Ironically, I was griping today to my friend, Kory, about losing my jumpdrive. I had just discovered Portable Apps and had loaded a few to make my computing life a bit more comfortable when away from home. I don’t know where I put it after loading up Miranda Messenger and testing that it would connect to the Yahoo! network from port 80, the HTTP port which your web browser uses. I pulled the USB stick out of the front of my computer after installing this app and promptly misplaced it. I spent 1/2 hour looking for it, going over the house several times. To no avail, I could not find it.
Well, Angela just found it in the dryer. Yes, its at least gone through the dryer for 1/2 hour and more likely than not, its also gone through the washer as well. So, my little 256mb Lexar Jumpdrive Secure II USB Flash drive can, at minimum, survive the heat and tumbling in the dryer and still function!
I haven’t used the secure features of this drive yet, but its nice to be able to plug it into a computer and have it simply become recognized by the operating system. I’ve yet to try it on a machine running Mac OS or Windows 9x, but I can vouch for a quick recognition with Windows 2000 and XP, as well as instant recognition under Linux.
By the way, the picture is almost a full sized image. Its about 4 mm shorter than the real drive. It reminds me of a tiny pocket knife.
Nobody paid me to write this. I am just amazed that this thing still works. This doesn’t mean that I won’t accept payment for the good review, though…
I’ve heard a lot of stories similar to this one. It must be purposely designed to withstand such punishment.
LOL @ Disclaimer.
I have a 512 MB flash drive that I left back in Phoenix when I spent two weeks there last August for my son’s wedding. I don’t remember the brand, but it withstood a lot of punishment. The only damage it has is a cracked cap — I think my wife sat on it when it was laying on the bed.
My wife is in Phoenix and sending me some cargo boxes with a lot of stuff I can’t get here in the Philippines. I hope she stuck it in one of the boxes!
They’re really handy to have. I don’t use mine often (well, more now that I have a few “Portable Apps” on it), but its awfully handy when I do need it. I’ve been carrying it around with Firefox, Miranda Messenger, Notepad++, Filezilla, and Gimp on it. My mom’s unpublished book is on it as well, which is nice to have around when I’m no reading online.