a Good USB stick

I am looking for a good USB stick to store some pictures & videos on. There are so many out there, but I'm sure there are some I should keep away from. What do you suggest? I am looking for at lease 64GB size or larger.

Have you ever considered an external HD such as https://www.amazon.com …5P2NI?_encoding​=UTF8&th=1 ?
I have 2 of those 4TB each and find them more useful than just small flash drives. I still have some Lexar 3.0 64GB which are $20, so if you are after a lot of space, that external HD would be a far better choice IMHO

anitaw2 wrote in post #18372297
I am looking for a good USB stick to store some pictures & videos on. There are so many out there, but I'm sure there are some I should keep away from. What do you suggest? I am looking for at lease 64GB size or larger.

Assuming you live in the States I woud just go to a Best Buy and see what might be available (on sale) in the Sandisk brand which is reliable. Most will be USB 3.0 compatible but verify. Do that even if your PC or other device is only USB 2.0 compatible so you have compability looking forward.

I do have an external hard drive, but sometimes, I like to put pics on a stick to give to my swim team so they can download the pics on their computer. What is the difference between 2.0 and 3.0. I have a few 2.0s and really don't know the difference.

USB 2.0 offers transfer rates of 480 Mbps, and USB 3.0 offers transfer rates of 4.8 Gbps — 10 times faster.

itsallart wrote in post #18372379
USB 2.0 offers transfer rates of 480 Mbps, and USB 3.0 offers transfer rates of 4.8 Gbps — 10 times faster.

ah ok!

anitaw2 wrote in post #18372373
I do have an external hard drive, but sometimes, I like to put pics on a stick to give to my swim team so they can download the pics on their computer. What is the difference between 2.0 and 3.0. I have a few 2.0s and really don't know the difference.

That is a near-disposable application. Just find the cheapest on Amazon or at BestBuy/Walmart when on sale.

itsallart wrote in post #18372379
USB 2.0 offers transfer rates of 480 Mbps, and USB 3.0 offers transfer rates of 4.8 Gbps — 10 times faster.

Ditto to above and the 3.0 will be fully compatible to a 2.0 port.

Purchasing a USB 3.0 will increase cost minimally, if at all. A 64 GB Sandisk is on sale at Best Buy right now for $22, normally $60. See http://www.bestbuy.com …k/9211078.p?sku​Id=9211078

USB3 is faster in theory, in practice often only a little faster. USB sticks are cheap, disposable items. Buy a decent brand name, when it fails ask them to replace it or toss it out.

tim wrote in post #18372522
USB3 is faster in theory, in practice often only a little faster. USB sticks are cheap, disposable items. Buy a decent brand name, when it fails ask them to replace it or toss it out.

This. Cheap flash drives use slow NAND that can barely max out a USB 2.0 link so slapping a 3.0 interface on it does no good in the real world. I have a couple of Patriot "high performance" USB 3.0 drives that can read over 100 MB/sec as long as you reformat from FAT32 to NTFS first. They can't write that fast though. If I needed a truly high performance portable solid state device, I'd look at something like the Samsung T3 which is an SSD with a USB 3.0 interface. SSDs use higher quality NAND and a much better controller than you're likely to find in a flash drive.

The Sandisk Extreme PRO USB 3.1 Solid State Flash Drive that came out last January is also quite fast. Sandisk states read speeds up to 420MB/s and write speeds up to 380MB/s but a USB 3.1 Gen 1 or USB 3.0 port is required. The downside is it is currently only available as 128 GB ($70 Best Buy) and 256 GB ($120 Best Buy). Those are sale prices currently available.

An important thing it to know the ports and their capability on your PC or laptop. My laptop for instance has multiple USB ports, two of which are are USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0. They are not marked in any way to distinguish which is which; you have to read the manual!

But not all older computers have USB 3.0.

Windsun33 wrote in post #18375987
But not all older computers have USB 3.0.

True, but a couple of ports can be added to a desktop cheaply and easily.

mike_d wrote in post #18376006
True, but a couple of ports can be added to a desktop cheaply and easily.

Could get annoying, though, if you have to convert all your swim team members' computers.

Archibald wrote in post #18376021
Could get annoying, though, if you have to convert all your swim team members' computers.

Well a usb 3.0 drive will still work just fine in a usb 2.0 port, just at 2.0 speeds. I was just saying that the thread starter could upgrade his pc easily if it's a desktop. Let everyone else worry about their own computers.