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SanDisk 32GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive - $8 + Delivery ($0 with Prime/ $39 Spend) @ Amazon AU

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It can get hot for big file transfers and frequent IO

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  • +3

    Metal plug or plastic plug?

    I used to thermal paste the metal ones, but the last I got was plastic, so there was no solution to the heat.

    • +14

      Plastic, it's almost junk imo.

      • +5

        Yep OK skip this one.

        It already had runaway thermal issues, and insulating it doesnt help with that.

        If you need a tiny USB, then you likely intend to keep it.

        Splurge on the Samsung FIT.

        • +4

          Splurge on the Samsung FIT.

          But this one is called Ultra FIT, which sounds like it is better than the FIT (vanilla). ;)

      • +6

        Not even a decent plastic. A plastic that melts from its own heat.

        I had one that overheated installing windows, the connector bit melted and warped, the actual flash chip came apart when I pulled the drive.

        There’s reports of it melting after 60 seconds of use from all the way back to 2014

        https://forums.sandisk.com/t/ultra-fit-usb-3-0-excessive-hea…

    • +1

      I have one of these in 128gb and she gets too hot

  • +1

    64 and 128 size ones look to be on special as well.

  • +5

    Overheating toasty heater, this one.

  • -1

    Perfect for a car stereo.

    • +1

      Which stereo have you had success using these in?

      Mine have overheated in both sony and pioneer, and seems to occasionally lockup in alpine.

      • +2

        indeed, these small plastic ones overheat, can't leave it for long music playtimes

      • Toyota head unit, i havent felt one when using it to comment on the heat but it works flawlessly.

  • +1

    Other than for installing Windows (or Linux) and updating motherboard BIOS, what are the uses for thumb drives these days?

    • +4

      Bait

    • +9

      Officeworks print runs

    • +20

      sharing mp3s and running portable quake on school 486 computers

      • +8

        I can't even recall some family member's birthdays but could still rattle off 20 unique Quake codes if we ever need them, lol.

        • map q2dm1

        • i was a doom person… iddqd

    • +3

      Plug in to AVR/car for music

    • -1

      sticking in my bumhole

      • +4

        That's obnoxious and rude… oh.

        • aand

        • your name checks out

    • It’s still useful as a portable storage when I need a bunch of small files accessed on different computers but I don’t know if I’ll have a good network/mobile reception (assuming I get any at all). Obviously very limited and rare use cases though.

    • +1

      Backups, sharing music and movies, the usual.

    • +1

      music player in car , i still burn mp3 and leave in the car media player … giving friends or family movies or photos in high res , etc …..

    • -1

      sharing pixel art p0rn with my peepz at tafe

    • +1

      I use these small USBs for boot media that I leave plugged in so that it doesn't stick out obtrusively ie. on my DIY NAS, rather than waste a SATA port, I plug one of these into the USB slot and boot+run Linux off it;

    • I've used USB flash drives in a bunch of esoteric/experimental projects.
      For example, flash drives like this are large enough to fit a Linux persistant liveUSB install on while still being cheap enough to afford destroying them. Great for fun times playing with cryptographic key management at full paranoia-mode using whatever junk computer you've got; to try and pull off professional level security on a budget; largely to prove to yourself that you can.

      Good for distributing setup scripting, credentials/certs, installers, and so on; for after the OS is just installed on a machine so that you can bootstrap remote administration.

      Sharing files with family or colleagues - I've "lost" too many hard drives lending them to family over the years. Also flash drive uses less power so it'll plug into a TV to watch a movie with family.
      These "Someone will nick it" situations like printing and scanning and passing files to people are probably the big one.

    • For storing p0rn incase you need a quickie on your break.

  • +4

    I had one of these literally melt down while installing windows off it.

    https://forums.sandisk.com/t/ultra-fit-usb-3-0-excessive-hea…

    I’m not the only one.

  • +10

    Maybe this one might be better for the same price:

    Kingston DataTraveler Exodia 64GB USB 3.2 Flash Drive DTX/64GB https://amzn.asia/d/8RmEKiV

    • yeah, cancelled my order of the Sandisk one and went for two of those.

  • +2

    It can hot :)

  • lot of USB and storage deals lately

  • Is this okay to be plugged into a projector without thermal issues?

    • +1

      Pluggd in? Sure.

      Loading a JPEG? or a slide? Probably fine.

      Playing back media? Nope.

      • Nah it would be for playing movies, i guess not!

        Thanks!

  • +2

    The same capacity for $7 and it won't overheat or melt
    https://www.amazon.com.au/SanDisk-32GB-Ultra-Flash-Drive/dp/…

  • sd card is cheaper

  • Needed some cheap spareys. These sticks have a habit of not returning when I lend them out.

  • +1

    Warning, don't use these in the side-port of a small laptop if you plan on actually using it on your lap. Unless you like the smell of burning hair.

    I had the bright idea of using one as expandable storage for my Chromebook. It was a painful mistake.

  • +3

    These are junk, bought three, all three failed within 1-2 years. They also get stupid hot.

    SD cards with adapters are much better.

  • +2

    I have the 256gb version. It's almost unusable being how slow the transfer speeds are. Sometimes as slow as 2-5mb/s

    • Painfully slow write speeds

  • These have a use - but only the 16GB model.
    I install them in all the routers I setup to capture logs. Stops clients pulling them out. They are TERRIBLE on laptops and get way too hot.

  • +1

    With so much negativity why isn't this deal negged more for those that don't read Ozbargain comments.

  • good for unraid

    • That was my reason to but this.. Have you had any issues with heat while using it for unraid

  • Its now $10 and its hard to recommend now at $10 for 32gb with 128gb now $25

    • Now $10.94. I just bought one (cheaper than OW) as my Roland Synth can only recognise up to 32GB.

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