The IT Nerd

Here’s an interesting USB drive that I came across recently. According to Patriot, the company who makes the drive in question, it’s designed to survive anything and keep your data safe. And it’s called the Patriot 32GB Supersonic Boost XT Series USB 3.0 Flash Drive:

This is a USB drive that has a rubberized housing which provides a durable and rugged exterior that safeguards the drives from the elements. It is protected from any shock and physical damage as well as water resistant offering protection from various elements. Here’s a closer look at the cap that comes with the drive: 

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My only gripe about the cap is that if you lose this, you lose the ability for this drive to survive anything. Having said that, it feels solid enough when you have it on the drive that I don’t think that it will slide off on its own.

I’ve dropped this, submerged it in water for five minutes, thrown this against walls, and even stepped on it. And it’s survived. Clearly Patriot has that part nailed. But there’s more to a drive like this than how rugged it is. Speed is a factor. I ran some tests and came up with the following results:

• Sequential write speeds between 40-60MB/s
• Sequential read speeds of 15-215MB/s
• Random write speeds of 0.8-20MB/s
• Random read speeds of 4.56-85MB/s.

These are some of the fastest speeds that I have seen in a USB drive. Clearly Patriot has that part nailed as well.

Gripes? Well, this isn’t really a gripe. It’s more of a question. Besides what I mentioned about the cap, there is a hook that you can use to put this on your keychain. It was solid enough to hold the weight of my keys. But I do wonder if it will survive a year in my pocket and all the sorts of things that a pocket can do? If anything happens on that front, I will update this review.

The best part about the Patriot 32GB Supersonic Boost XT Series USB 3.0 Flash Drive is that it is $12.99 CDN on Amazon. It also comes in a 64GB variant for $18.99 and a 16GB variant for $11.99. It’s worth a look if you need a USB drive that can survive anything.

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