Purchase reason: my old USB 2.0 flash drive was me now too slow (he is the future his service to the USB 2.0 port of a Fritz box do) Based on the results of the USB stick charts on the internet I was on this stick here carefully. Shortlisted this was also this stick: Transcend Jet Flash 700 16GB USB Stick USB 3.0 black When Transcend has been widely reported of contact problems. In addition, the stick of Transcend is black and the red of Extrememory. The color red makes finding the stick, especially in a bag, so my decision was made for the Extrememory. The Extrememory stick is nice and flat and therefore does not occupy adjacent USB ports. He has at the end of a loop, where you can attach a strap. The cap could sit a little harder, you will see ... The exterior of the stick is made of plastic, which feels slightly rough - direction Soft Touch - is comfortable playing surface thereby. A bit annoying I feel the bright blue LED on the stick end, which has a viewing window on both sides of the stick - where you can but surely remedy. The stick is formatted FAT32 when delivered.
The speed information on the stick on the Extrememory site are: Reading speed (approx) 67 MB / s Write speed (approx) 25 MB / s
The specified writing speed I could not reach my Gigabyte P55A UD3 3.0 ports with the stick to the USB, the indicated reading speed but was even slightly exceeded.
I have the speed of sticks with H2testw 1.4 as measured by the USB 2.0 and the USB 3.0 port:
- Under USB 2.0 - Stick Format FAT32: Read 29.9 MB / s - Write 17.0 MB / s - Under USB 2.0 - Stick Format NTFS: read 29.3 MB / s - Write 19.0 MB / s - Under USB 3.0 - Stick Format FAT32: Read 69.3 MB / s - Write 17.8 MB / s - Under USB 3.0 - Stick Format NTFS: read 68.6 MB / s - Write 19.2 MB / s