Kingston DataTraveler Exodia M USB 3.2 Gen 1 DTXM/128GB - with Moving Cap (Black + Red)

As a tech enthusiast exploring portable data storage options, I recently got myself a USB 3.2 thumb drive with the promise of high-speed data transfers and a generous 128GB capacity. Unfortunately, my user experience didn't quite match the thrilling adventure I had anticipated. Let's start with the transfer speed, which was a key selling point for me. The brand boasted about lightning-fast data movement, but in reality, the thumb drive achieved a disappointing transfer rate of only around 30 mbps. While it may not be a deal-breaker, in today's fast-paced world, this speed falls short of what I had hoped for. I couldn't help but feel a bit frustrated, especially considering the misleading figures in the product description. Now, I understand that this USB stick comes at a budget-friendly price, and some might argue that a lower speed is a reasonable compromise. But personally, I felt slightly disheartened. It was like being stuck at every red light during a long drive home – eventually getting there, but not without some annoyance. Moving on to the advertised storage capacity, I was disappointed to find that it fell short of the claimed 128GB. Instead, I had only 116GB of usable space. I know manufacturers often exaggerate capacity due to various technical factors, but as an end-user, it's a bit disconcerting. It's like buying a dozen donuts and discovering there are only ten inside the box. Despite these setbacks, I must admit that the thumb drive does function as intended, allowing me to store and transfer data. However, the gap between the actual performance and the advertising leaves me feeling like I've been sold an illusion. It's not a terrible device, but the manufacturer's claims seemed too ambitious, setting unrealistic expectations. In conclusion, if speed and actual storage space are crucial factors for you, this USB thumb drive might not be the best choice. It's a classic case of "you get what you pay for." Experienced tech consumers might not be as bothered by these drawbacks, knowing the realities of digital storage limitations. However, if you're looking for the full value of your investment, this device might be a bit of a letdown. My recommendation would be to do some more research and possibly consider investing a bit more for a thumb drive that truly lives up to its claims.

Works fine, same old slow write speed as usual with USB sticks. I love the look of these and plenty of room to store files.

Amazing usb and for a great price. It says its meant to be 64gb but turned out being a 59gb and it can sometimes get hot, works brilliantly, is very small and all you have to do is plug it in to a usb port so it's very easy to install, and the build quality is amazing. 4 stars due to the reduced size and slight heat issues.

Many reviews mention speed is a little slow or not as fast as expected. I found that copying a 1GB file from my windows SSD to the drive took 8 seconds and averages out at approx 75mb/s but copying from my HDD on same system there were vast fluctuations in speed often dropping to sub mb speeds before shooting back up to 60mb/s. I wonder if it may be a system build issue, disk error on pc end but Im leaning towards the lower than expected performance to be due to either computer problems either disk drive or computer having only USB 2, 3.0 or 3.1 ports. Overall I find the drive excellent, quick and fairly designed although could be a little chunky if used on a congested motherboard, a dongle would help resolve that. Overall I think good performance and fair build priced at under £9 make for excellent value.

Cheap and cheerful. What else can I say ? I bought a few times already. I use quite some USB and micro SD card for business. This product works fine for the purpose. Not fast, not greater enough? Look for something else more expensive, but I am not sure if those are really better.

I keep using Kingston USB sticks for the last 20 years and I was never disappointed, never failed and never lost any data. For reasonable price you get decent storage and proper speeds via USB 3.2

I needed to back up some large folders to free some disc space so I bought this and a SanDisk equivalent. The folder size was 25GB and the projected time was about 2 hours. It started very slowly and showed little improvement so I stopped it and tried the SanDisk. This had a projected time of 18 minutes and nearly completed in the time it took to write this. To be fair to this item, the read time was very respectable. I have now tried a straight comparison using the same data from the same source. The data was 12 video files totalling 7GB. The SanDisk process took 5 minutes at a steady 17 - 19 MB/s. This drive stopped many times for several seconds and was less than 1MB/s for most of the time occasionally reaching 3 - 9 MB/s for very brief moments. I gave up after 10 minutes. This must be the slowest write speed for any memory device I have by a very long way. I am currently feeding it with 50GB sound and video and the speed is averaging about 2 MB/s which is about 1/10 th of everything else. I have even reformatted it to NTFS with no change.

Fast data transfer