The Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ puts government-grade security onto a flash drive for the masses, with 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption for an extremely reasonable price ($14 street for 8GB).

Professional-grade encryption in a consumer flash drive; Low price per GB.

Not Linux compatibile

As the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products, Kingston Technology doesn't need much of an introduction. The company got its start in 1987, when the computer industry was suffering from a severe shortage of surface-mount memory chips.

Mandatory security on all files; Hardware based 256-bit AES encryption; Includes "lockdown" mode for increased security; Compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 and Mac OS X; Five year warranty; Reasonably priced

Slow write speeds; Not bootable

The Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ series of USB flash drives provide the expected level of performance for a USB memory stick, with the added security of password protected access and 256-bit AES Hardware Based Encryption, for a slight premium in cost over non-secure storage.

Secure storage

Not usable as boot device; not compatible with Linux

I bought three of these, all identical 8GB G4 models, and all three of them are equally slow. It's sold as a USB 3.0 stick and it has the characteristic blue USB 3.0 colored port, but the speeds are so horrific that I simply cannot justify spending $7.00 on one of them, and I'm sure not going to...

Inexpensive

-Too Slow: Consistently getting USB 1.1 speeds on this thing using a USB 3.0 front port on my rig; If I plug a 5400RPM external HDD into the same port I get decent USB 3.0 speeds hovering around 150Mb/s, but this "super fast" flash drive gets maybe 10Mb/s

This product looks good at a first look, but its declared space does not come even close to really available. I bought one for 32GB and in reality got 2.25MB. The only reason I bought this product for its cheap price, pretty good reviews and expected one time use, as a result was not able to use.

The most basic form of memory storage today is the flash drive. Since the preponderance of USB flash drives, I've forgotten and lost many. Their small size is to blame for that, but it's hard to deny they're essentially indispensable.

The Kingston 8GB DataTraveler G4 USB 3.0 Flash Drive [DTIG4/8GB] operates perfectly and permits rapid transfer of files, particularly photos.

Purchased two of these to use for images as back up, one for the actual image of the SSD & OS (12GB) and the other to make a bootable winpe to restore the image, seem to hit about 25MB/s so not the fastest, but they are only USB 2.0 and not 3.0.

This flash drive is ideal for portable memory applications, such as storing images, music and movies for use on a laptop during travel.

Kingston's new DataTraveler Locker+ 16GB USB thumb drive offers the useful capability of allowing a user to set up an encrypted partition to safeguard some of that data - while allowing the remaining drive space to be open and accessible by anyone.