2 Simpletech 1Gig flash drives. 0.00 AR Get 15.00 back w/payapl

[clipperfixer]

Simpletech flash drives

Or get 10.00 off with Google checkout.

 

[VanTheMan]

I got in on this off of SD. Seems like a really hot deal. You can't beat free/money back.

 

[ra990]

Thanks OP

 

[MorrisDancer]

This deal is today only!!

wish I remembered to use paypal.

 

[CrazyHappyY]

Originally posted by: MorrisDancer
This deal is today only!!

wish I remembered to use paypal.

Think it's already dead. looks like out of stock.

 

[nomadh]

Simple tech are not great. Very slow. Make a decent usb boot disk so far but not fun to write to them.

 

[cutty]

I got my order today. It's funny that one of the drive is ok but the other one is extremely slow. I tried to copy 92 mp3 files, total size about 280MB. The good one takes about 2 minutes but the slow one takes more than 8 minutes. I have emailed Simpletech to ask for a replacement, let's see what they say.
I also have other USB drives. For the same mp3 files, it's 1 minute and 15 seconds for Kingston Data Traveler 1GB drive, about 2 minutes also for ACP-EP 2GB drive and PNY 1GB drive.

 

[Vajra]

I got mine yesterday and they are SLOOOOW. I copied a folder with 383 MB (302 files) to the SimpleTech and it took more than 22 minutes! It takes less than 4 minutes on my Sandisk Cruzer.

The price is right, but now I have to figure out how to best use a SLOOOOW USB drive.

 

[VanTheMan]

The two drives I got are slow as heck. It took over 15 minutes to copy 300MB of pictures onto one. I tested them both and the write speeds are .2 MB/s and .12 MB/s (yes, there are decimals in front of those write speeds). They both rated at 20MB/s read, so at least that's alright. I'm especially ticked off because Buy.com sent me two USB drives in a box from Simpletech and Simpletech's rebate asks for the original UPC barcodes cut out from the clamshell package. Anybody else run into this problem? I don't know if the UPC that's on the cardboard box they sent me is the same as the one from the clamshell package. I hope I don't get screwed out of the rebate and end up having paid $24 for these practically useless flash drives. Once Simpletech's online RMA finishes maintenance this morning, I'm going to see about RMAing these.

 

[nomadh]

Good news is I got my simple tech rebate. And without having to go postal on them. Bad news is so far my 1 gig has totally lost its data 3 or 4 times now. I mostly use it as a boot device where the speed is passable but still sower than a cd. I may need to rma it.

 

[hansmuff]

At this price point, they stick whatever memory they can get on the spot market into those sticks. You just don't know what you're getting.
Unless the manufacturer guarantees a certain throughput, or has a high-speed model, you might just get junk.

 

[cutty]

I got my replacement today. This one is really fast! It's faster than my Kingston Data Traveler 1GB drive. It takes less than 1 minute to copy 300MB 92 mp3 files.