Today I will be taking a look at one of their latest USB products by way of the DataTraveler microDuo 3.0. This USB is designed to be used not only as a storage device for PCs and laptops but to also allow users to connect it to compatible android devices for a bit of extra storage and to be able to...

As more people use their smartphones and tablets alongside laptop and desktop PCs, the need for storage that works for both PCs and mobile devices only grows. With the Kingston DataTraveler microDuo ($29.95), plugging into your Android device is now just as simple as using a drive on your PC, and...

Simple, compact design; USB and microUSB connections, with PC and Android compatibility.

Android support isn't 100 percent; Requires microUSB, so no support for iOS products

Up for review today I have the Kingston DataTraveler Generation 3 or G3 USB flash drive. The drive is 32gb capacity and it's one of the latest from Kingston. The G3 is very small and lightweight making it portable and easy to take with you.

Verdict: While the Kingston doesn't offer much in the way of extras, it's aggressively priced and super quick.

I bought two of these drives three weeks ago, and they have both failed. A set of read and write operations that used to take a few seconds now takes over 10 minutes. I have had two of the 16GB drives (Kingston 16GB USB 3.0 DataTraveler I G4 Flash Drive (Blue)) for 4 months and they are both fine.

Best price found anywhere on the Web or in any store. Works great, fast, reliable.

My Kingston DataTraveler G4 seems to be a bit different. 130MB/s sequential read 20MB/s sequential write 12MB/s random 4k read (3000 IOPS) variable but generally slow random 4k write that can reach up to 1.7MB/s (up to 440 IOPS) Results above is on USB 3.0 This review was modfied by poster @...

Decent read speed; Cheap when on sale

Slow write speed

While the security features offered by the DataTraveler Secure offering are useful, they do come at a price premium.  So, unless security is a paramount issue, I would recommend the DataTraveler ReadyFlash for most users.  It is one third the price and performed slightly better in my tests.

I purchased this compact flash drive to use only as a ready booster and leaving it on my laptop all the time and so far no complains, easy to set up...

COMPACT SIZE; PRICE

STICKS OUT TOO MUCH

Because it's slow, made my computer speed slower. It would be good for people who likes slower speed. The next time I purchase, I pay attention to speedier ones.

Portable

Slow