Let one of these go through the wash in your pocket and you'll understand why they are waterproof?

Now I can take a thumb drive to my underwater lair

Do NOT BUY!!!
I got one from previous sale. Checked the waterproof claim, by peeing on it. My computer blew up. They did not mention that I had to disconnect the drive from computer.

I purchased one of these last time they were available. Let me tell you, this flash drive is S-L-O-W.

Hey adventure dude. That should be "Kimberly and me." 'Cause you sound like the kind of guy who wants things to be done correctly.

durmakyok wrote:Here it is..

Kingston Datatraveler 310 - 256 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive DT310/256GB

Why are the used so much more expensive than the new?

What are on the used?!?

Pay for my diving lessons, and I'll by the stick

For those of us who don't always check the pockets this might be just the gadget we need. I did leave one in a pocket, and it was ruined.

I have trouble with computers not recognizing the USB drive when I use data sticks, so am reluctant to spend this kind of money. Any clues why they aren't recognized?

durmakyok wrote:Here it is..

Kingston Datatraveler 310 - 256 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive DT310/256GB

The site looks shady...

tilton wrote:Because no one can live without a USB drive in the pool....

You just had our entire team at work laughing... keep it up...

Anyone else just holding out for a Bucket of Candycorn?

At 2 MB/sec write and a giant quantity will probably be the death of the woot-off.

tilton wrote:Because no one can live without a USB drive in the pool....

You just had our entire team at work laughing... keep it up...

I usually hang my work ID's and thumb drives off of a carabiner on my belt loop. So, I need something durable. Waterproof is a bonus when working in the rain.. but.. the removable cap is a turnoff.. prone to being lost.

julijohn wrote:I have trouble with computers not recognizing the USB drive when I use data sticks, so am reluctant to spend this kind of money. Any clues why they aren't recognized?

Various reasons, one could be that the computer is trying to assign a drive letter to the usb key that is already being used as a network drive. Usually just go to computer management and give it a new drive letter so that it shows up in explorer. This particular situation happens a lot on my work computer.

That's 3 items- is that still $5- or $5 each time.


So now you are just trying very hard to be an booooo?

durmakyok wrote:U want used?

Be very careful about memory on the Internet. If you see any memory for a too-good-to-be-true price, it probably is. There is probably more counterfeit memory sold online than legitimate memory.

propenguin wrote:Anyone else just holding out for a Bucket of Candycorn?

Yeah... this is day 1 right? Sometimes I will miss a day checking woot... think I checked yesterday.

If this is day 1- the the ballyhoo of cobwebs will probably be tomorrow. It is usually day 2.

rebeltreble wrote:A 64GB drive is pretty cool, but why is it waterproof? I never really understood that part of this deal.

Do you know how many times I have washed my thumb drive. I always for it is in my pocket when I was clothes. Normally they still work after, as long as you let them completely dry out before putting it in your machine. To be waterproof would be quite nice.

durmakyok wrote:U want used?

Depends on what's on it.

seahokedrama wrote:Yeah... this is day 1 right? Sometimes I will miss a day checking woot... think I checked yesterday.

If this is day 1- the the ballyhoo of cobwebs will probably be tomorrow. It is usually day 2.

Lately they have thrown more one-day Woot-Offs into the mix. I wouldn't be surprised if this were only one day.

Just Order Online sells it for $78.84

http://justorderonline.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=218646&zenid=5818304fcbad18351d2c8c8c4c419146

beachpatty69 wrote:This is taking fovever

Already sent an email to service letting them know. Hope this is not a sign of what is to come during the Box of Cobwebs when it shows up, if so this will get real interesting.

UPDATE: Were you talking about the the sale of this item, or the posting speed. Both are taking forever. I just assumed you were taking about the posting speed since you post showed up twice.

