[Review] SanDisk Cruzer Blade

Here is my review of the SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB.

I had purchased this to replace my stolen 16GB SanDisk Cruzer. This had cost me £9.99 from Play.com. I had decided to purchase this as it is cheaper than all of the other models. 8GB for £9.99 is a bargain! Click ‘Read More’ for the review .

Specs:

• Product Type: USB Flash Drive
• Storage Capacity: 2GB to 16GB
• Interface Type: Hi-Speed USB
• Readyboost Compatible
• Keyring Hole

Size: 41.5mm x 17.6mm x 7.4mm

This USB flash drive is very small and very light. Here is a size comparison:

I find it impressive how so much data can be stored on a small little thing like this. I have purchased the 8GB version from Play.com. Here is an unboxing video:

As you can see from the unboxing, there is nothing in there but the flash drive itself. Packaging I think was poor as I could feel the flash drive moving a lot inside the cardboard packaging. This is a plug-and-play flash drive that will automatically install the driver onto your computer system. Once I had plugged it into my system, I had performed a read and write speed test:

As you can see from the video, it is a pretty slow flash drive. SanDisk usually produce fast products and I think they have gotten all of this wrong. Perhaps they had to sacrifice speed for the size? If so, why? Transferring some files over took some time to complete.

Overall, I am disappointed at SanDisk for producing this drive. Everything is good apart from the slow read and write speeds. ‘Hi-Speed USB’? I don’t think so.

Pros:

• Small and compact therefore very portable.
• Very cheap for the storage size.
• Has a keyring hole so you can attach it to your keys.
• Comes with 2 years warrenty.

Cons:

• Slow speed.
• No cap to protect the USB so the USB connector can be damaged easily.

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