Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C 64 GB (DTDUO3C/64GB)

Tiny nano flash drive from Kingston

The main charm of the Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C is its compactness and versatility - its dimensions are 30x16x8 mm and weighs only a couple of grams. It will easily fit into the port of a car radio or the third USB slot of a TV or laptop, without blocking access to neighboring ports, like many traditional flash drives. When connected, the Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C takes up less space than a tiny wireless mouse receiver.

Dual connection interface

A feature of the DataTraveler microDuo 3C series is a dual connection interface (USB A and USB-C), which greatly expands the scenarios for using a flash drive. The design is not quite ordinary: both connectors are located at different ends of the case, USB-C is closed with a special hinged cover, and USB A simply sticks out. It is a pity that the cap is not symmetrical and, when closed, only protects the USB-C connector.

High reading speed

The reading speed of the Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C gives cause for joy: in real tests, the “speedometer” even slightly outperformed the 100 MB / s claimed by the manufacturer, periodically reaching 120 MB / s. But with the recording, the situation is not so unambiguous, the flash drive keeps within the claimed 15 MB / s, sometimes accelerates to 20 MB / s, but less. In fact, this means that it will take you a little more than 10 minutes to copy a 10-gigabyte file from a USB flash drive to the SSD of a laptop or computer. In the realities of 2020, I would like the recording speed to be higher.