by: Tomas Ratas, posted: 15/12 - 2011

Kingston’s HyperX brand originally garnered its reputation making high-speed memory for PC enthusiasts. During this past year Kingston has been branching the HyperX labeling into other products; most recently with their SSD drives and now with today’s review item – the DataTraveler HyperX 3.0. This USB 3.0 based thumb drive is their fastest model to date. …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 12/10 - 2010

External storage is a big business, look around and you’ll see all sorts of flash drives and portable hard drives for sale. People use them for everything from backups to transferring files to media uses and they all work well, but people want faster and that’s where the product I have for review today comes …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 14/09 - 2010

Today Kingston just launched their first USB 3.0 flash drive called the Data Traveler Ultimate 3.0 and I’ve got it for review, specifically the 64gb version. This is, as I said, the first USB 3.0 flash drive from Kingston, so I was very curious as to how it performs and it does well. The DT …
by: Tomas Ratas, posted: 4/01 - 2010

USB Flash drives are a great way of carrying around portable data. However, keeping this data safe from prying eyes usually requires some form of security; whether it is password or encryption protection. In most cases, hardware encrypted USB Flash drives are the most secure way of locking up ones data. Of course these …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 24/11 - 2009

We love USB drives here at TestFreaks, we love to test them and we really love the unusual ones. Today for review I’ve got four USB drives that are very cool, these are from a company called Tyme Machines and they’re special because they’re Star Wars themed. I’ve got 4gig versions of Yoda, Darth …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 5/07 - 2009

Sushi, Strawberry, BBQ Chicken, Cookie, Hamburger, Pizza, Watermelon and Shrimp, sounds like something you might find at a buffet right? Well throw in a ninja, a teddy bear, a fox, a shoe, a sandal and skull, then what do you have? One heck of a party that’s what! Seriously though, we could even add …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 5/06 - 2009

A few weeks ago I reviewed the OCZ Rally2 64gb Flash Drive, and the results weren’t that good really, especially for the write speeds. So I got together with Lisa and Eric from over at OCZ and we found out that it seems I got one of the first batches of Rally2 64gb USB …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 27/04 - 2009

It’s been a while since I looked at any USB Flash Drives, so I figured it was about time. This isn’t just any flash drive either, it’s one of only a few 64gb drives on the market today. The OCZ Rally2 64gb flash drive is obviously large capacity, but it’s …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 3/04 - 2009

Yes, it’s yet another USB drive, it’s from our friends at OCZ, but this one is a bit different than your usual USB drive. It’s called the CrossOver, and the reason for the name is that it crosses two storage mediums together basically. The CrossOver I got for review is …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 27/03 - 2009

Yep, I’m at it again, this time I’ve got an assortment of 16gb USB drives, 17 of them in total from many different companies. I went and did a bit of searching and collected some of the more popular drives out there today, along with many others as well. I think we’ve got …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 17/03 - 2009

It’s Kingston day here at TestFreaks, well it wasn’t planned that way, but I figured I’d follow up Tom’s Kingston HyperX Ram review with my own HyperX review as well, not ram though a USB drive. The Kingston 16gb DataTraveler HyperX USB drive sports the name HyperX …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 14/03 - 2009

I remember when 64MB flash drives were just coming out, they were expensive and considered a luxury item, now not so much, they’re pretty much useless at this point in time. The latest drives on the market today are 64GB in capacity, that’s a huge jump from the 64MB of …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 13/03 - 2009

Surprise, surprise, I’ve got another USB Drive for review today, I think I’ve got too many now… I should add them all up and figure out just how much flash storage I’ve got, gotta be close to half of a terabyte by now! Up …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 9/03 - 2009

Yes, another USB drive review, why sort of, but not really, but then again yes it is? Confused? Well what I have for review today is the OCZ Throttle 16gb Flash Drive, it has both USB and eSATA connections on it for blazing fast transfer speeds. The Throttle is a …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 8/03 - 2009

USB Drives… hmm, I’m running out of creative and interesting things to say about them to intro these reviews, and I’ve got a plethora of them yet to review.. better turn on the creativity here and get back into the game. Anyway, today we’ve got another product …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 5/03 - 2009

So I’m sure by now you know I like my USB drives, they’re great little devices that are in use by most anyone that has a computer, they’re just so darned useful really. So I’ve got to run another USB drive review this week, and maybe another one, tomorrow though …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 4/03 - 2009

So it looks as though we’ve got a theme going on this week, memory, but not really, it’s just how the reviews worked out… Not long ago I took a look at the Super Talent Pico-C Gold 8gb USB Drive and I found it to be a very nice, and …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 2/03 - 2009

Yesterday I looked at the PNY 16GB Attaché USB 2.0 Flash Drive, so today I figured I would check out the 32gb version. Not much of an introduction is needed here as it’s basically the same drive, but I’ve run it though my tests and compared it to the 16gb …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 1/03 - 2009

USB drives are and have always been one of my favorite tech gadgets, they’re just extremely useful. It seems they are advancing at an exponential rate, only a couple years ago we were excited about 64MB USB drives, now we can 64gb USB …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 22/12 - 2008

So, I’ve amassed a nice collection of USB drives and I’ve reviewed most all of them at one time or another but I’ve never compared them all to each to to find out which one is really the best overall. Taking stock I’ve got 21 of them that are over 1gig going up to 64gb, …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 17/12 - 2008

Flash drives are great little devices, but some aren’t the toughest things going, with most drives if they get wet it’s most likely dead, but they are some that claim to be rugged and tough. This is …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 12/12 - 2008

USB Drives are great little gadgets that make life so much easier for transporting our data around with us. They’ve gotten miniscule in size so that they are very portable, and even come in different shapes, themes, sizes and colors. As they are …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 12/12 - 2008

Everyone seems to be going green, and finally, in the last couple years the electronics industry is catching up and following everyone else. These days people specifically buy things that are labeled ‘green’, and a good company or marketer knows that, so why …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 7/12 - 2008

Security is a concern for everyone, we all worry about hacking attempts, phishing, fraud and scams, but businesses have got more to worry about concerning data theft and loss. USB drives are a great way to transfer data to and from places, but they’re not exactly secure, and being so …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 25/11 - 2008

So does size or speed matter? When it comes to USB drives I mean of course! USB Drives are getting larger and larger in capacity, it’s to the point where you can carry the capacity of several DVDs on one of them. With that capacity increase though the speed usually …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 22/11 - 2008

Security is a concern for everyone, even down to people like the average Joe, we live in a day and age where there are nefarious people who will jump at the chance to steal our personal information. Our security is one thing, but when it comes to enterprise …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 25/10 - 2008

A couple days ago I took a look at the Super Talent Pico-C USB Drive, today of review I’ve got the Pico-D 8gb USB Drive for review. It’s a small sized USB drive, though not as small as the Pico-C , …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 23/10 - 2008

Gold has been a status symbol for quite a long time, it signifies power, wealth, and style to most people and up until now most USB drives haven’t been any of those things. What do you get …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 22/10 - 2008

I love USB thumb drives, I’ve got all sorts of them in varying shapes and sizes floating around my desk at all times. The ones I’ve got range in various sizes, shapes colors and capacities, I just think they’re one of the coolest and most useful gadgets out there today. I’ve got a double review for …
by: Kristofer Brozio, posted: 12/10 - 2008

Manufacturer: n-trance Product Name: n-Tegrity – Fingerprint protected Personal Data Manager With the state of the world we live it today security related products have become very popular, they’re not just for the government or business people anymore. Average everyday citizens need a way to …