Lexar Media JUMP DRIVE SECURE 256MB 2.0 ( JDS256-432 )

Rating:
Summary: Does what it's supposed to.
Review: I have had my Secure Drive for over a year now and am very satisfied.

My only three complaints are relatively minor:
1) Although it is small and light enough that I have it on my keychain with no problems carrying in my pocket, it is a tad too thick for computers with USB ports stacked one over another (like on my laptop). I can squeeze in another USB cord when my drive is attached, but it's probably not the best thing to do to my ports.
2) The secure feature only works when the Secure software is installed on the computer you're using. So, for example, if I wanted to access my secure data on a computer at a friend's house, I'd have to first install the Secure software on my friend's computer (the software is on the drive). I wouldn't want to be loading software on other people's computer's, so I wish this feature could have been done directly off of the drive.
3) The keychain ring is on the drive itself, so to plug in the drive, I have to have my keys dangling from the computer. I've twice left the office forgetting my keys on the computer there. I wish the keyring were on the cap instead of the drive.

On the positive side, I use the drive almost daily on 2 or 3 computers and have had absolutely no problems with load times, or saving items. Despite it's light plastic feel, it seems quite sturdy and has survived multiple drops to pavement with no damage or function problems.

I would highly recommend this drive for someone looking for a sturdy, reliable flash drive.

Rating:
Summary: This is not worth it.
Review: I have had this item for amost five months and it has been somewhat good and bad I have sent it back to Lexar and it is going back again soon. If you can aford something else go for it! I feel that I was fooled by the price. my friends have the 128MB size and they say it work for them ,but I am a a high use user. I need something stonger than this. if you are a student try a difften brand.

Rating:
Summary: Love it!
Review: I have owned one of these for several months now and I use it almost daily. I have not had one issue with it. The ability to secure files on this drive is awesome!! I use this drive with Win2000 and XPpro and have full functionality. I would recommend this drive to anyone looking for a pen-type drive. I am currenlty looking to upgrade to a larger drive (1 Gb) and will not be looking for anything but a Lexar Secure JumpDrive.

Rating:
Summary: Could be better...
Review: The instructions for this item (as well as Customer Service) say that you can use this drive with Win98 First Edition if you download the correct driver from their website.

They *don't* tell you that under Win 98, the driver will *still* give an error message saying that you have the wrong operating system. Customer service says that to open a file in Win 98, you need to right click the drive in "My Computer" and click "open" in the pop-up menu (because double clicking on this drive in "My computer" causes an error in Win98.)

Furthermore, the password protection is NOT availabe to you under Win 98.

I questionned customer service on these things and they said that this is just the way the drive operates in Win 98.

I don't know how it operates in Win XP, but take their claims that it works with Win 98, First Edition with a very, very large grain of salt (don't let that grain of salt drop on your foot, you might hurt yourself.)