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Sep 17, 2026 2:25 PM

128GB ORICO 2-in-1 USB-C / USB-A Flash Drive w/ Metal Housing (Orange)

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ORICO Direct US Store via Amazon has 128GB ORICO 2-in-1 USB-C / USB-A Flash Drive w/ Metal Housing (Orange, CB05-128GB-OR) for $28.99 - 50% when you apply promo code CB05128GOR at checkout = $14.49. Shipping is free with Prime or on $35+ orders.

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About this item:
  • Featuring dual USB-C and USB-A connectors for universal compatibility. Its 360° rotating design enables seamless switching between devices.
  • 150MB/s transfer speed (70MB/s write speed).
  • Zinc alloy casing with silver electroplating resists scratches, drops, and daily wear.
  • USB 3.2 Gen 1 flash drive backwards compatible with USB 2.0.
  • Backed by ORICO's 3-year warranty for peace of mind.

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ORICO Direct US Store via Amazon has 128GB ORICO 2-in-1 USB-C / USB-A Flash Drive w/ Metal Housing (Orange, CB05-128GB-OR) for $28.99 - 50% when you apply promo code CB05128GOR at checkout = $14.49. Shipping is free with Prime or on $35+ orders.

Note: Amazon promo codes don't always apply seamlessly. If you run into this issue, refresh the page, re-enter the code, or revisit the cart page.

Thanks to community member FabulousLake7974 for sharing this deal.

About this item:
  • Featuring dual USB-C and USB-A connectors for universal compatibility. Its 360° rotating design enables seamless switching between devices.
  • 150MB/s transfer speed (70MB/s write speed).
  • Zinc alloy casing with silver electroplating resists scratches, drops, and daily wear.
  • USB 3.2 Gen 1 flash drive backwards compatible with USB 2.0.
  • Backed by ORICO's 3-year warranty for peace of mind.

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Written by johnny_miller | Staff

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This ORICO 128GB USB C flash drive is mainly a budget dual end drive for everyday file transfers, with read speeds around 145 to 150 MB/s and write speeds that settle closer to the 34 to 55 MB/s range in real use. It feels solid, comes in a secure box, and the dual connectors are handy. The main drawbacks are that 150 MB/s is slow for USB C expectations, large transfers can drag, and the coupon appears to work only on Orange. One capacity check also came in short of the advertised size.

  • The drive can reach roughly 34 MB/s sequential write speed and sometimes speeds up during larger copies.

  • The drive can deliver strong sequential read performance around 145 MB/s in manual testing.

  • The drive can achieve about 10 to 15 MB/s when copying large MP3 collections in real use.

  • The drive feels solid and arrives in a secure box, which can help with handling during delivery.

  • The drive's sustained write speed can drop well below the listed 70 MB/s figure after caching fills.

  • Benchmark results can be misleading because bursty caching and inconsistent throughput can inflate peak numbers.

  • The coupon code may only apply to Orange, which can limit access to the advertised $14.49 price.

  • The drive's measured capacity can come in below the advertised 128GB, such as about 117.2 GB reported.

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Sep 18, 2026 11:55 PM
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DandyChigginsSep 18, 2026 11:55 PM
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Quote from bluekiwi View quoted comment :
overpriced due to the ai bulls***
Ai datacenters are buying up these 128gb orico USB sticks as we speak.
Sep 19, 2026 12:17 AM
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MWinkSep 19, 2026 12:17 AM
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Quote from CleoThyme View quoted comment :
hard to tell what kind of sustained write speeds this thing can do. reads being 150 MB/s is believable, even cheap drives have pretty good read speeds. it's writing that differentiates drives. I see the listing claims 70 MB/s but doubt that is sustained write speed, more likley the burst max speed you might see when copying only a small amount of data. This is because the drive, especially if mostly empty, can cache data in either a dedicated cache or by writing only to a single layer of each cell (SLC caching).

some reviews have screenshots of CrystalDiskMark but most are only a 1GB test which is close to worthless. the drive may write at 80MB/s for 1GB but slow to a tenth of that once the cache fills.

a couple reviews seem to indicate sustained writes are actually decent enough, one claiming 25MB/s for the 32gb variant when tested with F3.
another showed 80-90 MB/s with CrystalDiskMark on the 64gb variant but the test was only 8GB (much better than 1GB but still skewed by caching).
another showed 58 MBps write with H2testw across the whole drive, again the 64gb variant.

but there are a couple reviews claiming truly abysmal write speeds, though these could be due to the nature of the data being written (EG many small files).

might give it a shot, amazon returns are pretty easy after all
USB flash drives almost never have a pSLC cache. Even if they did, the lack of TRIM support would make things problematic.
Sep 19, 2026 12:30 AM
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Cxd1995Sep 19, 2026 12:30 AM
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imo this drive aesthetically looks sick. though i dont need flash drives and the prices are inflated cuz ai....but damn i like it.
this is how i ended up with too many flashdrives
Sep 19, 2026 1:59 AM
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nonijuiceSep 19, 2026 1:59 AM
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dead deal?
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Sep 19, 2026 1:36 PM
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CleoThymeSep 19, 2026 1:36 PM
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Quote from MWink View quoted comment :
USB flash drives almost never have a pSLC cache. Even if they did, the lack of TRIM support would make things problematic.
Thanks this is interesting. For a cheap flash drive like this, is the high initial write speed on a manual copy due to the OS using a write buffer?

