PNY 256GB PRO Elite V2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Flash Drive – 600MB/s

It’s excellent usb flash drive but it’s sensitive what I mean by sensitive you need to make sure you eject it properly what I found out hard way I thought I ejected and found out it was still open on my steam deck I eject it improperly and it stopped working it’s weird I have pny attache 8gb, lexar 128 mb, sandisk 8gb I was forced improperly eject those flash drives they still work but do it many times pny 1tb flash drive it will stop working., Do I recommend this flash drive yes I do I never had problem with it besides not my steam deck ejecting properly that was my fault not checking it’s great it does have capacity of terabyte I checked it I use buy this from bestbuy but they raised price on it for unknown reason Amazon have it for price I use pay for 104. With tax easy to use fast transfer speed fast writing speed I use it back up physical copies of nds and 3ds games on there it’s worth it , use it for while it does get warm after I eject it from steam deck if it breaks again I know it’s from getting warm use it play my games on it from so far so good. Feels sturdy good value for money will like it more if it was made better by ejecting it improperly when forced to do so by laptop for stupid reason it still works as I mentioned from other usb flash drives I have worth money and expensive as I say again repeatedly make sure you eject it properly you will not have problems with it

I really like the metal housing on this flash drive—it feels sturdy and does a great job at dissipating heat during long transfers. A lot of flash drives tend to overheat and slow down, but this one doesn’t seem to throttle much, even when handling larger files or sustained transfers. It’s held up well with everything I’ve thrown at it so far. The read and write speeds are surprisingly good, especially for a drive in this price range. Honestly, it performs similarly to other drives that cost twice as much, which makes this a fantastic deal. Whether I'm moving large video files, backing up documents, or running portable software, it’s quick and efficient every time. I also haven’t had any compatibility issues. I’ve used it to stream videos directly from TVs, plugged it into Windows machines for everyday use, and even booted off of it without a single hiccup. It’s been reliable across the board, no matter what device I’m using. I won’t bother with detailed speed tests since plenty of other reviews cover that, but I can confirm that the positive results others have reported are accurate. If you’re looking for a reliable, fast drive with a durable build that won’t break the bank, this is definitely worth picking up.

Real approx. 1TB capacity, decent and consistent speed, nice design. Feels sturdy. Never got that hot to the touch even under sustained use. Easy to slide the shield back and forth, but enough resistance so it won't occur accidentally. Base Length = 55mm / 2.5 inches; When Inserted: 42mm / 1-5/8 inch "sticks out". Weight: 20 g / 0.7 oz. Cosmetic: all edges are smooth, no activity LED, color matches what's shown on-screen.

Theses are the best flash drives I have ever used. Completely dependable and fast. Highly recommended.

This is a very fast premium PNY USB Flash Drive. It's actually 250GB unformatted capacity, not the 256GB as advertised or what's printed on the packaging. An easy way to calculate that in Microsoft Windows at least is to take the capacity x 0.93 ("roughly 7%"), and for this 250GBx0.93 equals 232GB formatted usable capacity which is close to what I have. If it was 256GB then it should instead be near 238GB formatted which it clearly isn't. Various disk tools state it's an SSD. CrystalDiskInfo shows it's using NVM Express 1.0/1.1 suggesting it might be NVMe SSD based, or using the NVMe protocol. The near constant idle 49c to 51c temperature might suggest it's an SSD. I'd like to see this in other colors such as; black, gold, white gold, etc., I'd buy more of them especially if the coloring was more durable since I can see a few very small random spots on a brand new drive where the coloring is possibly too thin and the underlying brighter natural metal color is showing through. Other: · When formatted as NTFS in Windows TRIM can be ran on it just like an SSD. · It has S.M.A.R.T. built into it to list the temperature, remaining drive life, and the health status in tools like CrystalDiskInfo, although that's about it since S.M.A.R.T. self test scans can't be ran on it. · It fits the USB slots on the Sony PlayStation 4 Slim with no clearance issues. The PS4 has the option available to format it as Extended Storage which is something I didn't try. · The USB connector is the kind that's designed to deform/fail instead of damaging the USB ports on devices unlike all metal unibody flash drives with a one piece design. · Linux Mint v22 Cinnamon ISO "Live CD" booted from it with no issues. · It's been reported by some review websites that it writes much faster than what the packaging states of 250 MB/s sequential write speed, and I can confirm that since I got 424.6 MB/s sequential write speed in CrystalDiskMark on my USB 3.0 (5GBPS) system. Performance in comparison on my system is it runs at the same speed as any internal SATA3 SSD I've used externally in a USB 3.0 (5GBPS and 6GBPS) external enclosure to make a DIY external/portable SATA3 SSD. It would be nice if PNY would list more information in the specifications because this is entirely unknown: · What 3D NAND Flash type is used, is it TLC or QLC? · What's the Drive Writes Per Day ("DWPD") rating, and Terabytes Written ("TBW") rating? This is sort of easy to inaccurately figure out based on the warranty period and capacity. · What kind of caching system does it use? Does it have DRAM Cache? Is it DRAM-Less? Does it use SLC Cache? · What's the sustained write speed "Up To" after the cache is exhausted? Tip: Struggling to get the USB connector to slide back inside the protective metal housing (saw a guy rip one of these apart in a video to "remedy" it in his video review). It's very easy if pushing down against something like a wood table top or a soft mouse pad and it closes without issue, otherwise it's very difficult to pull it closed using just your fingers.

Nice usb, metal body and has a good weight to it, seem to be pretty durable and fast

Prior to this, when I needed a flash drive, I always just purchased whatever was available at the general store. I never thought about there being any real differences other than capacity, so when it took forever to access the files on one, I didn’t give it much thought. But when I started having other issues, I researched flash drives and found out they really do vary immensely, even between different models from the same companies. One test I found rated this one very high, so I bought one, and it turns out, with flash drives as in everything else, do your research, pay a little more, and get a much better product. This has more capacity than I’ll ever need, and it’s lightning fast, I didn’t realize how much the slow speed was bothering me until I saw how fast they can be. If you need a keychain type flash drive, this is the one to get. It has a metal case as well, which will help protect it from damage.

Faster than my Samsung T5 SSD. 7GB file copied in 31 seconds versus 48 seconds for the SSD. The Samsung T7 copied the file in 21 seconds, so it's in-between these fast drives. Copy starts at about 350MBs and drops off to about 200MBs when the buffer fills up. Still great performance. It booted my Raspberry Pi 5 with no issues, however, to read (oppose to boot) the drive in the USB port you need to disable the USB power limit to get enough power to read it. I also used it to create a bootable USB from an ISO file to restore Window 11 on a spare PC and it was much faster than he older PNY device I'd tried to use previously and gave up due to how slow it was. As others have stated, it has a solid, weighted feel to it. Happy with this purchase opposed to many other portable storage media's that have left me disappointed with their performance. Update: I also purchased the 1TB model and it writes at the same speed as the 256GB. It is NOT faster!