Kingston 128GB DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 100MB/s Read, 10MB/s Write (DT100G3/128GB)

I see a lot of complaints here about how slow this stick is. For me on my USB 2.0 desktop machines and TVs, its plenty fast and just as fast as the others in read mode. Its really small size and flip/click open/close with no end cap is a real bonus on this. The lettering on it does not stand out either like on other Kingston sticks. I like how it cannot really be seen on the side panel on my Samsung HD TV. I also find those usb external hard drives go bad quick and now use this stick also as a 64GB external hard drive. Gonna buy more!

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Unfortunately, I have to agree with the reviews that state this drive is just too slow to write. The text USB 3.0 speeds in the product description must be considered false advertising. Im getting between 2 and 8 MB per second in a USB3 port. That doesnt even approach a USB2 equivalent speed. Its not like this is my only flash drive; I know how quickly the data should be transferring with this hardware. (Surely Kingston didnt think we wouldnt notice...?) As others have shown with their metrics, this drive is just painfully slow. At least it was cheap, I guess. And eventually, it holds the data you put on it. So its semi-useful... as long as youre not waiting for it to finish writing before you can move on with your next task. Would not buy again.

I have two of these. They work fine under Win 7, Win 10 and Ubuntu 18. But are extremely slow under FreeBSD 11.3+ and systems build on FreeBSD 11.3+ core (like FreeNAS), as it has different USB driver not fully compatible to Kingston DataTraveler sticks. Same issue is claimed by other owners of Kingston DataTraveler on FreeBSD and FreeNAS forums.

I bought this 64GB USB drive to back-up my back-up of photos since you can never have too many back-ups of those precious pics... so, in terms of value and capacity, it is great. However, it is a little larger than typical USBs and it wouldnt fit next to my wireless mouse receiver, or next to the input from my external HD when plugged in, so I ended up buying a USB C to USB receiver (see the second pic) so that I could use the USB C drive on my laptop (my laptop has only 2 USB As and 1 USB C). Im transferring pics as I type this from my external HD to the USB at a rate of about 15 MB/s so backing up 50GB of pics is going to take hours, but it works, its cheap and it gives me some peace of mind. Im deducting 1 star because the case is a bit large, but overall a great value. Just keep in mind that it could be a tight fit if most of your USB ports are already in use. So far so good and I would buy it again.

I wasnt paying enough attention to the fact that this drive didnt have a light on it so, if thats important to you, pick another one. However, besides that, its working just fine for me. Im currently using it as a drive containing all the system repair tools and OS install .iso files that I could ever need.

I purchased this for my son to use on his computer for game/other storage. Kingston advertises that this USB has 64GB of storage. But, when he ran a test on it, it only shows 57GB available storage. I understand that a small amount, maybe 1-2GB, might be used for various things by Kingston. But, to use up 7GB of storage on this device is too much. If you advertise 64GB, it should actually have 64GB available storage. This USB works fine as it comes, for storing individual files under 4GB, without having to make any changes in settings. My son had to use Windows command run prompt, to change to NTFS, in order to store individual files that are over 4GB. If a file is over 4GB, the formatting of the USB won’t allow it to be stored, unless you make these changes in settings. The writing speed is fairly fast. He said it reached up to 24.9MBS. Has place on one end to hook to chain or key ring.

It does what I need it to do and doesnt disappoint in any way. Ideal for bootable Linux, since distros get updated frequently enough. (Side note: I realize that typical bootable Linuces require less than 8 GB. The 16 GB drives are actually cheaper than the 8 GB 1s. Go figure!) There are faster USB 3.0 thumb drives but the price blows anything else out of the water. No cap to lose either.

Some of my projects require transferring a large amount of data, and my 32GB flash drives were no longer keeping up. Ive always had good luck with Kingston so I didnt hesitate to order (both a 64GB and 128GB version). I only wished I would have read the other reviews before doing so. I had to transfer about 80GB of data so I plugged the drive into my Mac Pro. The machine recognized it, although it took a good 5-10 seconds before it appeared in the list of drives. I started the transfer and after reviewing the files told me it would take about a day to transfer. Ha - ok, Ill let it run overnight. Looked at it the next morning and it was still going! No joke. I had to do a repeat of the transfer and this time grabbed a small external USB 3.0 256GB SSD hard drive. I plugged it in and the computer saw it immediately. I started the transfer and it told me it would take about 40 minutes. I dont have the exact time that it took because I stepped away. But it was less than that. The speed with this flash drive is not what Im used to with other USB 3 devices. Im glad I didnt spend much on them because they will probably be put in the drawer and forgotten about!