Kingston 32GB 100 G3 USB 3.0 DataTraveler (DT100G3/32GB) Black

a little binded at the connector when arrived. once unbinded easily with a screwdriver, it worked well.

Recently (about 1 month) I bought 8 Kingston Digital 100 DataTraveler (DT100G3). Four 64GB units and four 32GB units. When the flash-drives arrived I tested them. This is what happened: 64GB Units. Their random write speeds tested well below 1 MB/s. This does not even measure up to USB 1.1 standards. The speeds I measured where a cool 1000 times slower than the theoretical max. for USB 3.0. So I returned the units and asked for replacements [just in case I had bad luck with a bad lot]. When the replacement units arrived, I tested them again. More or less the same result. This time I returned them for good, no replacements! The things were garbage. 32GB units. These ones measured at about 10 MB/s for random write. OK, not USB 3.0, but a decent number for USB 2.0 Silly me, I decided to keep them. Well, turns out that using them has rapidly degraded their speed. Now they are doing Ramdom writes at about 1/2 MB/s; below USB 1.1 standards. Useless garbage. If this sort of experience had happened with just one unit, I could chalk it up to bad luck getting a lemon. But 12 units, everyone of them performing at dismal speeds? This is just a really bad product.

The other reviews arent lying about the write speeds, they have speeds compared to 2.0. That being said, other than that its a nice little flash drive. If it wouldve cost more, I wouldve definitely given it a 1* but for the price and how much storage you get its actually not bad, just dont expect 3.0 write speeds. The highest speed I saw through 10gb worth of data was 17mb/s, while the average was more like 5mb/s

Works as advertized - I ended up needing a product with more storage space. Kept this one anyway.

Works nice Good Value for money

Its cheap, fast, and reliable, as well as being a very stylish addition to my keychain. I continue to be a fan of Kingston products after experiencing the reliability of their memory in my first computer build, still running strong since 2008.

I have several USB drives and this one never reaches 3.0 speeds. Other 3.0 drives run about twice as fast on data transfer.

Bought this to use as a MP3 storage device to plug into my wifes car USB slot on a Toyota Highlander. The memory takes a power up every day and used on and off without failure. Value priced and good value.

Bought it for a friend, says sometimes it takes a while for the computer to read the flash drive but in general it fine .

3 star because it’s Not true a true 3.0 usb stick. I’ve tried running Linux mint and Ubuntu on it for school and the boot up time it took was forever when trying to use my other brands of usb 3.0 the boot up time was in an instant. If you’re using it just to store files, pictures, and etc.. it’ll work just fine though, I purchased 2 needed them for school but now just using them to store files on.