SanDisk 16GB Ultra Flair USB 3.0 Flash Drive - SDCZ73-016G-G46, Black

The only time I've used each of them was a few times and not for longer periods of time. They did get hot, but not enough to make me afraid. Fast USB 3 speeds are provided by them. My overall impression of this drive when it worked was that I liked its design and function. My only problem, however, is plugging one in and seeing 0 out of 0 bytes free, meaning that I cannot open it. No Windows or Ubuntu version of this drive can be formatted. Windows cannot be used to partition it, or another program cannot be used. I'm going to have to remove this drive. Seeing this recently, I decided to write this review since it happened awhile ago. I was browsing through my order history here and saw this pop up and I realized I could not return it since I had passed my 30 day return period. Also, do you know if the 30 day returns period applies? Isn't it unlikely that these will last a long time? While it lasted just over a month, I think it was used just a handful of times. In other words, all the data that I had on it. . . The day has passed. In other words, before you invest in this, I would say do not make this your primary storage for anything important. Always have a backup somewhere else.

Shiloh Castaneda

| Jun 21, 2021

In fact, I've been a SanDisk fan since I was a child, and use all my memory cards from this brand. I have a total of 5 cards and a drive. Prior to recently, I was using them for music in my car.
This drive always worked great before. As well as this 128gb sandisk, I bought a Samsung 128gb at the same time. No issue with it. Of all the problems, this is the worst. Skips music randomly when this card is plugged in. . . My Samsung and this card have been swapped between cars, and it seems to happen on this card only, so it's not my car.

I have another SD card that's SanDisk that I only used for the camera. I have also started having trouble with it.

Landry Cantrell

| May 19, 2021

The initial performance of the drive was excellent, with read speeds of over 120 MB/s and write speeds of over 30 MB/s. However, after transferring files of 100 GB at a time several times, the performance quickly deteriorated. As of now, it is showing 40 MB/s read and 25 MB/s write. I assume it was just toasting itself due to the heat. The water gets extremely hot even after just a couple minutes, as other reviewers have noted. Consider how many times it would need to be written, and what the amount of heat would be, if it contained 116 GB of files, and had to read 116 GB of files while being transferred. I only used it once or twice and it had burned out on me.

However, the price you pay for 128GB of storage isn't too bad, and the performance is also acceptable.

Kamiyah Krueger

| Jun 02, 2021

My computer seemed to be very slow. I used some diagnostic speed testing software and it confirmed my suspicions. The write speeds were averaged at 20 MB/s and below. Read speeds were up to 100 MB/s on average, but write speeds were about 10 MB/s. That's not good. However, it is affordable, has no annoying lights, and fits on a key chain. I'm keeping it, but I am disappointed with SanDisk, a company I have purchased drives from a lot in the past. A large file transfer speed is much better than a small one. *8696k:12 Speed of Writing:22. Ten megabytes per second: 1092k:12 Write Speed: 15. The writing speed was 15 at 99MB/s*8192k:12. Writing at 72MB/s*8192k:12 gives an average write speed of 17. The read speed was 107 when the data rate was 51MB/s. There was a reading speed of 115 MB/s at 8192k:11. The reading speed is 115. The 76MB/s
8192k:12 numbers combine to form 76MB/s. At 37MB/s, the average reading speed is 112, and the write speed is 8192k. I receive 60MB/s at 4096k:25 with a write speed of 12. A write speed of 6 is equivalent to an access speed of 04MB/s
4096k. The Write Speed is four. 47 Mb/s
4096k:25. There is an average write speed of 6 for 4096k at 84MB/s. The speed of 75MB/s
4096k:25 is equal to the read speed of 98. There are 16MB/s
4096k:25 Read speeds of 99. Increasing the read speed to 94 for 4096k is 37MB/s
4096k:25. Average Read Speed: 97 within a 72MB/s
4096k environment. The writing speed is 3 pages per second in the 2048k:50 format. The maximum write speed that can be achieved is 77MB/s
2048k:50.
;:07MB/s - 2048 k:50 write speed:4. The average write speed for 2048k:50 is 25MB/s. A 30MB/s rate equals 50 megabytes per second, which is a 99 read speed. The speed of 20MB/s
2048K is 50, and the read speed is 99. The reading speed was 98. With a 35MB/s
2048k:50 connection. The average read speed for 2048k at 75 MB/s is 99. 10MB/second.

Oaklee Barry

| Jul 04, 2021

In terms of size and speed, it works great as a keychain, but the drive itself gets VERY hot and is difficult to handle, particularly close to the ports. When removing it from your computer, put a hand near the loop on the back of the drive and hold from there. As long as I saw people getting burned, I thought it would be a good idea to warn them.

Edith Cole

| May 02, 2021

Overall, this is a very good flash drive, making it read and write at 140MB per second (slightly slower than the 64GB model). In terms of performance, it isn't quite as fast as the SanDisk extreme version, but it is I think the fastest metal drive I have seen. In addition, the metal design appears durable should this withstand being thrown around with my keys for quite some time. It's all great except for the part of the drive that is partly metal (silver portion) and the part of the key ring that is plastic (black/grey portion in diagram). It was my expectation that it would be all metal, but the plastic keyring seems durable, and it should provide years of service. As for the drive getting very hot while doing large transfers, that is to be expected since it is a small metal drive, but it is important to note.

Dior Chan

| Feb 24, 2021