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I accidentally left this in my black shirt pocket, which went into a high temperature full cycle in the washing machine. Only to come out working perfectly!

If that doesn't say how tough this little thing is...!

I've been using one of these for about 6 months now. When reading large files I get transfer rates of around 20.5MB/s, whereas writes are usually around the 10-11MB/s region. Obviously transferring lots of smaller files makes it somewhat slower but that goes for all USB flash drives due to their nature.

It is very rubberised and has an extremely durable feel. I read elsewhere that it can withstand being run over by a truck, being submerged under water, and even being in an oven at 200 degrees C for 30 minutes, and though I haven't tested this I can believe it.

You also get a nice long sturdy strap similar to those used for ID card holders, and it has a good metal clipped hook so you can detach it when needed.

Definately the best flash drive I've seen, and yet it's half the price of what you'd pay for some other brands.

I've had this little beauty for five months now, and the thing must be unbreakable! I've purposely put it in water too many times, and even once dropped it in the sink without the lid, by accident. To my surprise it still worked fine after that. I've thrown it down stairs, at walls, at people and even play catch with it with the wall (I'm not even joking here).

Recently I quickly pulled it out of my USB port clumbsily and I felt something break. I did pull it out quite forcefully so I wasn't surprised. The USB insert now feels a bit unstable but again it works brilliantly... somehow. This really is a brilliantly made USB drive.

It's also very small, looks great and is incredibly fast. A very decent price when I bought it (was £30) and considering you can get this with 4GB of memory for that price now, I strongly advice anyone looking into the USB drive market to seriously consider this. I can't see it being beaten.

5 Stars - Perfect!

I bought 4 of these flash drives and over a period of up to 1-year (the last one worked for 1-month) they have proved to be unreliable and useless.
The 4th one has just given up the ghost which indicates to me that these failures weren't a one-off and that there is a fundamental inherent problem.
Personally, I will now buy a different make, in fact any make other than Corsair.

I've had this one for a year now and it was good value, looks indestructible and has plenty of capacity for my needs BUT the USB connection frequently fails - the PC recognises it temporarily, but then loses connection or in some cases never recognises it.

I've found the only way to get the PC to recognise it is to hold it snugly in the USB socket. This then means I have to do what I want to do one-handed! It has not been abused, dropped, yanked from its slot so I'm puzzled how this has happened - it's been like it for 6 months now.

Why one of the other reviewers wants to submerge it in water and throw it against a wall, I don't know!!