We had a look at the 128 GB USB from Sandisk (a WD company). While these were more common in the early to mid-2000s, they were often replaced by the cloud, where it became an out-of-sight, out-of-mind type device. However, the utility of these tiny storage devices has not been lost.
Looking at the drive from afar, it looks like a sleek piece of metal rather than a plain old plastic USB. Given its price point, I would expect no less. Its capacity ranges from 32 GB all the way up to 256 GB. Physically, the drive weighs the same as a debit card at about 5 grams.
While moving larger files between devices, we did notice a speed limitation; this is more due to the slower usb ports on older phones running at USB 2.0; however, the drive is a USB 3.0 drive. As per our crystal mark sequential read and write tests, the drive performs better with multiple smaller files rather than fewer larger files. Ie it would be faster to transfer Word files& pdfs rather than 4k movies.
In terms of connectivity, we have both the universal USB C and a lighting port so that it can connect to most Apple devices as well as Windows and Android, so you will be sorted when it comes to moving data around.
Overall, I think this would be a good drive to have in the niche scenario where internet connectivity is unavailable, or the file sizes are too big to send over.
