LaCie IAmAKey. No longer made. Current ones are made from aluminum and bend easily. Originals were stainless and rigid.
My 2006 one just died, and I’m so frustrated with the new ones. Fortunately they’re pretty cheap, so who cares.
Comment on I benchmarked 6 different metal USB sticks
BlueLineBae@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
My husband has had a metal USB stick that is shaped like a key and is very thin specifically for this purpose. I don’t know the brand as it’s not printed on it, but it’s lasted him a long time and I would assume it to win this contest by a landslide. Excellent analysis, very interesting!
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yep I had a couple aluminum ones, the 90 degree walls by the contacts would always bend inward to make a trapezoid ship on the connector instead of a rectangle and they sucked to try to bend back every time
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
They are usually no-name brand swag items
AsudoxDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I got that from my middle school. Mine is red.
SkidFace@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I have a few of these!
foggenbooty@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It would win the “will it fit nicely on a keychain” by a landsline.
However I doubt it would suit OP’s needs as the contacts are exposed so durability may be suspect, and seeing as it is generic I doubt the performance is up to his standards.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The contacts were surprisingly robust. Mine just died, sadly.
New ones are crappy knockoffs, but they’re cheap enough.
RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Enshittification strikes again!
Why sell customer one thing when you can make it shittier and they have to buy it again?