INLAND Micro Center Superspeed 10 Pack 32GB USB 3.0/USB3.1 Gen1 Flash Drive Gum Size Memory Stick Thumb Drive Data Storage Jump Drive, 10X Faster Than USB 2.0 USB Drives (32G 10-Pack)

If they are lit for hours , they will eventually shut off . Don't mistake it for a problem with the drive . They are fast and generate heat .I tortured these for a day and a half before I considered them good . They EACH went threw a low level format ; which means I write too every cell on the device - all at once . None of them failed .Just ordered a different color and size .

I purchased these hoping they would be "fast". I have bought some cheap thumb drives that were so slow in transferring large files I think I could have mailed them quicker...seriously. Some of the cheap drives are very slow. These are not. I am quite happy with the transfer speed for video files.

These are par-none my go-to flash drives! I have about 40+ of these and have not had a single fail! The built in LED light is flashing when drive is being accessed/read/write which helps to identify device (when using multiples) or to ensure that data is being written/read before you eject the drive. I cannot praise enough this product!

I've been buying these little Microcenter sticks regularly since the 32gb variants were $70, and that was a bargain back then. They continue to get bigger, and are still cheap! Luckily, they're cheap... Because that's mostly the appeal. You'll see a lot of reviews complaining about speeds, and others glowing about speeds. Here's the breakdown on this: it depends. Silicon is not a perfect process, there will always be variations. In my attached pictures, you'll see very different numbers for the different capacities.. And guess what? If I had multiples of the same capacities, you'd likely see similar variations between the "same" drives.. Because no two pieces of silicon are going to perform the same. When you pay more for a thumb drive, you're paying for a process known as "binning", where the company only uses silicon that meets certain specs they're going for. Inland (manufacturer of the Microcenter drives), as far as I'm aware, uses the "rejected" silicon of other companies. "How awful!", you're thinking... But it's really not. A lot of the time, there's nothing at all wrong with the silicon, it just didn't meet the original manufacturer's standards. It's why these sticks are so cheap, and usually why the performance varies so wildly from stick to stick.There are many technical aspects of these I can dwell on, but basically, these are relatively awful devices, but at awfully excellent prices. I've been buying them for years, and while performance is laughable, I myself haven't had one die on me. I've felt like I'd die waiting for some transfers to complete, but the sticks themselves keep going. Even my $70 32gb stick back from 2009 is still going. I use it to bootstrap a mini computer that lacks an HDD. This, again, is all wildly variable... You may have it die on you, or you may have excellent luck, like I've had... But that's really how all products are these days. Sad but true. Luckily Microcenter will swap it out for you if it messes up.I will ding these one star for the controller. The Phison chips choke easily. If I'm writing to a drive at all, reading is out of the question. These things cannot read while writing to save their lives. So if you're planning on running a live OS on it (such as making a Linux stick), these are hard to recommend for that purpose. Even downloading a small file, it can cause the system to go unresponsive for upwards a minute at a time while the controller figures out what it's actually doing.So to sum up, for movies, music, documents, any typical daily usage, etc.. These are fine little sticks. They are terrible for live OS purposes. They've been reliable for me, and the performance is going to vary from stick to stick. If you need something more consistent, by all means, pay more.. But for most of my uses, these are my workhorses.Update: 2/10/21: still going strong. Have purchased more of these since this review, and no issues. My original 32gb stick from 2009 finally died, but it was physical damage from me accidentally snapping the plug off of it when it was plugged in. Almost 12 years out of a "cheap" stick is quite impressive, and I wish I could've seen how much longer it would have gone had I not broken it.Amazon is recommending I make a mention of storage capacity (as "advertised", though keep in mind the overheads. 256GB will not actually be 256gb, as roughly 15% is overhead. This applies to all drives)Amazon also recommends I mention "ease of use"... It's a thumb drive. They all work the same way. Plug em in and put stuff on em.And finally, Amazon recommends I mention "warmth", and this is a recommendation I agree is worth discussing. I never even considered it an issue until I was looking at other drives to serve as a boot drive, and indeed, these drives do emit some heat when under load. It's noticeably warmer than it would be when idle, but never a cause of concern. I wouldn't bother mentioning it unless I was asked about it, as it never seemed abnormally warm.

I can't guarantee the same results for anyone else, but I recently washed and dried one of these thumb drives I had forgotten in my pants pocket. It was about half way full with MP3 files. I didn't lose any data.

Why spend a ton on thumb drives? These work fantastically! I've been using them regularly for over a year now and they have served me well. Because they are so cheap, I'm not super worried about misplacing them at work.Only "issue" i've had is that the caps are easy to lose...but that is a minor inconvenience.

Great speed and capacity at very attractive price. Quick free delivery.

Good for storage, no issues found but transfer speeds could be a bit faster in my opinion.