Thread: Kingston Data Traveler 150 32GB

This is a weird looking drive, with a very odd colour. It's got a tiny honeycomb pattern that's somewhere between red and orange. Depending on the lighting conditions, this drive looks either orange or peach - not my favourite fruit colours. The body is hard plastic, and seems to be durable, though I bet I could crush the plastic by pressing really hard. The drive has a cap holder design on the back, and a key ring, which seems only limited in its usefulness. Overall, it's one of the better built plastic drives, but I'm still personally biased towards rubber or metal.

All this negativity stopped when I connected the drive up and started the tests. It's not the fastest in any of the tests, but it's a very consistent performer. Across the capacities, it's beaten only by the Kingston HyperX in the sequential tests and the assorted write, and comes in third in the assorted read tests, behind the Apacer AH522 and the SanDisk Cruzer, respectively.

Although not as cheap, in terms of price per GB as the OCZ, it's still pretty good value for money, especially when you consider its performance. It marginally lost out to the SanDisk Cruzer as the value for money pick, because of the lack of a software bundle and capabilities. It's a good standalone drive though,and wins the Editor's Pick award, because this editor feels that a 32 GB pen drive is a must have.