Which USB Memory Stick?

[sirch345]

Can anyone recommend a reasonable quality and priced USB Memory Stick/Flash Drive?
Looking on Amazon must of them have poor or even very poor feedback from the purchasers

I need a 32GB memory stick so I can back up my Windows 8 pc.

Any recommendations would be great,

Chris.

[VTRDark]

I've always used Kingston flash drives. If backing up your complete system including personal info you may want to consider using a secured (encrypted) stick.

http://www.kingston.com/en/

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[sirch345]

Cheers Carl for you reply. Funnily enough I also have a Kingston flash drive, only a tiddler though at 1GB.
After reading purchasers feedback from various makes of USB flash drives on Amazon, a reasonable amount of people seem to be saying there are plenty of Chinese copies about. So out of interest I had a look at my Kingston F/D, guess what? that has made in China marked on it.

Thanks for the tip on using an encrypted stick, I had been taking that into consideration, some Sandisk's stick's comes with that software already installed.

Chris.

[VTRDark]

So out of interest I had a look at my Kingston F/D, guess what? that has made in China marked on it.

Is there anything they don't copy I had to go and check mine. Looks like I have a genuine one, no made n china or any other markings apart from the Kingston. I bought a 16gb one as they seemed best value at the time. Didn't get it of the bay of evil though. Got it from a genuine supplier online. Can't remember who now, but it was one of the firms that specialises in selling flash drives and consumables.

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[sirch345]

Cheers for that info Carl, perhaps I'd better have a look around and avoid ebay for this item.

Mine has the word "China" marked on the side of the stick.

Chris.

[Stevo Kifaru]

http://www.ebuyer.com/399084-lexar-32gb ... 10-32gabeu
This one should do the trick? Got an Integral 64gb pastel off eBay for £18, see if I can find the seller's Id


*edit* seller's id is mymemory-uk (111336) think they are posting from Jersey so get cheaper deals on the tax, I had no problems with my drive after a few failed Chinese copies had been through my hands..........ran a h2testw on it immediately after I received it to check it was genuine

[sirch345]

Cheers Steve for that info, unfortunately I had just ordered a Kingston about 30mins before I saw your reply. However I now know what to get if I have any trouble with my latest buy, and I have found that seller on ebay

Thanks for the tip also on that h2testw check, I'd not come across that before

Chris.