB sticks, fairly priced and will buy again.

I keep using Kingston USB sticks for the last 20 years and I was never disappointed, never failed and never lost any data. For reasonable price you get decent storage and proper speeds via USB 3.2

J'ai employé se produit pour télécharger des musiques car je suis deejay le téléchargement se fait vite un grand merci super produit rien a dire de très bonne qualité

問題なく使えてます。 耐久性はこれから。

Ho comprato questa chiavetta USB per installarci su Tails OS, un sistema operativo debian based (LINUX) che gira live sulla chiavetta. PRO: > Costo contenuto; > Affidabilità del marchio; > Form factor (gusto personale); CONTRO: > In scrittura è leggermente sotto la media; Partendo dal prezzo, pagata 5,50 € un prezzo ottimo per 32GB di memoria, contando sul fatto di aver comprato un prodotto di un noto marchio come Kingston che offre sempre affidabilità, il form factor a me piace molto, se cercate una chiavetta da portare sempre con se forse non è il massimo esistono comunque in commercio prodotti molto compatti, per il mio utilizzo da scrivania e non "da viaggio" va super bene. Parlando un attimo delle prestazioni c'è un NI, in lettura va bene mentre perdiamo un po' di prestazioni in scrittura (circa 14 MB/s) come da foto e video allegate. Devo dire che per l'utilizzo che ne faccio io la chiavetta va più che bene, il Sistema Operativo non si è mai impallato o comunque rallentato. Tirando le somme è un prodotto valido, mi piace il form factor considerando sempre che stiamo acquistando ad un prezzo irrisorio una chiavetta di un marchio comunque affidabile e solido come Kingston, il grande neo potrebbe essere, per alcuni, la velocità di scrittura che purtroppo non si smuove dai 14 MB/s. Consigliato l'acquisto! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I bought 3 . The speed is amazing and its working great

Por el precio, es un excelente artículo. Después de usar la unidad algunas veces, queda claro que el precio accesible se debe seguramente a su velocidad. No la consideraría mala, pero en definitiva no es muy veloz. No supera los 10 Mb/s. En resumen, si requieres respaldar algo y no quieres gastar demasiado, es buena opción: no tiene ningún inconveniente en su funcionamiento.