Corsair announced new flash media at this years CES and amongst their new product line-up is their Voyager GT. Though not a replacement for their original Voyager series, the GTs have one specific goal: performance.

Remember Corsair? That memory manufacturer with all the high-end toys? Well, it is back with another one, and this time it is 8GB of goodness that you can slip into your pocket. Yes, you guessed it, it is a USB flash drive, but not just any old USB drive, as this is the Flash Voyager GT, one of the...

But not all USB drives are created equal and only some deliver on all the promises of speedy transfer times, ease of use and rugged build quality. Today I have the Corsair Voyager GT 2GB to evaluate, and we will see if it lives up to the expectation as the new standard for a portable data storage...

Fast read and write speeds; very rugged build quality; unique styling; ReadyBoost support

Unique styling makes the drive a bit bulky

Durability & Appearance: The Corsair Flash Voyager GT 16GB is covered in a protective water resistant rubber coating.  Although I didn't throw the drive at wall or any other extreme activity it is obviously very durable for everyday use.

. Even though it beats the competition by a small margin, it always manages to perform better than every other drive. The Voyager GT is also a good looking drive and the rubber body makes the drive exceptionally durable for an electronic device.

Flash memory has gotten bigger the past year and we have reviewed sizes up to 32 GB already. Today we are going to look at the Flash Voyager GT with 16GB of memory and since it is the GT line it's supposed to be a bit faster than the ordinary Voyager from Corsair.

They do still have the 16Gb Voyager, though, for only $AU110 delivered; Australian shoppers who'd like to order one can

The price for the drive is Rs 2,200. That's not very expensive for the performance and the sturdy build quality that you get. Even though this is supposed to be one of the higher-end flash drives, it makes good value for money.

We have already ran a number of benchmarks against Corsair's Flash Voyager GT 32GB flash drive, which can be found in Testing Out Linux File-Systems On A USB Flash Drive . In that article we benchmarked the FAT32, EXT3, EXT4, XFS, Btrfs, and ReiserFS file-systems on this very flash drive.

Available in 8GB or 16GB, (we tested the 16GB version), the Corsair Flash Voyager GT is backwards compatible with USB 1.1. It features a rubberised casing with a masculine red and black design.