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Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing

Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9  Metal Casing
KingstonVPN: DTSE9H/16GBZ
Vendor: Kingston
Price: $7.80 - $8.99 CAD from 2 stores
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Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
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Rating: 9.19/10
David_I@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 09/29/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:size, lol --it is small!

Pros:size and durability
Comment:
If I could f-ck a USB key, I would have sex with this thing...it's gorgy. Sleek, and sexy as sh-t. And strong. I was blown away at how sturdy this thing is compared to some USB keys these days. It's small enough to be the pull-tab on a zipper on your coat or luggage. In fact, if I have need to pull a Snowden and get secret files out of the country, that's what I'm doing. I've had absolutely no problems using it (and I use it several times a day). It's fast, as expected. And small enough that you don't feel it in your pocket. In fact, the only negative I have is I do worry about losing the damn thing, hahaha. The reason I use a USB key is because I don't want to lose my data, and I'm actually more worried than ever of actually losing my data, hahaha. Still, I'm buying the 32GB in a couple of days --may even buy a couple of them. These things are built to last, and I can't imagine a better USB key format that this, so I'm going to stock up before Kingston pulls a stupid and moves on to some other design. I picture having a half dozen of them on a key chain with all my work and entertainment broken up between them. Total hit! Couldn't be happier.
Kevin_B@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 09/13/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:-NO LED activity light

Pros:-Super Slick-Compact-Looks Great
Comment:
This 16GB usb is super sleek and compact. I was pretty surprised by its size. I'm unsure of transfer speeds as i mainly use it for transferring word docs and PDF's. The build quality appears excellent and it looks like it will last a while. Can't go wrong with Kingston!
Julien_M@NCIX
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Review Date: 08/14/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:slow as molasses.

Pros:Small, light, durable, one piece.
Comment:
If you don't need speed, this is probably a good item. I like the small and light USB sticks. I hate it when one USB device is so big you can't fit another one in a neighboring port.
Ron_W@NCIX
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Review Date: 06/13/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:None yet.

Pros:Very small and portable, decent speed for USB 2.0
Comment:
Good buy overall. Would be nice if it came with a small chain or string to hook it to a keychain.
major_s@NCIX
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Review Date: 05/29/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:no cap, runs hot.

Pros:Small, good speed for the price
Comment:
Bought two of those. They are as big as a USB connector can get and , with 16GB of space can make it easy to move anything but the largest PC Games.One thing I spotted though, the case can get bery hot after long transfers. I filled it with 700MB movies that were on an SD card, the transfer (14.some GB) lasted for 50 minutes and the drive was really hot aftewards. I guess that usually you don`t fill this baby everyday but now you know.
Tao_W@NCIX
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Review Date: 05/15/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:- not as i know

Pros:- super tiny- very sturdy- good looking and light
Comment:
Needed a compact usb drive to play mp3 files on my new car. this little drive fit all my purposes neatly. Amazingly good looking and matches the color of the dashboard. Highly recommend.
Alex1@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 04/09/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:None

Pros:Impressive speeds for USB 2.0Good lookingSturdy
Comment:
Looks great, speeds are very impressive for USB 2.0 standard, sturdy and definitely not bulky.
Cv2k@NCIX
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Review Date: 04/02/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:Maybe a little too compact, looks easy to lose

Pros:Compact, fast
Comment:
I was impressed with the speed of file transfers and on how small the drive actually is. I am pleased with this purchase.
sébastien_g@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 03/26/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:none

Pros:16GBpricegood build
Comment:
good usb key for 10$ , doing a good job , fast ...
curriegrad2004@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 03/07/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:Slow Write Speeds

Pros:Good 16GB Drive for the price
Comment:
Bought this drive off from a weekly sale when I needed a USB stick to test Hyper-V Server 2012 off of it. Works okay with that platform, but the speeds could have been a bit better.
Stephanie_O@NCIX
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Review Date: 02/28/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:not USB3.0, but then it's capacity is small enough to not really matter

Pros:sturdy metal construction (you will never loose this off a key chain)small size
Comment:
great little drive - I'd love to see more capacities (i.e. 32GB, 64GB) and a usb 3.0 version, other than that, its perfect.
Brian_B@NCIX
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Review Date: 02/21/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:None so far

