DT´s Flash Drive Blog

Another common theme for unconventional flash drives is animals. Since it’s so widespread I figure we divide them up in several parts. Oops, apologies to any vegetarians if this sounded wrong…

So here’s part 1 on animal flash drives. Welcome to the farm!

Getting piggy with it: Pig Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

Of course we start with the pig flash drive. It is raised in several breeds, ranging from purple to pink. The fattest pig wallows in 64GB – and not just FAT32. Others can gobble with a speed of 12MB/s. If you want it to be squeaky clean again, just delete the files.

And after your pig leaves the sty, it may turn into this. Oink!

Bacon Flash Drive(@ ) or ()

Next we have the cow flash drive.

Port Pasturing: Cow Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

With the grass greener on the other side of the port, it can ruminate up to 16GB. And it can be milked with 10MB/s. Mooooo!

As for chicken, first we have the rooster flash drive.

Chicken Port Byte: Rooster Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

Crowing up to 16GB with 10MB/s, this stick comes home to boost. Cock-a-doodle-do!

Then we have its foot:

Some Kind of Voodoo: Chicken Foot Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

And instead of roosting, you could also be roasting.

BBQ Chicken Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

We also have the chicklet flash drive:

Counting the Bytes after they’re hatched: Chicklet Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

And before they were chicken they were…

Egg Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

Or was it the other way around?

Anyway, let’s visit the sheep.

Cloning Data : Sheep Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

Up to 8GB can flock to this sheep flash drive. And probably due to its wool it’s even waterproof. Baaa!

And what do we have here?

Donkey Work: Donkey Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

This donkey flash drive can kick around 32GB and may stubbornly hold onto it for 10 years. I guess that’s why they call it donkey’s years. Hee-Haw!

Last but not least there’s animal that is not actually raised on the farm – but it sure likes to hang out there a lot!

In & out of the Barn: Owl Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

This owl flash drive watches over up to 32GB. It even has a write protect switch and can be used night AND day. Hoo-hoo!

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Other animal flash drives:

Ok – time to bring this blog back from its slumber! And what would be more suitable to liven up the energy than vegetable flash drives? Yep, even though we already covered quite a bunch of produce, let’s chew on some more juicy USB sticks. Like grandma would say, one can never have enough greens, right?

Let’s start our USB salad with some carrot flash drive.

The Carrot & The Stick: Carrot Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

You can dangle it from your keychain or plant it into your USB port – rewarding your computer with lots of data-carotenes and vitamin GBs!

But enough of this agent orange. Next we’ll go more green.

As cool: Cucumber Flash Drive(@ ) or ()

This cucumber flash drive can pickle up to 8GB of data without going sour.

While we’re on pickles, the next one doesn’t hold any data at all – but it sure shines a light on it!

Giving the Green Light: USB Pickle (@ ) or ()

But back to our salad. How about we toss in some cool beans?

Count me in: Bean Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

Actually they can get quite warm, especially when they’re full and digesting 16GB of storage. I wonder: Would MISTER Bean use a bean flash drive?

Anyhow, next we could do with some mushroom.

Dots on the I: Mushroom Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

Ok, ok, this may not be the edible type – but surely your computer could need a high? At least once in a while? Or maybe just good luck? Ingeniously, the cap is right under the cap and with 32GB, this mushroom flash drive adds some valuable protein to our salad.

However, if that’s not enough for you protein lovers out there we can also add some egg.

In Your Face: Egg Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

While it may have its funny side up we should be careful not to fry it. With standard USB speed and storage, there’s no mystery to the computer egg – unless you choose to add some encryption software.

While we’re talking egg flash drive, how about we also take eggplant?

Keeping in Shape : Eggplant Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

This one also comes as a hub which could bring some order to our data salad.

To round it off, we could also add some USB Corn, Cabbage and Peppers.

Of course we could also make other types of salad. Can you say peas?

Smoking Pod: Pea USB Hub (@ ) or ()

Or potato flash drive?

All in the Head: Potato Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

Actually these are Mr. and Mrs. Potato from Toy Story. They would probably protest to be mashed into a salad.

How about pumpkin?

Trick & Treat: Pumpkin Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

Of course a pumpkin flash drive also makes for a great Halloween gadget.

And last but not least, peanuts!

Crunching Files: Peanut Flash Drive (@ ) or ()

Im not sure if there is such a thing as a peanut salad but I’m sure we can work something out with its butter. Either way, you better ensure that your computer isn’t allergic to these peanut flash drives as they can grow to a size of 16GB.

And for those of you who can’t stomach a salad without any meat, just top it off with Bacon, Chicken and Beef Flash Drives. Bon apetite!

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Other food flash drives:

Burgers – Pizza – Donuts – Cookies – Sushi - Fortune Cookies - Strawberries – Watermelon – Drinks – Barbeque – Banana - Torts - Bread & Buns - Peppers - More Foods

Updated: October 25, 2011
(see SuperSonic Xpress)

With the recently unleashed SuperSonic, Patriot is breaking new ground for USB flash drives. So far, their driving force was the Xporter, already boasting impressive speeds with models like the Magnum (which coincidentally, we will meet again in this post). But integrating USB 3.0 together with leading edge technology, Patriot is taking it up a notch. The SuperSonic flash drives use multiple channeling to make the most out of 3.0, delivering real high speeds even for large sequential file transfers. And for those on a budget, there is also more down-to-earth model. Simple yet stylish, a black and blue theme rounds off the picture. Literally!

Supersonic
SuperSonic Magnum
SuperSonic Xpress

Supersonic

Four-dimensional Speed: Patriot Supersonic (@ ) or ()

Durable black aluminum case with lid
Blue USB 3.0 interface (backwards compatible)
Shock absorbant (up to 15G)
32 & 64GB
Quad channel technology:
Up to 100 MB/s reading & 70 MB/s writing
Lanyard hole with status light
Size: 2.83” (L) x .75” (W) x 0.33” (H)
or: 7.2cm(L) x 1.92cm (W) x 0.85cm (H)
Weight: .035 lbs or 15.9 g
10 year data retention
5 year warranty

SuperSonic Magnum

Eight-cylindrical Force: Patriot SuperSonic Magnum (@ ) or ()

Durable black aluminum case with lid
Blue framing
USB 3.0 interface (backwards compatible)
Shock absorbant (up to 15G)
64 & 128GB
Also available as USB 2.0 version
8-channel technology:
Up to 200 MB/s reading & 110 MB/s writing
Lanyard hole with status light
Size: 72mm (L), 26mm (W), 6mm (H)
Weight: 19.5g
10 year data retention
5 year warranty?

SuperSonic Xpress

Not too pushy: Patriot SuperSonic Xpress (@ ) or ()

White plastic case with blue push out button
USB 3.0 interface (retractable & backwards compatible)
8, 16 & 32GB
Up to 60 MB/s reading & 25 MB/s writing
Lanyard hole
Blue status light
Size: 5.5cm (L) x 2cm (W) x 0,9cm (H)
Weight: 20 g
10 year data retention
2 year warranty

…on eBay right now:

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Click here for all Patriot SuperSonic

More Patriot Flash Drives:

Xporter Series

More USB Flash Drive Brands:

Corsair – EDGE - HP – IronKey – LaCie – Kanguru

Kingston – Centon – Lexar - Memorex - Newsmy – OCZ

Imation – PNY – PQI – SanDisk – Sony - Super Talent

Toshiba – Transcend – Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go – Other/Generic