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.

Worked without any issues. As is typical the read speed far exceeds write speed and is very good. This stick seems to have a relatively fast write speed compared to others that I have used although couldn't be described as fast. It's a bit chunky which could be a problem if USB ports are fitted close together. It stays cool in use.

This 256GB USB drive is good value in that it provides a fairly large capacity at a good price. I think of Kingston as one of the better, more reliable brands when it comes to memory, so I hope that the drive will last for a good number of years. I used CrystalDiskMark to check its performance. It achieved 92.42MB/s reading and 17.56MB/s writing. The Kingston's read speed is good but a little slower than the 135.98MB/s I got from a similar but slightly more expensive Sandisk drive. The write speed is very slow compared to the 72.14MB/s I got from the more expensive Sandisk drive. I'm fine with the slower write speed of this Kingston drive as I don't have to use the drive often. However, if you are going to be doing a lot of frequent copying of large files on to it, then I think of this as good value in terms of its capacity - but you may find its write speed a little frustrating.

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.

Excellent quality, write speed is decent and plays well on car stereos, laptops and music devices.

This drive is SLOW, when I say slow I mean have you ever wanted a 128Gb USB stick writes at sub USB 1.0 speeds? well look no further this might be the stick for you! But it's USB 3.2 I hear you say, well yes it is and if you transfer small amounts of data at a time (small being hundred meg or so) it does write very quickly indeed however once the cache is full (it seems) it bottlenecks out and goes at woefully slow speeds and I really do mean SLOW!! 355KB/s slow when transferring 100Gb of RAW photos was brain achingly slow I bought 2 of these drives and both are exactly the same start writing at 45MB/s and after a very short while stall and plod along around 355KB/s at times even completely stalling! Read speeds are acceptable with one caveat, seek time (by which I mean the time it takes to initialise the drive or start reading a file) is CD-Rom levels of slow. Overall I cannot recommend this drive, it's cheap yes but most certainly not cheerful. Kingston appear to have skimped on the NVRam or controller behind a decent cache to fudge the read/write speeds for a short test but sustained use it's utter junk. Anyone reading this consider what you want the drive for, if you're saving documents one or two large-ish files at a time it's definitely usable. if however you want to transfer large amounts of data at a time look elsewhere spend a little more this one will be a painful experience.

Perfect little usb stick that has the stated storage. Be careful when buying from less reputable brands that are super cheap as they are often too good to be true and spoof the size. I've bought two so far as Kingston is always a reliable choice and haven't caused me any issues. Has a little cover over the usb port too that slides forward protecting it on my keys.

I bought these fully expecting them to fail the flash drive test and me having to return them. I was pleasantly surprised. I ordered 4 and tested 2 of them which i'm currently using. Write speeds could be better but they're not slow. Read speeds are more important to me. I'm using these to run windows to go and they work great. I have server 2022 on one and win 11 on the other created with rufus on a pc. Loading after the initial setup is less than a minute which is double that of an ssd drive but lets remember this is a usb drive and windows to go runs differently to a standard install. Once booted i've only noticed a couple of times its appeared to hang or stutter breifly. A small price to pay to have all the diag tools handy on an OS that many people are familiar with and many manufactures prefer for update tools.

Con una capacidad de 128GB, esta memoria flash ofrece un amplio espacio para almacenar una gran cantidad de archivos, desde documentos importantes hasta fotos y videos de alta resolución. La velocidad de transferencia USB 3.2 Gen 1 garantiza que las copias de seguridad y transferencias de archivos sean rápidas y eficientes, lo cual es crucial para mí, especialmente cuando estoy en movimiento. El diseño compacto y duradero de la DataTraveler Exodia M la hace perfecta para llevarla a cualquier parte. Su cuerpo metálico resistente protege los datos almacenados de golpes y caídas accidentales, lo cual es una tranquilidad adicional para mí, ya que sé que mis archivos están seguros incluso en situaciones adversas. Una característica que realmente aprecio es la tapa deslizante que protege el conector USB cuando no está en uso. Esto evita que el conector se dañe o se ensucie, lo cual prolonga la vida útil de la memoria flash y garantiza una conexión segura en todo momento. En resumen, la Kingston DataTraveler Exodia M es una opción excepcional para aquellos que buscan una memoria flash USB confiable y de alta capacidad. Su rendimiento sólido, diseño resistente y portabilidad hacen de ella una excelente compañera para el almacenamiento de datos en el día a día. Recomiendo encarecidamente esta memoria flash a cualquier persona que necesite una solución de almacenamiento confiable y conveniente.

Nice product

Zero problems with this flash drive. Pretty quick in a 3.0 socket. Feels strong built 💪🏼. Great capacity, super price. Very happy with this unit.

Fast to read .. tortoise speeds to write to it any large file Bought it for connecting to my TV so its pretty much a repository of stuff, not going to load anything on it anytime soon, BUT I literally left it overnight to load about 100GB ... That's how slow it was For me it's a one off, so not really an issue but it's absolutely below expectations for the speed of a usb 3.2 Researching explained that its the storage media that limits the speed, not the USB generation, so dont be fooled by that 😃

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