Based on this research, we settled on a sweet spot of 128 GB of storage, which as of publication offered the best intersection of price, performance, and reliability based on user feedback and reviews at popular retailers. Capacity: The price of flash storage in thumb drives has dropped quite a bit since we last updated this guide, and our testing and research has revealed that the performance of many models varies depending on the amount of storage included.Spending more gets more than 128 GB of storage, hardware encryption, or somewhat more durable cases, but more expensive drives don’t really add anything to everyday uses. Price: Most people shouldn’t pay more than around $45 for a USB flash drive.With the U366 Kioxia delivers more than it promised, with really fast read speeds of over 224 MB/s. Even in these times with online storage and blazing fast portable SSD’s a simple USB drive is great to keep in your pocket or bag. The Kioxia U366 USB drive is great if you are looking for a very small and dependable USB drive. Not much more you can ask from a USB drive this small. Read performance was even more impressive surpassing Kioxia’s own promise and delivering 224 MB/s. The U366 does get quite warm whiles testing but this didn’t affect performance.Īs you can see write performance was very good at a stable 40 MB/s (it started off at about 55 and dropped down to 40 after about 5 seconds, never dropping lower during the whole test). I’ve ran the speed test for 10 minutes completing multiple read and write runs. I’ve added the screenshot of the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test below. In both cases file transfer was very fast and stable. I’ve tested the stick on my M1 Mac mini both connected to the USB ports on my Mac and the USB-A ports on my USB-C dock. When testing I was truly surprised by this tiny USB drive. And the 128 GB version can even go up to 200 MB/s. For the smaller models, up to 64 GB, Kioxia promises read speeds of up to 100 MB/s. With the modern USB protocol the Kioxia U366 is capable of quite fast speeds. If you connect it to any modern device it will use the fastest possible connection speed using the modern USB 3.2 Gen 1 protocol. That means you can connect it to almost any USB device and it will work without a hitch. The USB-A port on the Kioxia U366 is USB 3.2 Gen 1 Super Speed compatible and is backwards compatible to USB 2.0. The Kioxia U366 comes formatted in FAT so it works great on both a Mac and a Windows PC. Love the simple to open packaging! CompatibilityĪs usual for any brand USB drive I didn’t have any problem with compatibility. Seems like a strange thing to write about in a review as you will only open it once, but some of these USB drive come packed in the most annoying and stupid packages ever. Instead of the usual packaging that you have to attack with scissors the Kioxia U366 comes in a clever package that can be opened without tools. The USB drive comes packed in a small but practical package. Because of the sturdy aluminium body it will have no problem being lugged around in your pants pocket or on your keychain at all. It is small enough to fit any small pocket. The back of the body features an integrated loop to attach it to a keyring or strap it to your bag. (I’ve reviewed other USB drive from Kioxia that were compact, but not as compact as this one) The body is made completely out of aluminium and is just as wide as the USB-A connector and about 4 cm long. The Kioxia U366 is very small, even for an USB drive. Oh, and did I mention price? A 128GB USB drive like the Kioxia U366 I’m reviewing here will cost about 20 euro’s.
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