Bought one a couple weeks ago on woot. It is definitely the slowest USB drive I have ever owned. Capacity is good, just beware that you're probably not going to be happy if you intend to continually access the files on it. For evening backups, it seems to be fine and for individual access of smaller files, its good. My 2 cents.

cjpowers wrote:Be very careful about memory on the Internet. If you see any memory for a too-good-to-be-true price, it probably is. There is probably more counterfeit memory sold online than legitimate memory.

That is so True! I bought 3 of the "Kingston 256 GB" flash drives from a Chinese company on eBay last year for a song. I got them. I hurriedly opened one up and plugged it into my computer... My computer told me I now had an external 256 GB drive! For a test, I copied about 20 GBs of stuff to it. Good thing I 'copied' instead of 'moved!' When I removed the drive from the computer and then plugged it back in, there was NOTHING on the drive. Zilch, nada, nil, zero.

I opened up the drive and saw that there were absolutely no memory modules inside the drive at all! Total scam! But it totally fooled my PC. (I did get most of my money back from eBay's guarantee thing, however.)

Woot very slow today with lots of errors. Does not bode well for when the Bundle 'O Carrots appears later. Of course at this rate, the memory stick will be here all day and preempt the lunchtime t-shirts.

I wooted one a few weeks ago. It is so slow as to be essentially useless. I highly recommend passing on this one.

- L

K9itty wrote:this item is NOT sold in any packaging which they fail to mention in the description. You will just get a USB drive in a bubble mailer.

And......

laurent wrote:I wooted one a few weeks ago. It is so slow as to be essentially useless. I highly recommend passing on this one.

- L

Is it slower than this woot-off?

damn. the woot off has been going so quickly until this. someone buy some! :/

Yeah I am hoping things go better than last time, the servers were bad. I found a website with helpful tips that I am hoping helps me score a Bucket of Candycorn. Crossing my fingers

propenguin wrote:Anyone else just holding out for a Bucket of Candycorn?

Last one I got wasn't worth the 8 Dollars, i'm just here for the show today.

Maybe something I actually need or can pick up for someone for the holidays will come up.

elderon4 wrote:Do you know how many times I have washed my thumb drive. I always for it is in my pocket when I was clothes. Normally they still work after, as long as you let them completely dry out before putting it in your machine. To be waterproof would be quite nice.

Wouldn't a cheap one and teaching yourself to always check pockets be the easier way to go?

propenguin wrote:Yeah I am hoping things go better than last time, the servers were bad. I found a website with helpful tips that I am hoping helps me score a Bucket of Candycorn. Crossing my fingers

Share?

rebeltreble wrote:A 64GB drive is pretty cool, but why is it waterproof? I never really understood that part of this deal.

I guess you've never forgot to empty your pockets before washing clothes and one of these go through the washer/dryer.

kentforsythe wrote:Bought one a couple weeks ago on woot. It is definitely the slowest USB drive I have ever owned.

Just like this Woot-off item! It's obvious that almost nobody wants these, or Woot is trying to hock a million of them all at once.

FWIW all USB flash drives are going to be slow access for large files/capacities. It's the nature of flash memory compared to anything with a spinning hard drive.

But that still doesn't explain why this thing is taking so long to sell. UNLESS Woot has their servers running off of these flash drives during the Woot-off........ hmmm....

Every single flash drive I've had I've accidentally washed in the washing machine, and they've all been just fine afterwards. They were never advertised as "waterproof".

eldiablohijo wrote:Last one I got wasn't worth the 8 Dollars, i'm just here for the show today.

Maybe something I actually need or can pick up for someone for the holidays will come up.

Sell the unneeded junk to break even. I got the SL version box of Baby Onesies Cotainer with a breast pump, all kiddie stuff, I sold the manual breast pump to a woman that wanted one to milk horses for $8.

Sell and break even and you will be back square again.

prestonmc wrote:Don't order this item, I ordered it last time on 23 SEP and still haven't gotten it.

If you aren't receiving items, don't complain in the forums - send woot an e-mail and they'll get it sorted out