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From: Ant on 4 Aug 2010 02:36
On 8/3/2010 9:17 AM PT, Ed Light typed:

> Maybe these:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007960%2050001459&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&SrchInDesc=survivor&Page=1&PageSize=100

Nice. Hmm, I hope it's not cheap plastic since the hole seems very thin
to break from wear and tear. That's what happened to my client's USB
drives. Too much stress on that hole and broke.
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From: Ant on 4 Aug 2010 02:40
On 8/3/2010 5:45 PM PT, Arno typed:

>> I have a client who is currently disappointed with his two last USB
>> flash drives/sticks that broke from their keychain holes due to heavy
>> keys. He uses them with his keychains and never remove them. I noticed
>> his keys are heavy (tilted when connected to USB ports) and gravity pull
>> them down if USB slots are high above ground/floor.
>
>> He asked me to find a stronger/durable one, but they seem to
>> difficult/hard to find. :( Do any strong/better ones (4+ GB) exist from
>> keychain abuses like from
>> http://www.salescircular.com/ca/computer/usbstp.shtml (weekly current
>> sales)?
>
>> Thank you in advance. :)
>
> SuperTalent "C" type (all Chrome) are very, very sturdy. Also
> nice and flat, I keep one in my wallet with a Knoppix DVD
> installation. Speed is not as good as claimed, 14MB/s read and
> 7 MB/s read, but if that is not an issue, I would recommend them.
>
> However this guy is also damaging the USB ports, not only the USB
> sticks. And they are typically far more expensive to replace.

Good point. I will tell him that.
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From: Thomas R. Kettler on 4 Aug 2010 08:57
In article <TOKdneOHo5TKlsTRnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>,
Ant <ant(a)zimage.comANT> wrote:

> On 8/3/2010 5:45 PM PT, Arno typed:
>
> >> I have a client who is currently disappointed with his two last USB
> >> flash drives/sticks that broke from their keychain holes due to heavy
> >> keys. He uses them with his keychains and never remove them. I noticed
> >> his keys are heavy (tilted when connected to USB ports) and gravity pull
> >> them down if USB slots are high above ground/floor.
> >
> >> He asked me to find a stronger/durable one, but they seem to
> >> difficult/hard to find. :( Do any strong/better ones (4+ GB) exist from
> >> keychain abuses like from
> >> http://www.salescircular.com/ca/computer/usbstp.shtml (weekly current
> >> sales)?
> >
> >> Thank you in advance. :)
> >
> > SuperTalent "C" type (all Chrome) are very, very sturdy. Also
> > nice and flat, I keep one in my wallet with a Knoppix DVD
> > installation. Speed is not as good as claimed, 14MB/s read and
> > 7 MB/s read, but if that is not an issue, I would recommend them.
> >
> > However this guy is also damaging the USB ports, not only the USB
> > sticks. And they are typically far more expensive to replace.
>
> Good point. I will tell him that.

I thought the same thing but did not know how much stress a USB port can
handle. Does anyone have the specs?
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From: Rod Speed on 4 Aug 2010 15:57
Thomas R. Kettler wrote:
> In article <TOKdneOHo5TKlsTRnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>,
> Ant <ant(a)zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
>> On 8/3/2010 5:45 PM PT, Arno typed:
>>
>>>> I have a client who is currently disappointed with his two last USB
>>>> flash drives/sticks that broke from their keychain holes due to
>>>> heavy keys. He uses them with his keychains and never remove them.
>>>> I noticed his keys are heavy (tilted when connected to USB ports)
>>>> and gravity pull them down if USB slots are high above
>>>> ground/floor.
>>>
>>>> He asked me to find a stronger/durable one, but they seem to
>>>> difficult/hard to find. :( Do any strong/better ones (4+ GB) exist
>>>> from keychain abuses like from
>>>> http://www.salescircular.com/ca/computer/usbstp.shtml (weekly
>>>> current sales)?
>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance. :)
>>>
>>> SuperTalent "C" type (all Chrome) are very, very sturdy. Also
>>> nice and flat, I keep one in my wallet with a Knoppix DVD
>>> installation. Speed is not as good as claimed, 14MB/s read and
>>> 7 MB/s read, but if that is not an issue, I would recommend them.
>>>
>>> However this guy is also damaging the USB ports, not only the USB
>>> sticks. And they are typically far more expensive to replace.
>>
>> Good point. I will tell him that.
>
> I thought the same thing but did not know how much stress a USB port
> can handle. Does anyone have the specs?

There are no specs on that.


From: Harry on 6 Aug 2010 15:13
On Aug 3, 2:55 am, Ant <a...(a)zimage.comANT> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have a client who is currently disappointed with his two last USB
> flash drives/sticks that broke from their keychain holes due to heavy
> keys. He uses them with his keychains and never remove them. I noticed
> his keys are heavy (tilted when connected to USB ports) and gravity pull
> them down if USB slots are high above ground/floor.
>
> He asked me to find a stronger/durable one, but they seem to
> difficult/hard to find. :( Do any strong/better ones (4+ GB) exist from
> keychain abuses like fromhttp://www.salescircular.com/ca/computer/usbstp.shtml(weekly current
> sales)?
>
> Thank you in advance. :)
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Try some of these here.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/50-weirdest-usb-flash-drives-ever/

I'm sure the Bowling Ball USB is a strong one, if you can attach
your keys there.



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