SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB USB 3.2 USB Flash Drive $233.75 + Free Express Shipping @ TechLake

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Associatedawesome-deal on 23/11/2021 - 10:39 shop.techlake.com.au (128 clicks)
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$131.75 for SanDisk SDCZ880-512G-GAM46 - 512GB USB 3.2 USB Flash Drive Extreme Pro 420MB/s
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$233.75 for SanDisk SDCZ880-1T00-GAM46 - 1TB USB 3.2 USB Flash Drive Extreme Pro 420MB/s
https://shop.techlake.com.au/product/sandisk-extreme-pro-1tb…

Product Features:
SUPER FAST USB FLASH
SanDisk digital storage
Model: Extreme Pro USB 3.2 Flash Drive
Colour: Black
Connector type: USB-A 3.2

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  Oxxy on 23/11/2021 - 12:00

  +1

  Each to their own, but at this price i'd just go a 1TB NVMe drive in an enclosure.

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  [Deactivated] on 23/11/2021 - 12:15

  Wow this is amazing to see a USB with genuine 1TB capacity. I saw some 1TB USB sticks for sale in Shenzhen about 3 years ago but I'm sure they were fake. Apparently they can trick the PC to say 1TB capacity when you check the properties but when you try and fill it with 1TB of data it will shit itself.
  Hmm, do I pay $147 for Samsung T7 1TB SSD or $234 for this USB stick

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  Danny N on 23/11/2021 - 12:32

  +1

  buy an NVME enclosure for $20 - $30
  Then another $130 for a 1TB NVME. Total cost $160.
  Speed would be at least double that

  Why anyone would pay $233 for this USB stick is beyond me lol.

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    [Deactivated] on 23/11/2021 - 12:46

    Can you pls share some links so I can DIY what you recommend

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      Danny N on 23/11/2021 - 13:21

      Just go to Amazon or eBay and type in "NVME enclosure" then you can find a whole bunch of them
      As for the NVME drive itself, here's a cheap one Crucial P1
      Also, most NVME enclosure has a speed limit of 1000 MB/s so there's no need to get an expensive drive

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    TrevorX on 23/11/2021 - 14:28

    While I agree about the price, as I feel it's still quite high, the convenience of a USB stick's size, shape and weight are impossible to beat with an NVMe drive. I have several SanDisk Extreme Pro's and I love them - they can multi-boot a pretty much unlimited number of tools and installers (using Ezy2Boot) while giving me all the space I could need for a quick Windows or profile or even drive backup on the hoof. I have several external NVMe drives and I would never consider toting them around with me, but a couple of flash drives can live in my bag permanently so they're ready to go at a moment's notice.

    Not that, you know, I physically visit sites anymore. But until this year I certainly did! :-P

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      Danny N on 23/11/2021 - 14:51

      For cheap usb sticks, yes, your use cases are reasonable. For above $200 like this one it doesnt really make sense

      Also most people nowadays just use cloud storage so cheap usb sticks are also dying off.

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        TrevorX on 23/11/2021 - 16:22

        Heh try installing Windows 10 in five minutes from the cloud… ;-)

        It's horses for courses - cloud is great for data that's regularly synced, that isn't too large (the amount to sync), that doesn't take up too much overall space (try buying tens of TBs on cloud storage, it gets rather expensive) and that you can access from fast, reliable Internet connections.

        You know what's been interesting about Microsoft's latest launch of Windows 11 and Server 2022? The language and angle they've been pushing for the past seven or eight years is changing - they've been all about cloud for a long time, all the hybrid cloud stuff was really about getting organisations to transition at a pace they were comfortable with, but really the intention was to get them to go full cloud. But Microsoft (and the rest of the industry) are coming around to the realisation that actually, for a lot of businesses, cloud doesn't make any sense for lots of their infrastructure. So over the next few years we're going to see a swing back towards a more realistic on premises focus, but with deep leverage of cloud systems where appropriate (such as MFA, Teams, M365).

        I mention that because as great as cloud storage/infrastructure is great (and it is great) for appropriate circumstances, it also isn't great for lots of other scenarios. Such as needing to quickly backup everything on your laptop, or move 1TB of data from one machine to another quickly and your wifi network is giving you sub 100mbps. If you have 10gb LAN, a gigabit Internet uplink, and enough cash to throw at as many 10TB cloud blobs as you need, sure, you have no need for external drives anymore, ever. But for everyone else, having a handy high-speed external drive, whether it's USB flash or external NVMe, can occasionally be a lifesaver.

        And frankly there is no other USB flash drive that comes close to the Extreme Pro, so for those who need a high speed drive you can happily slip into your pocket (and that isn't too fat to use in standard USB slots), there ain't no substitute.

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  xmagic on 24/11/2021 - 00:36

  For this price, I think the only pros for this model is it’s size and lifetime warranty (which is actually very useful). Otherwise an enclosure and 1TB NVMe SSD would be better in every way - performance, price, durability and more.

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  lostn on 24/11/2021 - 01:00

  did they improve the sliding mechanism?

  Is there a reason why USB C sticks haven't caught on? The only one I know of is a dual A+C stick with slow speeds.