As a student and a trainee teacher I have found that one of my most valuable possessions is a USB pen. In my third year this became vital as I had a dissertation to write, and wanted to make sure I had it backed up in several places. Cue me popping into work at Currys and selecting two 4GB USB pens. And cue this review, almost 2 years after buying these life-saving devices! I am a bit of a novice when it comes to USB pens, so I will be very honest with my choice of USB; I got it because it was the best value when you compared price and memory size, and there was a string and clip attached to the end of the USB so it could be attached to something, such as your ...  Read the complete review

I bought this HP USB Flash Drive V135w from Tesco for £9.99 when I bought my netbook there. I knew I'd need a little something to help store my music files and photos on, as netbooks always have very small internal storage capacities. Not sure why really when you consider that this device is tiny and could easily come pre-installed in a netbook... Guess it's a cost-cutting exercise in truth! This is a really small device which comes in metallic blue. The plug-in flash drive part of the gadget retracts into itself, and can be slid out using a button underneath, and slid or pushed back in again after use. This isn't really a storage thing so much as a ...  Read the complete review

I bought my HP Flash Drive from a local retailer and was originally very happy with it. First of all, it looks a lot cooler than most other flash drives - it is actually similar in appearance to one of the more recent generations of iPod shuffle (well the back of one, anyway) as it is slim and has a metal casing - it is a shame that the bit you can use to clip it to your keys is not also metal. There is no lid with this device, but that's because the USB head retracts to inside the memory stick. This is quite a nice idea as it gives you less to lose, but I worry about fluff getting into the head when it is not in use. The transfer speeds are pretty ...  Read the complete review

Since files over 4gb are difficult to transfer anyway, and require an awful lot of jiggery pokery with the flash drive you're using, that is, converting it from FAT to NTFS and back again and having to mount isos to make things smaller, for most people, who just want to transfer files, programs and the occasional small PC game, this flash disk is absolutely ideal. It's high-speed USB which is great for the price, and has about as big a disk capacity as I can see anyone other than a high-powered business person or multi-platforming hardcore pirate-gamer ever needing to use. The design is really cool and sleek and original, with its rather sexy fusion ...  Read the complete review

Everyone loves HP, so when I received one of their memory sticks I was happy (and surprised, I had no idea HP made memory sticks). This is the 4gb version which is plenty big enough for what I use it for. I'd probably class this as my personal memory stick, it's the one I'll use if I have photos or documents from one laptop to another or from the PC to the laptop. I've also used it many times to take a supply of recent photos down to my sister who lives in Northampton and doesn't get to see the kids' as often as she'd like. Charlotte's taken it to school a few times filled with coursework, although she does prefer a stick with a bigger memory to ensure  she ...  Read the complete review