[ALUG] A good brand of USB stick?

[Anthony Anson]

The message <4958f9ba.KwHxntoMtNg+Ge7D%mjr at phonecoop.coop>
from MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> contains these words:
> (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:

> > Fairly recently, on one of the Linux lists I read, someone
> > (or more than one) made suggestions about good brands of
> > USB sticks, with particular reference to lifetime under
> > repeated cycles of writing, and general reliability.

> When you do find it, could you share the information (or a link to it)
> with the ALUG wiki, please?

> Dane-Elec USB (soft-sheen case with cap - I think the same thing is
> sold with a big brand too, maybe Sony) are too slow for PVR use.
> I can report back about PNY Attache later if anyone cares.

> There are a lot of suspiciously-similar sticks out there (for example
> Integral at Dixons and Play.com's own brand).  Are they imported as
> whole sticks, or just assembled into imported cases, d'you think?

I've got a 1 Gig SanDisk, a 1 Gig and a 2 Gig Peak, and a 2 Gig Kingston
DT Mini (which last I keep losing, despite hooking it to a safety-pin
and pinning it inside pockets, etc.. Indeed, recently I lost it for
weeks, and only found it as I was hanging out some washing...)

All work OK AFAIAC, even in the last instance, after going through the
wash. HOWEVER - I'm probably not a good judge about speed as my main box
runs only at 900 MHz

I intend formatting the Kingston to LFS and using it on the Eee.
However, until I get another one, I won't be able to compare it with
anything.

> I'd be particularly interested in the performance of "recycled" "Eco"
> sticks and on the power and noise of USB bus-powered hard drives.
> I'm going to be writing a bit more on this over the next few months.

Do you mean hard disk drives, or solid state?

-- 
Tony
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/