Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 32GB USB 3.0 DTU30/32GB Review

 

Review: Kingston DT Ultimate 3.0 32GB Reviewed by: Herbert Klausner Provided by: Kingston NL Model: Kingston DT Ultimate 3.0 (Kingston DTU30/32GB)

More and more new Laptops and Desktop PCs are equipped with the new USB 3 technology, so it’s time for us to look closer at devices that are supporting this new USB Superspeed standard. This time Kingston NL was kind enough to send us a review sample of their first USB 3 supporting flash memory drive, the Kingston Data Traveller Ultimate 3.0. The device is available with storage capacities of of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. In our review we use the 32GB version.

Kingston Technology Company Information

Kingston Technology was founded in 1987 and has its headquarters in Fountain Valley, California. Kingston offers more than 2,000 memory products that support nearly every device that uses memory, from computers, servers and printers to MP3 players, digital cameras and mobile phones.

If you would like to find out more about Kingston Technology, you can visit their website.

Now let’s take a look at the product and packaging.

Packaging – DT Ultimate 3.0

Box front

Box rear

 

What’s inside the box

Now it’s time to take a look at the content of the package.

The package contained the DT Ultimate flash drive itself, a y-cable for connecting the device to common USB 2 ports and a strap.

Now let’s take a look at the drive itself.

Drive top

On the top of this stylish but “bulky” drive we can see the name and the capacity of the device.  

Drive bottom

On the bottom of the drive, we can see the Kingston company name.

Now let’s head to the next page, where we look at the specifications.

 

• Features, specifications and USB3 recap