I purchased this USB memory stick for the style and the two connector feature for use with both legacy and newer laptops (that have USB-C connectors only). I love the distinctive metal appearance, and the value is good, but its a little pokey on transfer speed; however, for this price, the speed is hardly an overwhelming defect.

I ordered this to easily transfer files from my Samsung Galaxy phone. It works like a charm. I didn’t have any super huge files, but it seems fast enough for what I was transferring. It was easy to use and worked well. 256GB is a good size and can fit a large amount of pictures or files. The drive itself is well made. I do wish that both ends had the flip off but connected cap like the one on the USB-C end. That way one wouldn’t need to worry about losing a cap and keeping up with a small piece. I’m very pleased with this memory stick and would recommend it.

Just as advertised and as a rather skeptical person, I found it much nicer than I was expecting. I knew in advance it is a rather large drive, yet was not expecting such a smooth well designed case; an impressive design using a solid feeling alloy which likely helps disperse heat too. The drive is extremely fast and comes pre-formatted as exFAT with 238 GB of available space according to Win11. I tested it with AJA prior to reformatting, and it returned great results; 475 write & 510 read using USB-C. My requirements for this required it be formatted as FAT32 which was done with Ridgecrops FAT32 Formatter. Typically Windows cant format drives over 16 GB as FAT32, so if you have this need you will likely have to use a 3rd party tool too. I re-ran the speed test again, and although not as fast, it still returned great numbers (312 write & 505 read). If youre able to access it as exFAT I highly recommend you stick with that, for that does not constrain individual files to a 4 GB cap like FAT32 does. The cap that covers the USB side of this drive is held tightly in place magnetically which I really like. The cap on the USB-C side pulls off and swings out of the way so as not to be lost; both are well designed with a matching metal finish. Since I will mainly use the USB-C side, at first I wished it also had a removable magnetic cap. Though after some reflection I think the swing away design is probably better, for that cap will normally be off and Id be sure to misplace it. That said, most laptops will need the USB-C cap to be swung upward, or the weight of your laptop will resting on the cap; which would not be good for your port or the drive. I included a picture of it swung down on my Acer gaming laptop to show how it extends below the level of the laptop if it were not resting upon another laptop. This drive will spend 99% of its life connected to a 3-port USB-C hub being used by my Anker Nebula Capsule 3 Laser projector, and for that this is perfect. After loading it up with content it had no problem recognizing it and playing files thru Android TV without any issue of hesitation. The only thing that could make this better is for Anker to update my projector so I can go back to using this with exFAT; fingers crossed. I highly Recommend this drive, based on its reasonable price, solid design, large size and blazing speed.

works & looks great!

VERY SATISFIED! Extremely fast transfer speed, lots of space. It cannot (physically) connect to my phone with a larger case, but will on my slimmer tablet case. This allows for easy transfer, compilation, and storage of files from many kinds of devices not just laptops/desktops like other USB storage. For the above reasons, I think this is almost perfect. If it had a narrower neck for the USB-C port, it would be 6 stars and not just 5.

256G Smartphone and PC OTG SSD USB Drive, USB3.2 Type-C and USB-A Dual Connectors Solid State Flash Drive, 2 in 1 USB3.2 Flash Drive, Super High-Speed Type C USB Drive,ylmrav The flash drive comes attractively packaged in a gift-worthy box that is enclosed in shrink wrap. The only information on the outside other than the sticker identifying the product is a red sticker in the middle of a black field, noting that this is 256 GB. The drive itself is a metal cover on both ends, one with a magnetic closure, holding the cap on the USB3 connector, and the other is a levered fold-out cover on the USBC connector sideInsertinfing the drive into my laptop, windows recognized it immediately, and properties showed that there were 238 GB available and that it is natively formatted in the exFAT partition format. The decrease in available storage is normal with pretty much any storage drive because once its formatted, the formatting takes up a certain amount of space. I make a practice to reformat any flash drives that I use, just to make sure that the format structure is 100% and that there are no program fragments from any previous testing. Interestingly, enough, when I did the reformat, windows notes that this drive is natively an NTFS default structure, which Im going to format it to, and then format it back into exfat because that covers more types of storage systems. This drive should work well for my phone as well as a computer and will make transferring data between the devices easily done. Transferring some sample data from my laptop to the hard drive seems to move at a pretty fast rate, starting at about 300 megabits per second, which I think is pretty good. The metal cover is quite sturdy and gives it a good look. The magnetic cover on the USB3 side makes a secure ‘click’ when closing it, but there is no tether or place to keep the cap when the drive is in use, so you’ll need to take care not to lose or drop the magnetic cover [as I did, into shag carpet, making it a chore to find]. The levered cover on the USBC side folds out of the way for insertion and stays with the unit.

This drive is as advertised. I tested it in Crystal Disk using the usb-c connector in a thunderbolt 3 port and got exactly 500 MB/s write and 547 MB/s read - so significantly faster than any typical usb flash drive, but obviously not up there with an external nvme drive which test at right about 1000 MB/s on the same thunderbolt 3 port.

This drive comes in an attractive package. The device itself is nicely designed with a solid metal build and feel. The drive has two-end connectivity, one side USB-C with a swing open cover and the other USB-A with a neat magnetic cover. Performance was fast both for USB-C and USB-A. With many manufacturers starting to switch to only USB-C connectors for external devices, this external drive is a good choice for mobile devices, laptops, and desktops.

There are two sides to the drive. The smaller connection has a cool hinge design that allows the top to be removed and stay out of the way without losing it. The regular USB end just has a removable cap, which is also called a losable cap. Why in the world would the same hinged cap not be used on both ends? Thats frustrating to me because I will 100% lose this little cap. I know, its in the product description, but I just assumed there would be some sort of cap retention like a small tether or something. For that reason alone, I am hesitant to use this drive. But it works great as far as portable drives go.

Im so glad someone made this device! My phone has so many pictures and videos on it. I wanted an easy way to save them and this is a very easy way to do so. If you have a case on your phone you may need to remove it. I plugged this into my Galaxy 10+ and it mounted with no issues. Transferred all my videos and pictures fairly quickly. Just make sure to unmount the device before removing it from your phone or your phone will freak out and want to be rebooted.