Customer Reviews:
 Good USB! August 25, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought one of these at Staples for $29.99. I have a PNY OPTIMA PRO ATTACHE 2GB drive from a year ago, and it has been great, but I jumped at the chance to get 4 times the storage at the same price a year later!
This SONY was instantly recognized by 2 XP PCs that I tried it on. It has some software pre-loaded on it, but it's inert unless I activate it, which I won't. I just want pure space! I dragged a 4.35GB DVD video file from one of my external drives and dropped it onto the SONY. It took over 15 minutes, but once it was finished I could play it back through Windows Media Player on my PC. I did the same for another file over 1GB. No problem!
I'm satisfied with the MICRO VAULT. I took off one star because it does feel a little flimsier than my PNY. But for the price and ability to transfer monster 4GB files effortlessly, I would have to recommend it!
 8 Gigs of Dissapointment August 8, 2008
5 out of 14 found this review helpful
I purchased this device from "STAPLES", simply to store mp3's on. I used it in conjunction with my stereo receiver in my truck which has a USB port. Well, long story short...It worked beautifully for all of about 6 days. It was working fine when I turned off my receiver unit at the end of my drive home from work, and when I woke up the next morning to go back to work...no dice. The "click" housing around the device itself felt very flimsy, although it did seem to hold up surprisingly well to being repeatedly thrown against the wall and door jamb of my office, so kudos for that. My wife bought a 1GB flash drive manufactured by Tech Solutions which is still going strong after 2 years of abuse residing at the bottom of her purse while attached to her car keys. Don't make the same mistake I did. The Micro-Vault in my opinion is a cheaply made, unreliable device which clearly relies on Sony's reputation in the electronics industry to sell it. I strongly advise that you find another product to satisfy your portable data storage needs.
|
