Best USB Drive Reviews 2019 Update | The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide

Kingston SE9 G2 is the first best USB drive in our list all the way from Kingston. The company has the reputation for creating high-quality products from years. No doubt, the USB flash drive that I tracked down for you guys is the best flash drive on the market.

A Glance On Design

It comes with a beautiful design as you can see in the picture. The USB flash drive can resist against bumps and drops as it’s covered with an aluminum case. It comes with a key ring that can fit in almost every keychain. Kingston SE9 G2 is capless. The device is 4.5cm long and 0.5cm wide which makes it super tiny.

Speed

Talking about the data traveler speed, it comes with the USB 3.1 which makes it fast. The flash drive has the 114MB/s read speed and 17MB/s write speed. I personally have no issues with the speed. It works perfectly for me. The USB drive is supported by almost every latest operating system such as OSx, Linux and windows. After the detail observation during tests, I must add that Kingston is a brand now in production of best USB drives.

Here is the catch!

The best thing about this best USB drive is that it comes with the 5 years warranty which is great.

SanDisk extreme is the next best USB drive that took place in our list. The SanDisk extreme 3.0 has amazing stylish design which makes it more appealing. Its design is followed by a black color and is 0.84 inches in width.

Speed And Security

The best thing that I liked about SanDisk extreme is that it is faster and secure than I expected. The device can reach the read speed of 245 MB/s and write speed of 100MB/s. but let’s have a look at speed for different data.

SanDisk extreme 3.0 32GB has the 179.1 MB/s read speed and 91.2MB/s write speed for large data. The read and write speed is a bit different for medium data. The read speed is 127.9 MB/s and writes speed is 20.2 MB/s for medium data. The write and read speed of the device is way different than the large and medium data which is 9.7MB/s read speed and 7 MB/s write speed.

The Special Findings

The SanDisk extreme 3.0 32GB also offers you SanDisk SecureAccess software pack which allows you to set a password to any folder for security purpose.

Lexar jump drive p10 is one of the best flash USB drives that made it to our list with extremely fast speeds. when we compared it with above 2 best USB drives the results were phenomenal. The read speed went up to 400MB/s and the write speed went up to 150 MB/s.

Speed Test And Findings

As the write speed depends on the storage space of the USB flash drive. According to our speed test, the write speed for 32GB USB flash drive was different than 64GB and 128GB and the read speed remained the same.

There are many USB flash drives that come with high speed. but when it comes to design I think they don’t offer the design that you expect.

Features

Lexar jump p20 has a beautiful design that follows a simple black color. The left side of the USB flash drive remains open. Lexar jump drives p20 32gb is capless. you may be thinking if it’s capless, what the company did for the protection of USB 3.0 port. Well, not a problem. The USB 3.0 port remains inside the body. It comes out and goes inside the body by simply flipping the button. This best USB drive also offers an LED activity light.

Design

The back of Lexar jump drive p10 32gb offers you a metal body which also includes a loop for key chains. Moreover, the USB 3.0 flash drive is 63.9mm in length, 22.5mm in width and 10.6mm height.

The package also offers Encryptstick light software. You can use the software to make your data secure. Actually, your USB flash drive becomes a private vault by setting a password.

ADATA UE700 is another best USB drive in our list. There are many reasons of adding this USB flash drive into our list. Let’s get straight into it.

Security

The first thing that I would like to mention is that it’s extremely secure. ADATA UE700 offers ADATA’s elite software suite. The software allows you to get access to the security features of the USB flash drive. The security features include AES encryption 256-bits and password protection.

Design And Features

 ADATA UE700 has an attractive design which offers you some good features. Such as, a loop that can fit in almost every keychain. The flash drive also includes an LED activity light. its capless design makes it more appealing. You can easily control the USB 3.0 port by a simple push of a button. The USB 3.0 flash drive is made of plastic which makes it lighter than some other USB flash drives.

The device has an excellent reading speed of 185.7MB/s at large data. It wouldn’t take long to read your data. 

Corsair has the reputation for manufacturing good quality products including USB flash drives from years. I have checked some others companies to choose the best USB drive for gamers. But Corsair was the best choice that i made for you guys. So without further ado let’s get straight into corsair flash voyager GT USB 3.0 review.

Design And Features

Flash Voyager GT comes with the beautiful design as you can see in the picture. The design follows the combination of black and red colors. It also includes a ring loop which can fit in almost all type of key chains. Flash Voyager GT comes with a waterproof cap which is the best thing about it. Its exterior is made up of rubberized material which makes it shockproof.

Size

However, the device is a bit big in size from its previous version flash voyager GT USB 2.0. Also, the device is faster than its previous version. So let’s have a look at its speed. 