I'd imagine benchmarking software is smart enough to disable such buffering, but in my experience there is still a short period of high write speeds. Is this because the drive's controller can write to "clean"/fresh blocks at a higher speed?
Sep 19, 2026 1:48 PM
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OlivePlastic1214Sep 19, 2026 1:48 PM
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Quote from 1-6 View quoted comment :
That's Oracle, not Orico
That's why he'd want to sue lol
Sep 19, 2026 2:27 PM
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snozzgtrSep 19, 2026 2:27 PM
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Deal didn't work for me. Price was $25.99 - $1.56 with the code.

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Sep 19, 2026 5:34 PM
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CowboyjloveSep 19, 2026 5:34 PM
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Over priced. Memory companies have become greedy and need to be charge with price fixing.
Sep 20, 2026 12:52 AM
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MWinkSep 20, 2026 12:52 AM
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Quote from CleoThyme View quoted comment :
Thanks this is interesting. For a cheap flash drive like this, is the high initial write speed on a manual copy due to the OS using a write buffer?
That depends on how the OS is configured. Windows usually does not buffer writes to USB drives by default. Linux, however, often does cache a potentially huge amount of writes (depending on the available RAM).

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I'd imagine benchmarking software is smart enough to disable such buffering
IMHO, benchmark programs like CrystalDiskMark are borderline-useless on modern drives. CDM displays peak results. A drive need only have a brief burst to get a misleadingly high number. This is a problem for two reasons. First, many flash-based drives (especially USB flash drives) have VERY inconsistent throughput (almost like watching an EKG). Second, many drives (both magnetic and flash-based) have a cache that can seriously skew the results.

For example, if you look at the CDM 4K random write results for a Seagate Exos and similar IronWolf Pro, the numbers for the Exos are over 5x that of the IWP. What CDM doesn't show is that the Exos can only do that for about 5 seconds, before dropping down to the same speed as the IWP.

Another problem is CDM can only test within the area its test files cover. I think the max size it supports is 64GiB. Even on that setting, random seek tests aren't going to be covering much of the drive. Also, on HDs, where the files land on the drive is going to impact sequential numbers greatly.

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but in my experience there is still a short period of high write speeds. Is this because the drive's controller can write to "clean"/fresh blocks at a higher speed?
I haven't seen USB flash drives that seem to take a burst of writes due to a cache. I have seen ones with very inconsistent write speeds, which may give the illusion of one. I believe this may be due to things like garbage collection and/or variances in the NAND dies. So the answer to your last question is potentially yes.
Sep 20, 2026 2:50 AM
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DoobieBrotherSep 20, 2026 2:50 AM
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Got mine today. Copying about 50gb of mp3 files and getting 10 to 15mbs.. The thing is pretty solid though and came in a nice secure box.. Key drives are slow. This one is slow, but as said it seems well built. I expexted much less and expected a flimsy pos..

Yea I cant imagine buying a 128gb drive for more than $10 in 2026, but the dual ends seemed handy to me..

next test is hw2test to verify the whole drive..
Sep 21, 2026 3:09 AM
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CleoThymeSep 21, 2026 3:09 AM
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Quote from MWink View quoted comment :
That depends...
Thanks for all that info!

I did buy the drive and between benchmarks and manual testing, I believe true sequential write speed is about 34 MBps, and I am happy enough with that for the price. Sequential read is about 145 MBps.
Sep 21, 2026 4:17 AM
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CleoThymeSep 21, 2026 4:17 AM
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Copied 2 large files, roughly 50gb each, from my internal SSD to the flash drive. Wrote at about 34 MB/s for a while and then sped up to like 55 MB/s. I am confused. Seems like there must be some sort of dynamic caching going on. Overall average was 39 MB/s. I timed it manually.Confused

FWIW I have only used the USB A connector, and my PC does not have Gen2 ports.
Last edited by CleoThyme September 20, 2026 at 10:55 PM.
Sep 21, 2026 5:48 AM
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CleoThymeSep 21, 2026 5:48 AM
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so i think i might have a guess as to why this was on sale. it does not have the full advertised capacity.

my drive's capacity is 125,812,211,712 bytes, a bit short of the 128,000,000,000 advertised.

(drive manufacturers use "GB" to mean 1,000,000,000 bytes, whereas computers use "GB" to mean 2^30 bytes. sometimes you'll see them differentiated as "GB" and "GiB" but that really hasnt caught on much. So a 128GB drive with capacity of 128,000,000,000 bytes will have an "actual" capacity of 119.2 GB [or maybe I should say "GiB"]. But my drive falls short of that, with just 117.2 GB capacity.)
Last edited by CleoThyme September 20, 2026 at 11:11 PM.
Sep 23, 2026 3:53 AM
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zyberwoofSep 23, 2026 3:53 AM
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Quote from Atomicrobot View quoted comment :
There's use cases for charge only, like if you don't trust a that you are charging from or something. But there's no use case where you'd want USB 2.0 speeds over USB 3.2g1+ speeds.
There are rare situations where you want to force a device to USB 2.0. It's usually for troubleshooting or compatibility reasons. But I hear you. In the end, I think we can both agree that that it's surprising how often USB cables disappoint us.

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