Hardware Your longest lived USB flash drive.

[Haloman800]

I usually lose mine before they fail :c

 

[FAST6191]

More than enough space for my medical records and resume.

Am I supposed to wander around with my medical records or do you just have a condition/history that makes it worth the effort?

 

[cearp]

Am I supposed to wander around with my medical records or do you just have a condition/history that makes it worth the effort?

but the effort of the finder of your body plugging in the drive to their computer? i thought people with serious stuff had their notes in a little thing around their neck

 

[TehCupcakes]

I have an 8GB A-Data from circa 2008 that I've never had issues with. Granted, I don't use it much... I never understood why people rely so heavily on carrying a physical device when there are so many reliable file hosts to upload to; then you can access your file anywhere with internet access. (Hence, I only use it for files > 200MB or so, or in a situation where I don't have internet access.)

 

[DarkFlare69]

My first 8gb flash drive from 2006 still works perfectly. I use it the most out of all my other ones.

 

[mgrev]

Sandisk Cruzer Blade 16 GB from february this year

 

[Jayro]

Am I supposed to wander around with my medical records or do you just have a condition/history that makes it worth the effort?

Naw, its just handy when you're going to remote or dangerous places like hiking, camping, surveying an active volcano, stunt work, stuff like that.

 

[Ermelber]

1GB Flash Drive (I don't know the manufacturer) from 2007. I still use it for school and I have bootable Linux with G-Parted on it.

 

[Deleted-236924]

I have an old 2GB Kingston Drive from something like 2007 that still works perfectly, and a 64MB Micro SD card that is blocked on Read Only mode for some reason, but the files are still here and readable

Spoiler: .

I also have some really old Memory Sticks, but since it's not used anymore, I don't know if it counts

I think it's really amazing that we have such tiny cards that used to hold 64MB back then, and now we have cards, of the exact same size, that can go up to 200GB.

 

[FAST6191]

I think it's really amazing that we have such tiny cards that used to hold 64MB back then, and now we have cards, of the exact same size, that can go up to 200GB.

Have a look at some xrays some time -- they are only the same outer size by virtue of the packaging in a lot of cases.
http://www.danzimmerman.com/files/9613/5754/3378/xray_big.jpg
http://www.danzimmerman.com/index.php/projects/raspberry-pi-sd-hack/
http://rusolut.com/monolithic-sd-card-pinout-monosd1/

 

[Megaben99]

I really liked the design of these Sony Micro. I still have a 1 and 2 GB drive but they write so slow it makes me crazy.

 

[Citra]

My Cheap 4 GB USB has survived 3 times in both a Washer and a Dryer. I guess USB usually work fine if you let dry after getting wet.