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I have recently lost my favorite thumb drive. It was only 1gb, and about a 3 years old. I now need a new one with the following requirements:

  • 4 - 8 gb
  • Will be carried on a keychain in pocket for 10 hours in a day (MUST BE STRONG)
  • Must be relatively fast
  • Under $90

I trust you guys can help me with this. Also, I want to order it from Newegg preferably.

Edit: Also I am going to grab this tonight, as school without a thumb drive is painful.
 

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Any specific brands?

Ram companies are my favorites (OCZ, Corsair, Transcend, etc) But I really don't care as long as the above requirements are met. I am leaning towards this one.
 

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oh, nice. I think that would be good...Corsair is a very trusty reliable brand. :toast:

K ima go for that. If anybody says no, better say so in the next 5 min.
 

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that atv or whatever that uber durable drive that w1zz reviewed a while back performed preety freaking well and you can fuck it up preety damn well and still have it work.
 

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Problem is all the ATV drives are sold out...
 

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K I bought the Corsair.
 

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I believe Random has this one, and I'd got to say its pretty nice!

As for my dad.. he has a few of these that he uses around the power plant...
 

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The reviewed on the one random said "flimsy" and I bought the other one you suggested so I think i'm good!
 

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Nice! glad that you got something! yeah, its seems that way, but its a pretty nice setup for the price he spent... and dad uses those for nuclear power plants and hasn't said that its f'd yet... just everyone elses does.! lol
 

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you could always get a geeksquad 4gb once you remove that U3smart crap they are actually quite nice i have a 2gb and i use it at school everyday not one issue yet. its pretty fast IMO to.
 
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As an update for current readers. Go for Gorilla drive. 16 Gigs for 16$ canadian. Sold at WalMart. Hook to put keychain is metal and it water resistant you can submerge into water.
 
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That picture natr0n posted is really disturbing its a thumbdrive that really looks like a persons thumb.
 
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@natr0n where can I get one?! lol...
 
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