USB sticks

clare_bear

Are there any real differences between USB memory sticks?  It's a while since I've bought any and I need a couple, are some makes/models better than others?  

I want 16Gb and probably not password protected (history records that I'm not very good at remembering the passwords for them!).

Ta. 

monquixote

The more expensive ones tend to have higher transfer rates so it depends how important moving big files quickly is to you.

digitalscream

I've noticed a massive difference with mine - I just bought it because I needed one in a hurry and it was the only 16GB one Currys had in stock. Anyway, it's a USB 3.0 stick but I've only ever used it with USB 2.0; I recently upgraded my motherboard to one with USB 3.0, and it's gone from transferring at about 10MB/s to around 30MB/s. When you're chucking big files around, it's incredibly useful

maltingsaudio

FWIW I just bought a SAndisk one with the security software can use it without the password thingy installed.                                      

 I got it from Argos £5 cheaper than Tesco's were selling it for (they are next door to each other in my local town)  

clare_bear

Thanks, guys. Are SanDisk considers good for memory sticks? They're what I was looking at.