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There are innumerable varieties and brands of USB stick on the market, it’s potentially the most saturated area of consumer technology, with prices that have been forced as low as they can go. If you’re looking for fast USB storage, there are much faster and cheaper alternatives to the Adam Elements iKlips.
But that’s somewhat missing the point. None of them offer a dual-connector function, and especially not for iOS devices.
The hardware side of the Adam Elements iKlips works very well. Plug it in, load the app on your iPhone or iPad, and it’s ready to go. Although it’s not the fastest USB stick we’ve tested, read transfers are reasonably snappy.
The software side is reasonable. Photo backup, video playback and music work perfectly fine. Backup works as intended too. The interface is simple and well thought out, without useless extra functions to overcomplicate things.
It’s not perfect. Some actions such as backup can be slow at times. And we’re not sure why they left the settings button in the bottom left of the screen.
By having to rely on third-party software to function, the Adam Elements iKlips faces hypothetical problems. A future API change or deeper general changes in iOS from Apple could break compatibility, so Adam Elements will need to ensure the app is maintained in the future.
The Adam Elements iKlips solves a problem many users have complained about for a long time, simple sharing of files and media via removable external storage is now possible for iOS devices.
It doesn’t come cheap, but it works well, so it will have a lot of appeal for anyone who has been desperate for a simple way to carry a TV series on a plane flight without messing about with iTunes, or share dozens of movies or music albums without the long transfer times of manually doing so on a PC.
For them, the useful nature of the Adam Elements iKlips will probably outweigh the cost. System administrators, professional photographers and content producers in particular may want a tool such as this, and it’s easy to see how useful it would be with a device such as the iPad Pro.
Pros:
- Removable storage for iOS from 32GB to 256GB.
- Third-party application usable and functional.
Cons:
- More expensive than a standard USB stick.
- Cannot access files already stored on iOS device.
Kitguru Says: The Adam Elements iKlips finally makes removable storage for iOS devices a possibility. It works well, and may be just what some users need to improve their workflow.
