January 20, 2011

LaCie MosKeyto USB Flash Drive

This is the ultimate portable USB drive.  With the amazing portability and decreasing size of external hard drives, I never thought I would buy another flash drive again.  It was then that I saw the LaCie MosKeyto, available in 2, 4, 8 or 16GB.  One of the smallest flash drives I've seen, it only sticks 6mm out of the computer port.  This tiny drive replaced a very large pile of USB drives.  The only issue was that it was difficult to find in-store, but I expect to start seeing it more and more.  For now it is easily available on LaCie's online shop and I highly recommend looking at it in more detail.  LaCie has a full gallery including the white version and the MosKeyto with a Mosquito.  In the photo to right, I have shown a scaled comparison of the MosKeyto to the common SD card and it is quite impressive.

Designers have clearly accounted for all the difficulties that could come with such a small USB drive.  The raised edge ensures you won't get your drive stuck in the port and the lid is attached, so you don't lose it.  Personally, I like its colour scheme and general look.  For only $14.99 to $49.99, it has a very competitive price.  The popular retractable SanDisk Cruzer 16GB costs over $100.  For half the price and a quarter of the size you can have the same storage space.  For those thinking that the SanDisk is more expensive for a reason, both include the same 2 year limited warranty and SanDisk specifies no additional software packaged with the Cruzer (i.e. it shouldn't cost extra).  Until other brands release smaller drives with larger capacity, the MosKeyto is the number one USB storage product available.

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