If you've used a flash drive in the past and written lots of data on it, there's a good chance you've grabbed it to yank it out when you're done and winced at the hot – or at the very least surprisingly warm – exterior. Simply plug in the SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Luxe USB Flash Drive and easily move files off your device, freeing up valuable space. The USB Type-B standard can be found at the other end of the cable which plugs into a peripheral device, such as a smartphone, an external hard drive, or a keyboard.

Why you can trust Tom's Hardware Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. This product may include or use the following open source software subject to the following open source licenses. Available with either a USB-C or USB-A connector (though not both, like Transcend’s drive), the 256GB DataTraveler Max performed nearly as well as its more spacious 1TB sibling in our PCMark, DisBench, and CrystalDiskMark tests, making it the second-fastest flash drive we’ve tested (third if you count the 1TB Kingston drive as competition). Just like its roomier 1TB variant, the 256GB Kingston DataTraveler Max is a speed demon in the flash drive world, even if it falls a bit short of the newer Transcend ESD31C Portable SSD (see our next pic, below).Size: half the width and a third the height of a standard USB connector, the USB Type-C is only marginally bigger than micro-USB connectors and Apple Lightning.

And for a more permanent, higher capacity storage solution that'll provide a reliable and secure home for all your content, look to an external hard drive. That being said, our testing shows this tiny drive is in a much lower performance class than the bigger, pricier, roomier models. We ran our benchmark tests on a custom desktop running Windows 10 Pro on an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X CPU and a Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master motherboard with 16GB of RAM and an older (but still speedy) Samsung 960 Pro boot drive.Aside from its top-notch performance, it also sports both a UCB-C and a USB-A port (one on each side) and a metal shell that feels a lot nicer than much of its plastic-clad competition. But it's no longer available at most major outlets, so we chose the smaller Fit Plus drive instead, which is widely available and performs similarly on many of our tests. Silicon Motion’s chip is a native controller which helps improve performance, heat dissipation, bill of material and design. If you're after a drive that's small enough to leave plugged into your laptop most of the time, or you just want something you can clip to your keychain and forget about until you need it, Samsung's FIT Plus stands out.

com Services and marketing information, new product and service announcements as well as special offers, events and newsletters. However, this notice must not be changed or removed and no warranty is either expressed or implied by its publication or distribution. Although all devices will have these ports soon, this is currently not the case and adapters (or dongles) are being sold to help connect peripheral devices to their hosts, e. Designed with portability and convenience in mind, the unique ridged casing protects the connector when not in use and is easily moved with a single motion.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. On the other hand, it means using a compulsory converter (Type-A to Type-C) on older desktop computers or laptops.