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When it comes to choosing a great USB flash drive, you need a few things: speed, portability, flexibility, storage, and affordability. We asked you for the drives that fit the bill, then looked at the five best USB 3.0 flash drives and put them to a vote. Now we’re back to highlight your favorite.
Apparently size does matter, because the SanDisk Ultra Fit took the top spot, but only by two freaking votes when the poll closed. At the end of the day, it’s huge capacity and tiny footprint—as in, “leave it in your laptop while you carry it around” small, earned 28.3% of the votes cast. The fact that many of you reported heat issues with them, and difficulty removing them when you needed to, didn’t sway many of you.
For those of you who were swayed though, you chose the more modest, but also more rugged and attractive Kingston Digital Data Traveler, which fell to second place by, like we said, two votes, earning 28.2% of the votes cast. All-aluminum with a ring on the back that’s perfect for a keychain or a carry-all bag, the Kingston earned your praise for being fast and reliable. Third place and 25% of the votes cast went to the SanDisk Extreme. Many of you pointed out that it’s a bit big, especially if you’re looking for something to carry around with you every day, but it’s read and write speeds are unmatched, and it’s one of the fastest drives you’ve ever used. Fourth place and over 10% of the vote went to the Corsair Flash Voyager Go, complete with both USB and microUSB ports and OTG compatibility so it’s rugged enough to travel but great for use with laptops and Android devices that support OTG. Finally, bringing up the rear with just shy of 8% of the vote was the PNY Turbo, a super affordable and portable USB 3.0 flash drive that’ll get the job done without breaking your wallet.
For more on each of these and the honorable mentions not listed here, make sure to head back to the full Hive Five feature to read more.
The Hive Five is based on reader nominations. As with most Hive Five posts, if your favorite was left out, it didn’t get the nominations required in the call for contenders post to make the top five. We understand it’s a bit of a popularity contest. Have a suggestion for the Hive Five? Send us an email at tips+hivefive@lifehacker.com!
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