Look for "ruggedized" or metal casings if the drive lives on your keychain.
📍 Always buy from reputable brands like SanDisk, Samsung, or Kingston. Counterfeit drives often "spoof" their capacity, meaning they’ll claim to have 512GB but start deleting your data once you hit 8GB.
High-performance territory. Ideal for moving 4K video or large game libraries.
Don't settle for USB 2.0 unless you're only moving tiny text files.
The modern standard. Look for read speeds of at least 100MB/s.