Speed

Flash Voyager has decent write and reads speeds. The speeds aren’t as good as Lexar jumpdrive p20 but still better than many other USB flash drives in the market. It has the write speed of 83MB/s and read the speed of 135MB/s. The device is available in different capacities. The USB flash drive with different capacities has different write and read speeds.  But we only did the speed test for 64GB.

As you know Samsung company is popular for manufacturing best smartphones. A few years back they took the game to the next level and started manufacturing USB flash drives. Today i have selected one of there best USB drive for you guys that can work for both computer and smartphones.

Design

Samsung USB flash drive duo is tiny in size and is built from metal. It comes with two USB ports, a USB 3.0 that you can use for computer and Micro-B type USB known as MicroUSB that you can use for almost all standard smartphones.  It also has a plastic cap for MicroUSB slot. The USB flash drive looks strong and well built. Samsung made it to the next level by making this device waterproof, shockproof and x-ray proof.

Speed

The most important thing that people look for in the best USB drive is its speed. isn’t it? To fulfill that need Samsung flash drive duo offers excellent write and read speeds. It has an impressive write speed of 109.6MB/s and read the speed of 155MB/s.

The good thing about Samsung duo is that you can use it for almost all operating systems like windows vista, 2000, XP, MacOS X, Linux etc. The package also offers 5 years warranty.

Transcend jetflash 790 the best USB drive all the way from transcend. It has decent write and read speeds. Don’t expect anything awesome from jetflash 790. because it do not offer such fast speeds like other USB flash drives are offering in our list.

Design

But if we talk about Transcend JetFlash 790 design. It has an excellent capless design that follows a color combination of simple black and blue colors. The Flash drive also offers you a LED activity light which helps to monitor the data transfer activity. You can use a button to access the USB 3.0 connector. It’s made of plastic material due to which it’s lighter.

Speed

Talking about transcending JetFlash 790 32gb speed, as I mentioned before don’t expect anything mind-blowing. The USB flash drive has 90 MB/s  read speed and 25 MB/s write speed. you can buy it for casual use. 

The package allows you to access the transcend JetFlash elite data management tools which are cool stuff. The best thing is, the Transcend JetFlash 790 comes with a lifetime warranty.

You probably know that USB 3.0 flash drives are faster than USB 2.0 flash drives. Well ventura plus is one USB 3.0 flash drives with fast read and write speeds and has simple eye catching design. Let’s have a look at what this best USB drive offers you.

Design 

You can see in the picture how Ventura plus looks like. It has the simple durable design that follows a simple black color with Mushkin‘s company logo on it. The Ventura Plus is built with a small and slim design which makes it pocket-friendly. It has the large capacity of 64GB which is right for you if you need a USB flash drive with high capacity.

Speed

Coming towards its speed, Ventura plus USB flash drives with different capacities has different speeds. Ventura Plus 16GB is a bit slower than 32GB and 64GB. But let’s stick to our pick which is 64GB. Its read speed is quite impressive. The Ventura plus has the read speed of up to 200MB/s which is fast. It has the decent write speed of up to 90MB/s. It’s definitely faster than Ventura pro.

Compatibility

The Ventura plus is supported by almost all operating systems like Windows 7, 8, Vista, MacOS X, Linux etc. The USB 3.0 connector easily fit in all USB ports. Moreover, the USB flash also has 2 years warranty. 

Sony Microvault is another best USB drive in the market that made it into our list. The MicroVault is designed for daily use. It has beautiful handy design as you can see in the picture. The USB flash drive also offers some security features.

Let’s get into the details of the USB flash drive.

MicroVault has an attractive capless design with sony’s company logo on it. One of the interesting features is, you don’t see the USB port until you click it out like a pen. It has a nice little keychain hole in case you need to hook it in the keychain.

Speed

Talking about speed, the Sony MicroVault has great performance. The speed performance that we measured was pretty good. It delivered 213MB/s read speed and 53.5 MB/s write speed at large data. However, the medium and small data speed was average.

The package also offers SecureData software for security of the content. It also comes with RescueData for recovery of your data. However, the software can’t recover the game’s data.

Supersonic rage 2 is our last pick in our list and guess what? Its reading and writing speeds are even faster than lexar jumpdrive p10 that i mentioned before in our best USB drive reviews list.

It delivers the write speed above 200MB/s and the read speed above 400MB/s, and that is the speed which I was looking for and definitely, you’ll like that too.

Made Material

The device is coated with a rubberized material which protects it from drops and spills. As you can see its design in the picture which is simply followed by a combination of black and blue colors having a supersonic rage 2 logos on it. It also comes with an LED indicator. In short, the best USB drive with the best design.

The USB flash drive is supported by all the latest operating systems such as OSx, Windows 7/8, Linux etc. It has weights of 9 grams which makes it almost weightless.