THE GLITCH REVIEWS
This is a review of the 8GB Lexar Jump Drive Firefly USB Memory Stick.
INFORMATION
This product was reviewed by The Glitch on the 03-08-2008
Dimensions: 45 x 18 x 7 mm ( L x W x D ) |
8GB Lexar JumpDrive FireFly is an ultra-portable USB flash drive that provides a convenient solution for storing, transferring, and sharing multimedia and more. It’s ideal for storing lots of great pictures, your favorite music, and important files. Lexar offers a comprehensive line of high-performance JumpDrive products designed with a wide variety of features, capacities, and capabilities. |
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One of the latest USB memory sticks to come from Lexar is very small, in fact it's less than 45mm long, and weighs in at a little under 6 grams, (when removed from it's cover), but don't let these diminutive dimensions fool you, this is one serious flash drive. |
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The device is made from strong plastic and so feels solid and well build, even it's cover feels robust enough to withstand the abuse of everyday use. There are a range of storage capacities available from 256MB all the way up to 8GB, which is the version I am reviewing today. Each different capacity 'Firefly' comes in a different colour. With the 4GB version in white and the 512MB version in Green, and so on. |
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The firefly has an attractive blue activity LED at it's rear, allowing you to easily see when the device is being written to or read from, I have to assume that it gets it's name from this flashing LED on it's rear...cute! The device is a 'plug and play' affair for all modern versions of Windows, but if you still have a Windows 98 computer all is not lost, as a quick visit to the Lexar site will yield a 98 driver file that can be downloaded. Now down to the important things, read/write speeds. First I tested the transfer speed of a single large file of 105MB; it took just 14 seconds to write to the stick and under 5 seconds to read back. Next I tested using a 410MB, and if anything this was handled even better, taking less than 44 seconds to write to the stick and 18 seconds to read back. |
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These read/write speeds were all excellent. The only bad thing I can think of to
say about the Firefly, is that it didn't come with a
lanyard in the box, so you will need to locate one if
you want to wear the device round your neck. |
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Advantages: Good value for money |
Disadvantages: No lanyard in the box
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The Glitch Star Rating |
Overall Score 90% |
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