I love the Sony Micro Vault series, and have used them for a number of years (and took advantage of a target clearance to secure myself a few cheap 2GB's). Their form is very sleek and well thought out. These are "clicky" flash drives, which means, you click the flash drive like a pen to expose the USB plug. When you pull it back out of the computer, the dongle is immediately retracted back into its plastic casing, protecting it from the elements. The construction quality takes a small ding, as the parts do move around from quasi-loose fittings, but the overall finish of the plastic is great; this drive has taken quite a few beatings and not even the text has scratched off, nor are there any blemishes on the plastic. The LED is crisp, but not too intrusive, which is great because most manufacturers either make them with horrible old LED's that make them look chuggish and crude, otherwise they are blinding. The opaque plastic on the interior rail helps diffuse the bright LED to make for a pleasant ambient light as you transfer files around. My main problem is the speed, however. Transferring a 3GB file will take me nearly 15 minutes. Granted, I am using USB extensions and a USB hub on my macbook, but I have not had these writing issues with different series of flash drives (sandisk, cruzer, etc) If you are a patient person and don't mind waiting for things to transfer over, I think that the sleek and slim look of this drive is definitely worth it, otherwise you should take a look somewhere else for faster transfer speeds.
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