Full of shiny metal he is because of the Sandisk Cruzer Force ... The speed of read / write I have not explicitly measured with any tools for my personal feeling the stick is enough afloat. Used is the part with me. As a temporary storage for files of various sizes, with me the speed of many small files appear slightly lower than at large As I said - I'm not a speed fanatic. For me the power of the stick is absolutely fine and it also looks good. Is just like cars - faster will always be's.