Reviews for LaCie 32GB RuggedKey USB 3.0 Flash Drive

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.

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.

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..

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.