The Kingston Ultimate 3.0 G3 flash drive is a third-generation unit for professional business users demanding high performance and a solid, understated, stylish, and cap-less design. With capacities of up to 64 GB, it also offers the storage required by some.

Fast and small is good, right? At least that's how it works in the computer world. And USB flash drives are no different; we like them fast for data transfer, but also come in a small package.

Fast speeds; capless design; durable; large capacity; good price

No encryption; could block adjacent USB ports

Around a month ago i was asked to attend a technology related seminar for which i had to prepare and bring enough material to fill a large part of the 6 hours total it was ment to last (i say ment because i ended up leaving a lot sooner).

- Build Quality; - Metal Casing; - Read/Write Speeds; - Retractable Design; - Price (For Some

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We have in our hands the Kingston's DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Generation 3 (DTU30G3), a USB 3.0 flash drive that supports data transfer rates of up to 150MB/s read and 70MB/s write, offering you the convenience of carrying files with incredible speed and ease.

This is a sleek drive. It's really very compact and easy to carry in your pant pocket, purse or wallet. And it comes very handy. Dane-Elec is a name I trust as I have been using its products and they all work well and are durable.

The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 is a chunky USB 3.0 thumbdrive with a good turn of speed and capacity up to 64GB

Significantly faster than USB 2.0 flash drives

A little on the chunky side; doesn't realise the full potential of USB 3.0

Slightly bigger and more expensive than a standard USB flash drive, but with many times

A lot has happened in the USB 3.0 world since we took a look at Kingston's first ‘Ultimate 3.0′ drive this past fall, and thanks to some progressions, the company has just released a ‘G2′ variant of the drive.

The Kingston DT Ultimate 32GB G2 is a fantastic USB drive that surpasses even our and Kingston's expectations for the drive. Although the drive itself may be on the pricey side, the performance and quality that you get from this drive are nearly worth every penny.

As USB 3.0 is slowly becoming integrated into more products such as the latest generation of PC motherboards more companies are releasing products to take advantage of this technology's speed gains.

+Lightning fast read/write speeds; +Well constructed; +Speeds actually exceed the specs listed by Kingston; +Backwards compatible with USB 2.0

-Bulky and may block USB ports