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*Updated* The blue version is a not very durable plastic flash drive
*Update 01-17-17*
Thank you to everyone who has pointed out that the description has now actually been updated to properly describe the drive as plactic. I can assure you though that when I purchased it the description was literally identical to the metal version of this drive just with the removal of the "high-quality meta casing" descriptor. Which for what it's worth I didn't even notice until I went back after I had already bought and recieved the flash drive, to try and figure out where in the original description that it was described as being plastic.
As far as the actual drive goes, a large peice of the casing has now broken off and I have stopped carrying it around daily. Now this drive is somewhere in my nightstand and will probably soon be replaced by something more durable. However for its flaws, it does still function, so it would probably function just fine for a more light duty role. I wouldn't expect it to survive long on a keychain though.
*Update 11-9-16*
Well it had a good run... of like 3 months. But now the case has actually started to break apart much as I expected it would. I have not abused this drive at all. Well at least any no more than just living on my keychain where other flash drives have survived just fine for years. Also to be clear I always removed it from said keychain before using it... I wound never expect a flash drive to support a set of keys dangling from my computer. Before I was annoyed mainly by the unclear description of the product, but at this point I would no longer recomend these blue plastic flash drives at all unless they are going to live a much more sheltered life than mine has.
The only reason I am not dropping this review to one star is because so far, despite it's flaws, it does still work.
**Original Review**
I ordered the Regal Blue version of this flash drive because I thought the blue color looked really nice. However I was quite surprised to find out when I received it that it is actually made out of plastic. Nowhere in the description could I find any actual mention of this drive having a plastic body. The only difference in the description from the silver metal version is that they removed "High-quality metal casing" from the description of the regal blue version.
Overall it seems like it works just fine and transfers files at a reasonable rate, but I just don't think it is going to be as durable as I had assumed it would be. The plastic seems very thin and bendy and it is already showing wear after just a single day on my key ring. I just don't see it surviving as long as my old Kingston did on my key ring. To be fair, I honestly don't have any issues with Samsung selling a plastic version of this flash drive. I just wish they would have made it more clear that's what it was, because I would have happily bought the actual metal version instead.
August 2016 · Electronics · verified purchase