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.

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.

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.

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.

I bought this to add PVR capabilities to our new Hisense TV - and for that purpose it works a treat! At just over £12, it's also very reasonably priced. OK, it's a little bulky and not the quickest device around - though for my purposes it is more than adequate (our TV only requires a USB 2 drive to record live TV). Testing on a USB-A (3.2 Gen 1) port on my laptop, the device is a bit slower than advertised but the results are similar to those of other reviewers. It should be more than adequate for most day-to-day usage. So, for the price, I am rather chuffed 😀 😊

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.

A robust, fast speed USB 3.2 usb stick, has a very robust body and easy to use, would buy another. No cap to lose, just slide the red body down to open. I like that it has a keychain loop, but no keychain ring supplied etc. Excellent value and robust well known brand USB.

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Superbe clé USB, vraiment parfait.

I bought 3 . The speed is amazing and its working great

Nice product

Cet USB peut faire office de HD.