Product Description

Now you can store, carry and transfer files in an affordable, convenient device. The new DataTraveler Generation 2 (G2) from Kingston helps budgetconscious users break storage barriers, allowing them to easily store and move files in a device no bigger than a pocketknife. As easy as click and drag, DataTraveler G2 can hold just about any file you can think of term papers, theses, digital images, spreadsheets or other important documents. DataTraveler G2 features a retractable USB connector for ease of use and safe housing. It works with virtually any computer with a USB port. DataTraveler G2 is also a great promotional item for businesses; your company logo can appear on it to increase your brand recognition, and it comes in multiple colors based on capacity. Backed by a five-year warranty and Kingston¿s legendary service and support, DataTraveler G2 is a reliable, inexpensive solution for carrying digital files with you wherever you go.

Product Details

• Color: Cyan
• Brand: Kingston
• Model: DTIG2/8GB
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 4.00" h x .5" w x 4.00" l, .25 pounds
• Hard Disk: 8GB

Features

• Convenient ¿ pocket-sized for easy transportability
• Simple ¿ just plug into a USB port
• Practical ¿ no cap to lose; USB connector protected withn case
• Fashionable ¿ available in multiple colors by capacity: 2GB, gray 4GB, yellow 8GB, cyan 16GB, red 32GB, dark green
• Guaranteed ¿ five-year warranty

Customer Reviews

Great, and the price is right
I prefer this to the SanDisk because it doesn't bring up that weird U3 program. Seems well made, the drive retreats securely into the handle, quick to boot up. It doesn't "eject" properly so far (the error message comes up even if all files are closed) but that doesn't seem to be affecting its performance in any way. A great buy for the price.

Good value.
The flash drive's retractable USB connector is very useful for those that tend to lose the dust cap that comes with many other drives. The price was also less than similar devices for other manufacturers.

Good Drive, crappy materials
When I bought this thumb drive I wanted a few specific things:

1) No cap, because in my experience they always get lost.
2) >= 8gb of storage at a reasonable price.
3) Some way to link to a key chain.

The drive by description and pictures on amazon filled all of these specifications:

1) Slide lock design, the end retracts for protection and there is no cap.
2) 8gb and less than $20.
3) A small hole at the end, not quite as big as i'd like, but it still worked.

My main problem is the cheap design of the enclosure. The plastic forming the hole at the end broke on mine, meaning I can no longer have it attached to my key chain and I have to put it inside the bag, meaning I forget it sometimes. I suggested to my girlfriend that she get the same one while mine was still on the way, so she did. Her drive was even worse, the entire enclosure split in two, and now all we have left is the USB end and the chip that the memory is on, bare to the world.

I wish amazon had the option to post pictures.

I would highly recommend finding something a little sturdier if you plan on taking this drive with you anywhere, if you are just using it for say file transfers between machines at home/work id say go for it.