SAMSUNG Type-C 512GB USB 3.2 Flash Drive, 400MB/s, External Memory and Storage for Computers, Mobile Devices, MUF-512DA4/AM, Gray, 2024

Wow, it is super amazing how fast this 128 GB flash drive can download folders. I wanted a third choice to back up my business folders. After experiencing a computer crash last year, I know too well that more is better when it comes to storage. I found an old flash drive I had in the house. It took an entire afternoon to backup one 4 GB folder. After a dedicated search I found this gem. It backed up the same 4 GB folder in TWO MINUTES! So pleased with this drive, I purchased a 256 GB for high resolution files. This drive is tiny, but oh so mighty! I highly recommend this product.

This is a game changer! As a mom of littles, I'm always taking pics and videos of EVERYTHING! My phone storage is always filling up and it's such a painfully long process (hours) to connect my phone to my laptop and import all the pics/videos and then transfer them to a flash drive. Not to mention that I've had that process randomly stop or cancel out while I have walked away. These came in the mail last night, I opened one up and plugged it into my phone and the notification popped up immediately. I opened up the USB storage under my files app and did a "format" then went into my images under my files app and hit select all (2,300+ pics, about 7.5GB) and then moved to USB Storage and in a matter of 2 minutes it was done. I followed with all my videos (250+ videos, about 27GB) and moved them over too and that was done in about 10 minutes. In less than 12 minutes total, I cleared almost 28GB of videos/pictures off my phone. No laptop/cords needed! I definitely recommend this to all phone owners! The thing is tiny too (pic with quarter for reference)! I love that it is X-Ray/Magnet/Shock/Temperature/Waterproof.

To say this thing is tiny would be an understatement, but it works amazingly well. Transferring data from my computer or phone is extremely fast and easy, and the amount of space allows for storage of huge amounts of data. I used one to back up my entire work laptop, and I use a second one to back up all the photos on my phone. If you're using an Android phone, it's as easy as plugging it into the port and it is immediately recognized as a storage device, especially on Samsung devices.If I had an issue, it would be the tiny cap that comes with it. The entire package is tiny, and the cap is even smaller. There are small loop holes on both the item and the cap, but it's so small that not much will fit through it. I ended up using some thick hobby thread to tie the cap to the device so I won't lose the cap. Of course, it is probably fine to use without the cap.A word on durability: I accidentally washed one of them in a pocket of my pants. It went through the entire cycles of the washer and dryer, and worked perfectly afterwards. While I would not recommend doing this to your important stored media, it is reassuring to know that liquids like rain or coffee spilled at your desk is unlikely to harm it.

I like this a lot. I've been wanting a USB-C flash drive for a while and when I finally got a new (previous-gen) Ipad with USB-C it seemed like the perfect time to go for it.It is quite fast. I never experience the crazy speeds that get advertised with portable storage but this is definitely faster than a USB-A flash drive. It made moving files on to the ipad so easy to just plug this in, have the ipad immediately recognize it and move the files where I wanted them. It seems to work even faster transferring to the ipad than to/from my PC's, but that's just an anecdotal observation.It is CRAZY compact. TINY. That's a good thing and a bad thing. In the past I kept a small USB-A flash drive on my keychain carabiner and lost it when it came off of the carabiner. This is even smaller so I am very cautious about not losing it.On top of that, it has a removable cap that is just begging to get lost. It's not super loose, but it doesn't take much effort to intentionally uncap it.But, both the cap and the drive itself have those tiny little loops to attach a phone wrist strap. I had an extra one lying around so I looped it through both the drive and the cap. It keeps the two pieces together and the wrist strap is about 4 times longer than the drive itself so it makes it harder to lose, though that does make the package you're carrying less tiny.But, it's small size makes it convenient to plug into devices, especially devices you use portably. You don't have a huge stick jutting out of a USB port on a laptop or phone, which is nice.Just be aware that you'll need to be very careful not to lose this. It's CRAZY small.I noticed it can get pretty warm when you transfer a lot of files at once. Only when it's working hard; it doesn't get hot when it's idly plugged in or anything.It's pretty nifty, but it has a problem. I'm not going to say it's a flaw of this device, but the kind of phone and tablet cases that you can always keep on your device do not have holes around the USB-C ports that are big enough to plug this in. There's not enough clearance in the cuts on those cases for the plastic body of this to fit through and the plug itself can't plug-in.I'm certainly no expert on mobile device cases; it took me a long time (and multiple destroyed phones) to finally start using one. Maybe there are some cases out there that this would fit in, but my assumption is the ones I have are typical so I imagine most cases won't allow you to plug this drive in.And, of course, those cases are designed to stay on all the time, so they're kind of a pain to pry off just to plug this in quickly. Makes it inconvenient.Now, if you're someone who carries your phone without a case or slips your ipad in a padded sleeve rather than a cover/case that's always attached, this'll be great. It's so easy to use to get files to/from your mobile devices. But keep in mind what kind of case you use because it might negate the convenience of this.If you DO use an always-on case, I'd recommend getting an external SSD that you would attach with a USB-C cable. I have an older Samsung SSD that I haven't used so much for a while, but now I'm using it a lot because a standard USB-C cable's plug fits in my ipad case just fine.Either that or find a small little USB-C-to-C dongle/adapter/extender that will give you a plug with a standard cable casing that'll fit into this flash drive, though again, that kind of negates some of it's convenience by having to add another adapter into the mix.In summary, it's a really nifty and fast and TINY drive. I'll leave it to others to scientifically benchmark and critique speed and performance, but to a casual observer it works well. But it's size can be a double-edged sword if you're not careful, and if you keep your mobile device in a case/shell at all times, it's probably not going to fit into the USB-C port.

EDIT:I spoke to a genius at Samsung who helped me change settings for a Mac. In disk utility. Anyhow he was amazing and hopefully it works now. I’m recovering all the files I deleted in the process but I have faith I’ll get it sorted 😂🤦🏻‍♀️(Original Review): I don't understand the capacity. I spent more on the larger gig size and it won't let me store any large files over like 2 gigs. I have large video files which was why I bought it. So, I can barely use it. Wasting enormous time and energy storing much smaller files to make room.

I bought a couple of these to store a large photo collection. It worked just fine. Build is very solid, no discernible heat. I didn't need to do any explicit formatting to copy the files from my Mac to the drive via a built-in usb-c port.It's so tiny I bought some label holders that connect using a wire ring. You can attach those to either the drive or its cap and that makes it easier to keep track of them.