What the heck is up with those weird chinabrand USB flashes?

[Astraea Kisaragi]

Im in need of a new USB flash to backup my PSD files. I browsed trough Aliexpress just so, and there are loads of brands and they look all the same, like 3-4 different designs but dozens of different brands on them - Wansenda, Leizhan, Moweek, Suntrsi, -other weirds name come here-

Is the same crap made in same factory? Are they even reliable? Im also quite suspicious towards some of the branded there and on ebay, since they look kinda fake - especially the Transcends.

Any good tip for a 32/64GB 3.0/3.1?

[Seven7]

On ali, defective parts are sold from the same factories as original spare parts, sometimes they are repaired by hand, sometimes - the controller is reflashed to give out for a larger capacity model(fake)...
I do not understand why so "save on matches", and buy yourself additional problems?
buy transcend\kingston SDXC cards (any volume and quantity) + usb adapter = profit!

[Astraea Kisaragi]

Nah, I didn't really wanted buy cause my drawings are way too important to lose it on the bottom of some ching-cheng branded flash drive. It was more like a curiosity since there is so many of them and they are also sold quite well, mostly to russia or south america though (according user reviews)

I do have a external card reader shaped like a flash. Have seen some good deals on Samsung SDXC and Apacer 3.1 flash drives. 2€ more isnt worth for the trouble.

[Seven7]

Sarcasm is my another name . But as for the fake components, it's just an experience - google photos of fake gadgets made by Russian-language users "Chinese real-size flash drives" or "chinese external hdd" - sd card+reader+iron nuts - there are thousands of sites devoted to how to determine fakes, how to restore the original firmware and size, etc.

I've already stopped buying flash drives for several years, and I take Kingston \ Transcend SDXC (I already have a mini-reader) - I do not see any problems with them, (they are forged too, but fakes are better than Sony, A-Data, Apacer and others)

[Astraea Kisaragi]

I see. Yes I looked at Transcend too. Until now I had mainly Kingston and Emtec flash drives and SD cards. In my phone I have a Samsung.
ADATA I stopped to buy in general, I remember that Apacer used by good mid-2000, but I take your opinion as a fact.

[Seven7]

Just take it as granted that we live in a high-tech century, where can be forged not only items, but people (cloning)
Do not trust anyone you do not know personally (but they does not always have to be trusted - they can be genuinely wrong)
Forged all brands. One less, others more. And the quality of counterfeits is different: for example, they issue slow flash drives for high-speed ones and vice versa.

[Astraea Kisaragi]

Im thinking about Transcend. Appreantly some of the current cheaper Kingstons have some issues with slow memories. Seems Kingston now cheaps out also on USB flashes after their horrible V300 SSDs.

[Seven7]

Yes, Kingston is slower ... but more reliable, and it is forged a little less (in our region) than Transcend (but Transcend have good compact usb card reader)

[Astraea Kisaragi]

I ended up with a Transcend JetFlash 700.
Kingston G4 seems have some negative reviews about the used memory and Apacer, well its Apacer.

My hentai drawings are now safe.

[Seven7]

Hmm... I'm talk about something like MobileLite G4 \RDF5 +SDXC cards or MobileLite Duo 3C + microSDXC \UHS... you buy USB stick - they are all Phison controllers inside, no real difference