Toshiba TransMemory EX II 64GB USB 3.0 Encrypted Flash Drive Review

Final Thoughts

Pricing

You can pick up one of Toshiba’s TransMemory EX II USB 3.0 drives for a little under £0.80 per GB, not bad for a drive in this class. At the time of writing this review, the stick can be had at Moby Memory for £49.99, Amazon US for $79.99, NewEgg for $72.26 or starting from €57.56 in Germany.

Overview

The Toshiba TransMemory EX II 64GB USB 3.0 drive comes packed in a relative simple enclosure, but one that feels very sturdy and stable. There is no doubt that this is a quality drive as soon as you pick it up. The rippled design around the drive help to have a great grip on it while plugging it in or out, or just handling it.

The drive performed great in our benchmarks with transfer speeds around and over the 200MB/s marker. Reading speeds even went as high as 238MB/s. The access times weren’t bad either for an encrypted drive, staying under 1ms throughout the entire testing process.

The EX II Pad Locker software is easy and straight forward in its use. It is a great feature that you can decide how much of the drive you want to protect, or if you want to protect any at all; this gives you the freedom of choice and a drive for just your usage needs.

Pros:

• Great speeds
• Sturdy construction
• Encryption with variable size of encrypted partition
• Easy to use software

Cons:

• Price

“Toshiba has used their knowledge in storage and created a great USB 3.0 drive with the TransMemory EX II, making it more than worthy of our Extreme Performance Award.”

Thanks to Toshiba for providing us with this review sample.