Key received early December 2014, Transfer speed worthy of a small external hard drive and high-quality plastic (we feel that the key is robust) So far so good, but yesterday (the 2015 7mars to specify the lifetime of the key) 2 of my 3 USB ports to detect more and 3rd detect five seconds and repeat constantly. I even try to plugged into a touch pad via an adapter thinking that it could come to my PC but even the shelf does not detect. Bad luck or manufacturing defect, I do not know but I would avoid the 256GB still some time.