which is a good brand of memory sticks?

Question

I want to buy a 2gig memory stick, but dont know which is a good brand that will work great for saving lots of videos and school work.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Although there are many end product manufacturers for thumb drives, there are actually only a handful of semiconductor manufacturers who produce the chips inside them. My point is that so far as actual "memory" goes it's really not that big a deal whom you choose.

I personally own several such devices, and find that performance is the same on all of them. What does differ, however, is the quality of the actual cases or enclosures. I suggest you look for one that seems solid & comes with a removable cap that closes tightly ove the USB connection of the unit. The ones with a flip-style cover are more vulnerable to damage because humidity or dust & dirt particles can more easily damage the connectors.

I have a 512M Kingston unit that I once forget in my pants and actually put through a whole wash & dry cycle at the laundermat. To my surprise it still worked fine and all data was in tact. This is thanks to the quality of the enclosure.

Accidents will happen .... I would concentrate more on the quality of the casing than the actual brand name of the ram inside it.


regards,
Philip T

Answer 3

My rule of (thumb and it has worked for me) was to check computer manufacturers sites and see what brand of memory they used; then go online and check for the best prices for the brands that seemed to be popular with the manufacturers. Over the years I have purchased at least 20 sicks of memory and if I had to guess I'd say 3 or 4 brands.

Answer 4

Most of them are just fine -- even your MP3 player can probably be used for the purpose.

The nicest I've got is a Kingston Data Traveler. It wasn't the cheapest, but it reads and writes quickly and frees up quickly after use. Very much better than my Samsung, for example (though that's still OK, as are all the MP3 players I own) -- they can all be used in place of memory sticks, but aren't so neat because they need a cord..

When you get your memory stick, be sure to put a plain text file with your name, address and phone number on it, in case it gets lost. I got mine returned after it dropped out of my flight bag overseas.