LaCie 32GB RuggedKey USB 3.0 Flash Drive

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great speeds

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    This drive is fast and very practical. I like that it's capable of 256-bit encryption. Apart from that the speed is amazing compared to my old USB 2.0 flash drive. The quality is good and it seems to be pretty rugged.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great Product

    • Written by from Miami

    I bought this Flash drive when I purchased my Mac Book Pro in late October 2012. I have used it often for grad-school and work. Very happy with it, I recommend it.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works great with my MBP

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    This is my first 32GB flash drive. There's plenty of storage, and the speeds are just out of this world. I use it with USB3 port on my new MBP, and it works seamlessly. It's also well built. I like that it has a rubber cup. It feels very secure. So, as far as the functionality and design goes I give this drive 5 stars.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great Product

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    The drive works and looks great. It has very fast transfer speeds. And it comes with one-to-one free cloud storage space. I find it very convenient. I now store the most regularly accessed files on the cloud, while the flash drive is used for everyday backups and media files.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Fast, High Capacity and Rugged

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    This flash drive is great. It's plenty fast, and has a very nice storage capacity. I use it mainly to run different portable apps and I can't believe the improvement over my older USB 2 device. I also like the design - very practical and rugged.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Dont do it

    • Written by from Spring

    6 months later it is dead..Great looking and up till today I was quite happy but it isn't even listed on my computer or any others when plugged in. Completely fried and expensive

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Monster Transfer Speeds and Solid Design

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    I have two drives like this. Both work seamlessly. They are impressively fast, even on a USB2 bus. One of the drives has actually survived a watery adventure when my overenthusiastic friends threw me into a swimming pool at my birthday party. My RuggedKey, which was in the pocket of my jeans (and held plenty of photos and several gigabytes of videos) worked just fine following that. The cap is indeed waterproof..

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Loss of data, waste of time, money and nerves!

    • Written by from Endicott

    After first unit stopped mounting, I thought this may have been a defective unit. I exchanged it without much problem. The second unit that they shipped to me stopped working too. Both times I lost data because it happened unexpectedly. They send me a new one, which stopped working too. I had to ask for my money back. All three of the units would become very hot quickly when plugged into USB 3.0 port of my desktop or laptop.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Fool me twice, shame on me

    • Written by from Lawrenceburg

    I to loved ther design of this unit, but after the second unit I purchased started to fail, I have become disenchanted with the pretty face. It mysteriously stopped working in two (not one, two) separate desktop PCs when plugged into the front USB Port at exactly the same time. Worked when I contorted and plugged it in to the rear port, but not the front. Less power in the front was the issue, according to tech support and so no warranty. Why did it work for 6 months and then stop. Sounds like weak and failing components, not a PC issue. I won't make this mistake again.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works very well

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    The drive is great. It works each and every time. Just plug it in and you are good to go. 32GB is awesome. The speed is great. It's well built, and seems to be very durable. I highly recommend this Ruggedkey to everyone who seeks quality.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Awesome Drive!

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    Awesome flash drive. 32 GB is plenty of room. Exactly what I needed. The drive is very sturdy and seems to be very reliable judging from the experience I have with it (four months of intense usage). The transfer speeds are outstanding. Would defiantly recommend it to anyone!

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Fast but overheats

    • Written by from Phoenix

    The drive is a lot larger and bulkier than you would think, most of that being the more or less useless and easy to lose rubber sleeve.

    The plus: The drive is FAST. Really really fast.

    The minus: Can't transfer large amounts of data. Any copy operation over 4GB or so results in the transfer failing once the drive overheats. It gets very hot during this, and then stops transferring data. You have to wait for the copy to timeout, unplug the drive, and plug it back in again. Then you have to try again, this time in smaller amounts.

    I contacted LaCie customer support and they replaced the drive for me. The replacement does exactly the same thing. At this point, I'm going to chalk it up to a fundamental flaw.

    The drive works great, as long as you're not moving too much data around at a time. I was hoping to use it for bulk transfers and it is not suitable for that.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Durable and Fast

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    This drive is pretty compact, and seems to be very durable. It looks great on my key-chain. The ability to encrypt data is a very nice bonus for me. USB 3 speed is awesome. Very satisfied.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    very nice. fast and rugged

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    I wanted something small and sturdy. With high capacity, and that can fit easily on a key-chain. This drive fits the bill perfectly. It seems really solid, and the transfer speeds are excellent with USB 3. Simply the best USB flash drive I've ever had!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great Rugged Design and Works Great

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    I don't know how many other USB drives would have survived a 6-story drop from a hotel balcony (don't ask), but this RuggedKey's bright orange jacket made it very easy to find it on the lawn below my room. And it's still going strong!

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Orange cover gets loose and falls off. I lost it within a month.

    • Written by from Miami

    The device itself is great. Super fast. Solid unit. The rubber casing however is pretty easy to lose and once lost not easy to replace.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    FDAILED DATA TRANSFER

    • Written by from Gloucester

    When I purchased this drive I forgot LaCie has no history of flash thumb drives. Grosso modo, transfered several times 18 Gb worth of files, and failed multiple times:

    - Drive overheated- very warm to the touch, never saw this in any 32 Gb drive ever
    - Drive failed to copy files (previously on Sandisk drives themselves)
    - Drive self disconnects - again, when testing larger data transfer.

    I would give it 0 stars but there is no zero. I do no believe I got a lemon, as flash technology is known to be good in very few models- even then relative to the sophistication of the flash controller. this Lacie fails and the worse thing for a drive is data transfer failure. Speed is irrelevant.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great Product!

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    Awesome storage device. Works great with my Macbook. High capacity, plus additional storage on the cloud. Great read and write speeds. Very rugged design. I would purchase again!

    6 of 7 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Rugged and Fast

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    Looks really cool and is very durable. I've been carrying it around on my key-chain for a couple of months now, and it's been working perfectly. The design is nice aesthetically, yet very practical at the same time. I like the fact that unless you look really closely, the rubber sleeve doesn't make it look like there's a USB drive inside. I'm very pleased so far.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    CAUTION before purchasing

    • Written by from Tarboro

    My second LaCie, including my fairly new 32GB RuggedKey stopped mounting. It started not reading regularly recently - and now it is just dead. Perhaps a waste of money.

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