Pros:Cheap!Decent LooksDecent speeds for the price
Comment:
This stick does everything I expect of it. Works good, not horribly slow, looks great.
Jim_A@NCIX
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Review Date: 02/12/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:none

Pros:Tiny size for decent capacity.Good price on sale and with free shipping.5 year warranty - and Kinston drives have worked great for me and many others.
Comment:
I'm pleased with the value. I've been very pleased with all of the Kingston thumb drives, and this one seems fine. Generally people who use Kingston drives to carry around live Linux distros seem very pleased with reliability compared to some other brands. The main test will be how well it fares on a keychain - so the 5 year warranty is reasurring.
ladykilla@NCIX
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Review Date: 02/08/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:write speed for me is only 4mb/s with unstoppable copier from normal rotational hdd. took a long ass time to transfer 16gb.

Pros:Sleek and sealed brushed aluminium unibody is very nice design. Small and good looking like from future.
Comment:
Well i wrote all my review text up there. 30 words or more? ok heres some words, this product is good however it is slow write speed in my opinion. It may vary as all usb drives do with build quality and also the pc its plugged into (i have not tried more than 1 pc)It does look great though. I have other usb drives which are faster but i purchased this for 6.99 on sale so really you cant beat it for sheer looks alone.
john_p@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 02/02/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:can die at any time, never trust 100%

Pros:Kingston, the name speakes for it self, well built reliable units
Comment:
Kingston, the name speakes for it self, well built reliable unitscon: can die at any time, never trust 100%great for useing as a boot drive with all the suppory drives & progams. If I in something portable for movies or photes I go with a small hard drive
jtan@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 01/27/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:none so far

Pros:Got 2 of these at $6.99Small enough to put on key chain. Metal more durable.
Comment:
Be careful when pulling it out to avoid scratches.
LaymanTech@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 01/25/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:Poor write speeds.

Pros:Small, sleak, but study design. Good read speeds.
Comment:
According to Atto, read speed hits its prime at 32KB, at around 20 MB/s. This just barely eeks the read speed over from "average" to "good".Write speed hits its prime at 16KB, at around 5.3MB/s, for a rating of "poor".This makes this drive suitable for an OS-install or diagnostic tools drive, where only the initial use is slow, but as a 16GB transfer medium it may be painful.Due to $6.99 price at time of purchase, though, this drive gets a solid four stars.
Zan_W@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 01/19/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:Slow

Pros:Slim, Cheap, Compact
Comment:
Got it for $6.99, a very good usb flash drive with your car keys.Easy to keep and carry all the time, if you have some programs you need to use every day, this is the usb flash drive you should get. Very small.
Christopher_N@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 01/16/13
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:Small

Pros:Small and light
Comment:
Works great nice finish just dont loose them
christian_d@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 12/15/12
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:Slow transfer speed (read/write)

Pros:Small, slick, good looking, solid
Comment:
It is so small, I'm scare I might lose it or swallow it...It is solid, the metal casing is robust. It look good, the metal casing give it a slick look.
Danny_S@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 12/15/12
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:can easily get lost if you don't put it on a key chain or attach it to something as such

Pros:build quality is really good
Comment:
i am so surprised at how small this thing is. i looked at it here on NCIX' website and thought it would be a normal sized usb drive...but its soo small! smallest usb drive ive seen in my life! its read/write speeds are a little slow (not because of USB 2.0) but its still usable and a good drive overall.
AceOnRiv@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 12/08/12
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:nothing

Pros:nice designgood lookingpractical
Comment:
metal casing is really slick! very sweet deal and 16gb is a lot, im still having trouble filling it up!
Rajesh_A@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 12/07/12
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:Slow speed but bad enough to reject

Pros:SmallThinKeychainGood looking
Comment:
This is the 2nd USB I bought since I liked the first one so much. Speed might not be the greatest but it looks good and very slim.
Henry_C@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 12/07/12
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:slow

Pros:Cheap, metal casing, hole for key ring
Comment:
I like the simple design and nice build quality. Although it is slow but it won't stop me to buy again. And I like that Kingston does not put the uDrive software in this drive.
kmx5452@NCIX
Rating:

Review Date: 11/26/12
Kingston DTSE9H/16GBZ 16GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler SE9 Metal Casing
Cons:Could be a bit faster, but for the price, it's good value.

Pros:Very nifty design.
Comment:
From my experience, Kingston drives are always solid.
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