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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

- None

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

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.

Like any other flash drive review that I've done, there are two areas that I'm going to cover to round off this drive, starting off with the aesthetics. Keeping in line with current design trends, its great to see a drive that looks clean a crisp and breaks away from either the plastic moulded route...

Transferring files between 2 computers has been made extremely easy for a while now with flash

– Outperformed listed specifications; – Tough metal casing; – Retractable design; – 5 year warranty

– None that I found