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Corsair have made some significant and noteworthy changes to the Survivor series with this latest drive. It is not only robust and exceptionally well designed but it delivers the goods when you need a fast responsive unit for important back up duties.
The Corsair drive is currently available for around £80 in the UK, which while expensive is not overpriced in the least. If you take into consideration the protection against the elements such as water, dirt and heavy vibrations you will be confident your data is in safe hands (or around your neck as the case might be).
Just as importantly the performance is class leading across a wide range of file sizes while reading and writing. The drive is so fast that we could easily have been long gone by the time the other drives had even approached the end. It was twice as fast as anything else we had on our bench today which is surely worth a premium.
This is a class leading unit which bears serious consideration if you value both the security and safety of your data. For those of you working to a budget, bear in mind that the 16GB version of this drive is available for £40 in the UK right now.
KitGuru says: We look forward to playing with the upcoming USB 3.0 version of this unit.
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I have the 16gb drive ! its awesome, had it for a few months now, but I always feel safe with my files on it.
I find putting sensitive or important files on a portable USB drive is silly. If you drop it or lose it for instance, someone has all the info they need on you for identify theft.!
Hey Eric, maybe when they release the next one they will put a homing beacon on it for people who drop em? lol 🙂
I actually need to get one of these, I have a USB drive which I use for work, and moving files home, and its so painfully slow I almost lose the will to live. Id rather get work to pay for it, but fat chance.
I had a 32GB GT die after 3 weeks, they replaced it with a GTR, it is noticably quicker albeit significantly longer (I cannot see myself keeping this on my keyring any more which was why I got the survivor in the first place). Hopefully it is noticably more reliable too!
I have the original 32GB drive (blue one). It was in my shirt pocket when I got into a car accident. The drive went through the windshield and flew another 100 feet down the road. My wife found it on the highway sitting on the ground. The outside case had a few dents in it and some scratches, but the thing works like a bomb and all my data was still there. Ordered the new 64GB GTR today, strongly recommended.
that is a hell of a story, I have passed this onto Corsair. glad you are ok !
Hey Eric K, If you have conerns about security, get an encrypted drive. I have a Corsait Padlock. It even has a key pad for a PIN code !
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