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| KingMax 8GB Super Stick =NEW Microsoft Vista Boost Certified= USB Drive. **Washer and Dryer SAFE! | 
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| List Price: $49.75
Buy New: $15.75
You Save: $34.00 (68%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 12 reviews)
Category: CE
Publisher: Kingmax
Studio: Kingmax
Brand: Kingmax
Label: Kingmax
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4 x 0.5
MPN: 008GU2W
UPC: 876397004286
EAN: 0876397004286
ASIN: B001AMI91E
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | NEW 50% Faster Transfer Speeds with Vista Boost | | • | Worlds tiniest USB Drive | | • | Washer and Dryer SAFE! | | • | Worldwide patented PIPTM packaging technology | | • | USB 2.0 compatible |
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Product Description
The world's lightest, thinnest and only water-resistant and heat-resistant USB flash drive is now 50% FASTER with Vista Boost Certified!. The Super Stick is convenient enough for consumers to carry anywhere, and its trendy design makes it a great mobile phone strap accessory, necklace or keychain. It can even be stored in a wallet. The Super Stick is so small that it measures and weights about the size of a paper clip. It works with USB 2.0, allowing for the high-speed transfer of documents and data in your day-to-day work. The Super Stick is made to last using a patented packaging technology that is stronger than plastic or aluminum casing. In fact there is no casing; it is built directly into the sealed substrate making it resistant to water, heat and shock, virtually indestructible. Plus no snap-on cap is needed. Hate those bulky flash drives that end up losing or forgetting. Finally an USB flash drive that you can hold onto with no hassle. Revolutionary size and an amazing price make the Super Stick the ultimate buy for a USB flash drive.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Great product - surreal packaging - terrible lanyard September 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Kingmax 8GB super stick is better than its predecessors, in that it has a hardened form factor. I can't vouch whether it is washer-dryer safe, but the casing does seem sturdier than other models. According to Vista, its memory write speed is 6-7 mbps - the packaging says only 3mbps write, so I'm happy that they understated the speed (or Vista's metrics are inaccurate - unthinkable!). However, the pink external case shaped like a rorsach test pig is just plain ... surreal. It's not integral to the device, and can be discarded (it's predecessors did not have an external case). I think that the marketing committee at Kingmax may have had one too many during happy hour at the local pub. Buy this product - you'll love it - and then lose it. The plastic spring-shaped lanyard easily breaks (thus I lost the drive a day after I wrote the first part of the review). Remove the springy lanyard, and use the the nylon part, and you'll be OK. When you edit a review, you can't change the star rating, otherwise I'd mod this down to a 1.
 DOA within a month September 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Small as advertised. Can be confusing on which way to insert when being put in a USB drive (unlike most thumb drives, it will go into a drive either "right side up" or the opposite). Not a big deal if you use only one or two computers, but computer manufacturers do not install their drives in only one direction across the brands. The drive did come with a small rubber plastic case which would have been a great carry option if it wasn't pink...?
The primary reason I am writing this review is that I inserted the drive into a work computer today and "nada". Same thing here at home. Drive has stayed in my wallet, not run through a washer, etc. Obviously unsatisfactory for a thumb drive (even generics are noteworthy for their reliability). Perhaps, this is atypical for this manufacturer-or not-, but less than one month of light use rates the one star I am giving it.
I Approve September 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It was time to replace my 2 Gig thumb drive, and durability was a factor. This little device seemed promising (although as a friend pointed out, it's more of a thumbnail drive than a thumb drive), and it was priced very competitively. I'm glad I bought it.
I laughed when I read words like "stylish" and "sleek" in the marketing description (it's a tool!), but those words are surprisingly relevant. When I use it, it often becomes a topic of conversation, and I enjoy showing it to other geeks (who usually want to know where they can get one).
I've had no issues with the device's reliability or durability, but I haven't stress tested it.
Another reviewer mentioned a couple "negative" points that are worth considering:
1. It does go in horizontal USB slots upside-down from the way I initially guessed--the printing goes face-down. Since it doesn't have the usual USB housing, you can easily insert it incorrectly. Doing so causes no damage though--it's just a minor initial usability issue.
2. Its size and weight make it easy to forget or drop without noticing, so it's probably a good idea to attach it to something else you carry with you.
Those characteristics aren't necessarily problems, but it helps to be aware of them.
Died in under a month September 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought two of these last month. I really enjoyed using it, especially as a Vista Boost drive. The other day, I shut down my system as usual, and when I booted the next day and plugged in the KingMax, it showed up as a 0 byte drive. I tried it on two other systems with the same result. I have emailed the vendor and requested a replacement, but I know I'll never trust the drive to contain the only copy of whatever I store on it.
 Not as bulletproof as they claim September 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought the 8GB as a replacement for an old 1GB KingMax of similar dimensions.
Tiny has its advantages and disadvantages. Being small, it's quite easily carried around, even on a keychain, which adds to its appeal. The disadvantage is that it can just as easily go missing, prompting me to get a similar, albeit larger capacity model.
Again, taking extra care to make sure it is secured on my keychain with a keyring from an old donor keychain, the KingMax 8GB Super Stick only provided about a month or so of usefulness until a tiny crack appeared on the casing.
While the unit is still operational, the crack was just at the point where the circuitry is attached to the casing (denoted by the slight gray coloured area on the underside). This appears to compromise the water-resistance of the unit which I don't want to test.
That said, the unit is now relegated to home duties as a quick backup unit.
I have replaced this with a steel-cased "Super Talent Pico-C Rugged 8GB" unit (you have to love the way these guys choose names).
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