It is still working. Good storage at this price. It's design is inconvenient, you need to use both hands to pull out to insert in to USB.

High Capacity

Difficult To Use; Slow

With USB3 and memory that is plenty fast enough, this USB stick is good value. The encryption software is a bonus.

It does use a retractable design followed by 5 years warranty period label, but in reality the write speed is so bad, it shouldn't be labeled as USB 3.0, rather its a drive that happens to have a blue coloured connector. The read speed is mediocre, so for such tasks it shouldn't be an issue.

5 Years Warranty; Retractable design

Bad write performance; Not recommended for frequent file transfer purposes

I loaded a number of files on the flash drive and the first time that I tried to review the files, I could not access the drive, then could not even erase and reformat the drive. Costco's return policy has been great.

costco return policy

flash drive failed

Did not work and now my phone says that it will not charge

Nothing wrong with item except the keyring hole is totally cheap plastic and breaks easily.

While many external drives now come with a physical push-button backup option, a new genre of backup devices is emerging: one-touch USB flash drives that combine the convenience of small size with relatively sophisticated backup applications for data protection.

I know a lot of Windows users that cringe when I mention Mac's backup system called Time Machine. "We've had backup in Windows for way longer than Time Machine" is their typical response. I agree. What they fail to realize is the ease of use that Apple's Time Machine brings for backing stuff up.

Tweet In today's connected and mobile world, flash drives are very handy in providing access to important data whilst on the go, while portable hard drives, such as the Verbatim GT , offer additional storage space, along with the convenience of a backup solution.

The backup button is very handy; the device is compact; the backup solution is easy to use; additional online storage offered

The 8 GB of storage space limits the amount of music and movies you can backup and USB 3.0 would have allowed a much speedier transfer speed

SanDisk has been a leader in the storage industry for more than 20 years. Founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari, the company has grown to become the world's largest supplier of flash memory data storage products.

Good performance for a USB 2.0 flash drive; SecureAccess software protects files in encrypted; password-protected "vault; USB connector protected by sliding mechanism; Compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7 and Mac OS X; Nice looking; lightweight design; Five year warranty; Reasonably priced

10 MB/s write speed only applies to the first 20 MB of the data transfer; Includes only 2GB of online storage