• u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 months ago

    I buy SanDisk CruzerBlade drives from AliExpress. Of course, there’s a risk you get a fake one, but with how cheap they are already, it might not be worth it manufacturing fakes anyway.
    There’s a scratch-off sticker at the back with a code to check on SanDisk website. It will also tell you whether it was checked before, which would mean it was copied.

    They don’t seem to have the best sequential write speed, but have great random-access, at least compared to some other random flash drives one of which was Panasonic drive.
    This is great if you want to run programs off of the flash drive, or even a whole OS. Under normal use, even a USB 2.0 CruzerBlade performs better than my 5,400RPM SMR HDD running Linux Mint, granted you’re not copying large files or downloading stuff. Of course, in that case USB 3 version (Ultra Shift) is better.