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Amazon has 256GB Samsung FIT Plus USB 3.1 Flash Drive (MUF-256AB/AM) for $19.99. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $35+ orders.

Samsung also has 256GB Samsung FIT Plus USB 3.1 Flash Drive (MUF-256AB/AM) for $19.99. Shipping is free.
  • Note: $18.99 for eligible EDU/EPP accounts (sign in to verify price/eligibility).
B&H Photo Video also has 256GB Samsung FIT Plus USB 3.1 Flash Drive (MUF-256AB/AM) for $19.99. Shipping is free on $49+ orders.

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Features:
  • Expand your storage with a compact fit designed to plug in and stay. Read speeds up to 400 MB/s with the latest USB 3.1 standard
  • Safeguard your data with a 5-year limited warranty
  • USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A Interface
  • Water-Resistant & Temperatureproof
  • Shock, Magnet & X-Ray Proof

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Amazon [amazon.com] has 256GB Samsung Fit Plus USB 3.1 Flash Drive​ (MUF-256AB/AM) for $19.99. Shipping is free w/ Amazon Prime or on $25+ or $35+ orders (minimum requirement varies by location).

Samsung [samsung.com] has for EPP Members: 256GB Samsung Fit Plus USB 3.1 Flash Drive​ (MUF-256AB/AM) for $18.99 or $19.99 for Non-EPP Members. Shipping is free.

B&H Photo Video [bhphotovideo.com] also has 256GB Samsung Fit Plus USB 3.1 Flash Drive​ (MUF-256AB/AM) for $19.99. Shipping is free on orders $49+, otherwise, shipping is $3.99.
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Model: Samsung FIT Plus 256GB USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A Flash Drive

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Form factor. Performance is virtually identical.



Practically speaking, the USB 2.0 bus tops out around 50MB/s. However, most USB 2.0 flash drives don't come anywhere close to that. If you're talking about external hard drives or SSDs, then it's another story. As for the Samsung FIT/BAR Plus, peak sequential reads/writes top out around 420/115MB/s and random 4K reads writes can hit 13/24MB/s. For a USB flash drive these numbers are excellent. I've seen many flash drives that have 4K random writes that hover at a pathetic ~10KB/s (0.01MB/s). Using a journaled filesystem (like NTFS or EXT4) will be downright painful on them. That said, I've seen performance degradation on the Samsung drives.



Technically correct but throughput capability of the interface is of limited relevance when discussing performance of specific drives.
1 incher makes em go crazy
I think you're confusing these with the Sandisk drives in a similar small form factor. I've had 0 problems with any Samsung Fit drives and they are fast and cool, never even warm.

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I have two of these. They get very hot if accessed and sometimes would corrupt. Always make sure this is not storing something very important.
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I have two of these. They get very hot if accessed and sometimes would corrupt. Always make sure this is not storing something very important.
I think you're confusing these with the Sandisk drives in a similar small form factor. I've had 0 problems with any Samsung Fit drives and they are fast and cool, never even warm.
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Quote from GoGo98102 :
I have two of these. They get very hot if accessed and sometimes would corrupt. Always make sure this is not storing something very important.
I also have two that I have owned for over a year and they do not get hot at all. No corruption either.
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How.fast are these.compard.to usbc 2.0. External.drives
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Quote from LikeABadPenny :
I think you're confusing these with the Sandisk drives in a similar small form factor. I've had 0 problems with any Samsung Fit drives and they are fast and cool, never even warm.
what's the difference between this Samsung FIT 256gb and the Samsung BAR 256gb for the same $20?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BPKL...i_atc&th=1
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Have a few of these and they are solid good. No heat issues.
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Quote from Pi.314 :
what's the difference between this Samsung FIT 256gb and the Samsung BAR 256gb for the same $20?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BPKL...i_atc&th=1

About 1 inch
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I've set up two of these for friends. Loaded a bunch of movies and shows onto these for use with their in car entertainment systems. Considering how hot and cold the Midwest can be, and I've gotten zero complaints, these seem pretty durable.
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How.fast are these.compard.to usbc 2.0. External.drives

The slowest USB 3.0 connection is rated for 5Gbps transfer speeds, which translates to a theoretical bandwidth of 640MBps (on par with a SATA III connection), while a USB2.0 drive's theoretical speed is 480Mbps which is about 60MBps… so roughly 10 times.
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what's the difference between this Samsung FIT 256gb and the Samsung BAR 256gb for the same $20?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BPKL...i_atc&th=1
Form factor. Performance is virtually identical.

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How.fast are these.compard.to usbc 2.0. External.drives
Practically speaking, the USB 2.0 bus tops out around 50MB/s. However, most USB 2.0 flash drives don't come anywhere close to that. If you're talking about external hard drives or SSDs, then it's another story. As for the Samsung FIT/BAR Plus, peak sequential reads/writes top out around 420/115MB/s and random 4K reads writes can hit 13/24MB/s. For a USB flash drive these numbers are excellent. I've seen many flash drives that have 4K random writes that hover at a pathetic ~10KB/s (0.01MB/s). Using a journaled filesystem (like NTFS or EXT4) will be downright painful on them. That said, I've seen performance degradation on the Samsung drives.

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The slowest USB 3.0 connection is rated for 5Gbps transfer speeds, which translates to a theoretical bandwidth of 640MBps (on par with a SATA III connection), while a USB2.0 drive's theoretical speed is 480Mbps which is about 60MBps… so roughly 10 times.
Technically correct but throughput capability of the interface is of limited relevance when discussing performance of specific drives.
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