detail information

• USB Connection for universal compatibility
• High capacity portable storage
• Cross platform compatibility- Windows and Mac operating systems
• No external power supply required
• Pivoting 180 degree USB connector for ease of use
• Soft leather carrying case with belt loop
• Wrap around Blue led indicator enables user to see that the drive is in use
• Lanyard attach point on bottom of drive for people who misplace things easily
• Very small and sturdy portable design
• DOS bootable

Conclusion:

The Memorex 8GB MEGA Travel Drive is well designed for ease of use and compatibility. The drive has a huge amount of storage space, allowing the user to quickly transfer small or large files from home or office from computer to computer. Transferring photos, MP3's and various other files is simple and quick, photos can be directly downloaded from your digital camera to the Travel Drive via the computers USB interface. Pivoting 180 degree USB connector allows for easy access to most USB ports and the drive comes shipped with a USB extension cable for those extra hard to access/troublesome USB ports. When not in use, the USB connector closes inside the drive, thus preventing damage to the connector itself. This, along with its very sturdy design and construction make it a worthwhile investment for people that require the ability to transfer large files between computers or want to store numerous large files on a fully portable high performance drive.

Let us summarize the most important positive and negative points below:

The main positive points:

The main positive points for this drive are portability, cross compatibility between operating systems, high performance USB 2.0, huge storage capacity and a tough, sturdy well thought out design. The pivoting 180 degree USB connector along with the USB extension allows this drive to be connected to virtually any USB port. We found this drive had good performance and was very simple to install and use.

The main negative points:

Not much can be said about the negatives with this drive. Not being waterproof it should be protected from rainy weather or spilling your coffee on it at the office. Attaching the drive to a keychain may be a little cumbersome as the drive is not the ideal size for a keychain. Other manufacturer drives of this type offer data security or encryption software included with the drive.

To sum it all up, this is what we would say: 'The Memorex 8GB Mega Travel Drive is a good performing portable drive with an impressive storage capacity". If you are looking for a small portable drive with lots of storage space, this drive should definitely be on your list.

By using our price grabber feature cdfreaks.pricegrabber  we did not find any offers, but at Buy.com the drive listed for $173.99 USD. (January 2006). 

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Thanks to:

For providing the Memorex 8GB MEGA Travel Drive used in this review. Memorex is one of the largest providers of all types of media for larger parts of the world.