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Last Edited by QuestorJones
November 18, 2020
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Note: Micron sold Lexar business (and brand) in 2017, so quality may not be the same as you remember (for good or bad).
With ANY flash drive the most important thing is to FILL IT TO THE MAXIMUM immediately and then verify contents (if no error during write). This tests the full capacity of the drive as well as the basic overprovisioning (if any) of a completely full disk... I.E. At least you will know you have a full 128gb of good cells to start with.
This also tests the thermal throttling to ensure the drive properly throttles to avoid catastrophic data loss. (Sometimes having it slow down is a good thing,lol)
By doing this immediately, you are inside the return period as the warranties on most usb drives are relatively useless.
What does that have to do with a sale on flash drives?
Lexar are terrible. I Wouldn't recommend them.
Got 4 last time it was $13. One failed after a week, about 200gb written. The write speed is not consistent, drops down to ~15MB/s after about 10 seconds when transferring large files.
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I have 3 sdcards for my Sony nex5 camera. The cards are well over 5 years old and work fine. Maybe a tad slower than first used...but no problems here......
I have 3 sdcards for my Sony nex5 camera. The cards are well over 5 years old and work fine. Maybe a tad slower than first used...but no problems here......
What does that have to do with a sale on flash drives?
At $12 each, these miss the "disposable" price range for USBs I'd give to friends/family. I'd rather hand over another $8 for something from Samsung or Sandisk and enjoy the better read/write speed.
Down a few bucks from a couple months ago, but doesn't look like it was looked upon favorably (despite the apparently easily bought front page placement).
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