Some PNY drives have a plastic usb connector. Is this one metal?
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It appears that it is metal, but it's sealed in the box and I don't want to open it to ruin the package. Any other questions?
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I am not 100% certain. I got this but it did not last long as family scoffed it. I am pretty sure it was metal.
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None. They are Seagate 1 Terabyte Enterprise Drives. Enterprise drives are designed to last quite a bit longer MTF than a standard non-ES drive.
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The USB is crap plastic. No metal in it. Their cigarette lighter power output is chrome metal. Get this one: Kuryakyn Electrical Power Point 1-1/4" Handlebars 1476Use a USB with it, you won't regret it. There a few different versions, get the right size for your handlebars.
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PNY Attache 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive P-FD8GBATT2-EF (Black/Blue) This link looks close to what i currently use. i purchased a PNY flash drive from best-buy (to test out, return policy if it does not work), and it works fine. I put my gamesaves/patches in and a few xbla games. No problems. I would use these till the "official" ones drop the absurd price tag.
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It's plastic. I wouldn't recomend this drive. Many many people are having them fail and lose all data.
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Yes, not metal, but works fine. But don't buy any other connectors, for example "People who bought this also bought..." and they show you a brass hose connector, I bought it, it didn't fit, my bad, so I have another connector in my plumbing tool kit!!
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The body of this flash drive is metallic, so you would expect it would conduct heat more than flash flash made out of plastic. This does not affect the data on flash drive.
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When in use my Mac reads that I unpluged or remover the drive without ejecting the drive first. In fact what is happening the CHEAP plastic usb housing is so lose that it slips and disconnects witch tell the computer that I unplugged it or did not eject it before ejecting it. It momentarily unmounts the quickly mounts aging,, unfortunately you lose the data you were transferring. Best to spend a few $$ and get something with a metal usb mount.
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yes it uses usb but not gold plated its just a regular silver looking usb connection
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I am not sure and this is difficult to test. There are plastic shields that cover each end of the drive and in order to connect one, you have to slide it back and it covers the other, so it would be difficult to connect both ends. You would be better off with a micro USB to USB cable that costs $2.00.
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The one I received in October is plastic sandwiching plastic. However, it has been a good drive (at least the second one was), albeit expensive given the material.
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It is metal, but thin. It was strong enough for 6 keys, 1 regular and 5 small cart lock ones. I really liked this but like the other reviewer who answered below, the connection is what broke on mine, not the cable itself.
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I ordered a portable external hard drive that uses a USB. Do not know what you a referring to.
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I would compare this drive to the current one you own. If the size or type of connector is different then that it's where your problem lies
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Yes, I found some on amazon at The Garment Rack store. It's called Wire Cube Plastic Connector Set.
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No, it's plastic. Strong ? I don't think you could call it strong. In and out of a pocket or purse time and time again, I would expect it or any other Thumb drive to break over time. It has an aluminum body, it's fast, but strong ? No
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EC2. The plastic part is male; the metal connection is female. I hope that wasn't too confusing....