New fast USB drive from Corsair: Flash Voyager GT

Memory specialist Corsair has launched the Flash Voyager GT range of USB drives, which it says deliver 34Mbytes/s read speed and writes at 28Mbyte/s.

Each Flash Voyager GT features interleaved, hand-selected NAND flash memory that together with an advanced controller delivers file transfer up to 5X faster than typical USB drives Corsair says. Examples of file size transfer speed comparisons are:

Capacity
20 office files
(1.06MB): less than one second

60 pictures
(279MB): 17 seconds

One movie
(1.63GB): 82 seconds

Flash Voyager GT


The drives come in 2, 4 and 8GB sizes with 10 year warranty and on-demand customer support. They retail for:

US$29.99 (2GB Flash Voyager GT / part number CMFUSB2.0-2GBGT)
US$59.99 (4GB Flash Voyager GT / part number: CMFUSB2.0-4GBGT)
US$119.99 (Flash Voyager GT 8GB / part number: CMFUSB2.0-8GBGT)

All prices MSRPs.

Other features include rubber housing that's water-resistant and provides shock protection; bundled TrueEncrypt software that can encrypt files with 256-bit strength AES. USB extension cable provided.