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More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago (5 children)

The thing I really want to see more are USB-C thumb drives. It seems they’re all usb-A or large SSD drives for USB-C. A tiny keychain sized C would be awesome.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)

SanDisk has an entire line of USB C thumb drives, they are my to-go choice

[–] [email protected] 61 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Sandisk is still selling their portable ssds that are failing at an alarming rate and wiping peoples data.

Dont worry though, because after slashing their price globally to sell the defective models fast, they released a firmware update for one of them and not the others.

Looking into it deeper, its clearly a hardware design flaw that WD is still denying, even after changing the hardware on new versions of the drive. The hardware change is also apprently still failing.

WD/Sandisk isnt worth trusting as storage anymore. The way they ignored customer data loss for months, pretended to fix the hardware issue with software, then only ever replied to evidence of hardware flaws when sued by a class action, should tell you they are no longer a reputable brand.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I had no idea about this, thanks for sharing

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Samsung has ones that are dual side, so both USB-A and -C. Really helpful for moving files between phone and PC while still having backup storage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I should read replies before I comment. I said the same thing. Great little drive

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have a couple dual connector drives. A 3.0 on one end, and then C (or micro) on the other. Sandisk I think, maybe Samsung. But I do understand those are somewhat bulky for an everyday carry Keychain item compared to what I'm picturing you're asking for. It does seem stranger I'm not finding as many mouse dongle size C drives as I'd expect given how many there are for A

I also have a sd/micro SD adapter that has C on one end, and A on the other that can fold away to reveal a micro. That one is great for camera pic transfers. That one is vogek which I don't expect to be a real company

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Ooh I like the idea of the micro reader with a/c/micro! If I keep a card in it it can act as a thin drive and become multipurpose!

Edit: I did some AliExpress digging and found this thing that looks like a pretty sleek solution https://a.aliexpress.com/_mq2Ck8i

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I have this one and I use it exactly as you describe, when 2 card are connected it recognise them both as separate drives.

So I can backup my camera photos (SD card) to the micro SD card just using my phone via the USB C port. Then I can connect it to my desktop computer with the USB A end.

Quite a nifty device

https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Card-Reader-Memory-Adapter/dp/B07ZKRM12C

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Silicon Power does have some solid options with small A and C sticks. I have even some with micro usb inside the A connector in addition to C.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I have a sandisk one that's both usb c and a

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Samsung has a nice one that has both A and C. And it's USB 3.1.