SAMSUNGMUF-256AB/AM FIT Plus 256GB - 300MB/s USB 3.1 Flash Drive, Gunmetal Gray

I purchased both the 64GB and 128GB versions of these USB drives for use as Windows recovery drives, storing Macrium Reflect Windows PE environments, and saving Macrium drive images. Overall, they performed well in testing.I ran full CrystalDiskMark tests on all ten drives (five of each size), and results were consistent overall. The 64GB drives averaged around 150 MB/s read and 40 MB/s write, while the 128GB drives reached approximately 180 MB/s read and 60 MB/s write. All ten drives passed H2TestW with no errors, confirming their integrity. The 128GB drives handled large file transfers well, and none of the drives overheated or throttled during use.There were a couple of downsides. Two of the 64GB drives showed slight variations in write speeds—not a dealbreaker but worth noting. The biggest issue for me is their extremely compact size. While that makes them great for portability, they can be difficult to grip and remove, especially if used frequently. If size is a concern, I found case extensions for the FIT Plus available on the electronic bay that might help.If you need reliable, fast, and compact USB drives for backups, recovery tools, or general storage, these are a solid choice. Just be aware that the small size might not be for everyone.

The Samsung FIT Plus 256GB is a fantastic flash drive that delivers excellent performance in a compact form. It’s small, slim, and incredibly convenient, making it perfect for everyday use.One of the standout features is its impressive speed —it actually exceeded the advertised read speeds, providing quick and reliable data transfers. Whether you're backing up files, storing photos, music, or other data, this drive handles it all effortlessly. The 5-year warranty adds extra peace of mind, reinforcing its reliability.Overall, this is an outstanding USB drive that surpassed my expectations in every way. Its combination of speed, durability, and compact design makes it a great choice for anyone needing dependable portable storage.

Update 7/27/2020:I have continued to use the Samsung Fit USB 3.1 drives as my now "go to" flash drives of choice, I have purchased several of these in various sizes including 32GB, 64GB, 128 and even 256, (and more than 1 of each in most of these sizes). These drives have performed well in my vehicle, my laptop and most importantly my gaming desktop. In fact I have been able to play several older AAA (top rated graphics) games directly from these flash drives without any performance lag and actually performance increase in most cases, but a word of caution they DO GET HOT, like MOST flash media (including SSD drives) so I have found a way to manually "cool" my entire USB hub by using a cheap desktop fan purchased from Amazon! For all the people who say that these drives are cutting off and not being recognized, I restate my point above 1) heat from your usb hub or device "may" be the issue 2) You have to make sure that you have AT LEAST A USB 3.0 port or higher, most newer motherboards and even cars have this and some have USB 3.2 (blazing fast). 3) I have a much older gaming rig that is still amazingly going strong but I have updated it with USB 3.0 ports via a PC Express adapter (sold off Amazon). 4) If you are going to use these for a USB 2.0 port device or lower then just stick with a cheaper flash drive like Transcend or Sandisk that will probably actually perform better on an older (USB 2.0) device, and yes the write speed is about half as fast as the READ speed, I get about 190 MB read, and only about 50 MB write (Crystal Disk Mark), but that still smokes most older Hard Drives. Just my updated opinion!I bought this drive to use with a USB 3.0 port card installed on a older computer and as a supplement to another 32 GB Samsung Fit I was already using to speed up my system (Windows Readyboost). As long as you have USB 3.0 or 3.1 ports on your computer, or an adapter card installed you can get close to 200 Mb/s read speeds, using Crystal Disk Mark I got READ speeds at 189 mb/s and WRITE speeds at 46 Mb/s, (on PEAK Performance Test). mind you these speeds are still faster than my Seagate FireCuda Hybrid SSHD drive and any of my old WD classic hard drives (on my system ), but they wouldn't be faster than a built in SSD. As far as gaming I've been able to run most smaller games (less than 10 GB ) off of this drive no problem, this works well for many of those 2D and mini 3D games that you can find off the Steam Store and other places. However, I've tried to run some older AAA Title games like Far Cry off this drive and while it did load much faster than running it off my built in hard drive, it lead to game crashes and system reboots, but the problem could be that my Motherboard is to dated to handle those large data streams coming in from the PCI port ( its not even PCI 3.0 I think Installed USB 3.0 port, not built in). Overall though solid performance so far and with the faster speeds of these "cheap" USB drives as a gamer or maybe even some light video editing, these drives are a good alternative to eating up internal hard drive space! So far very impressed and so much that its convinced me to purchase a Samsung T5 external SSD, I definitely think SSD is the future of storage and with USB 3.1 Gen 2 the speeds are supposed to get ridiculous (side note) but I definitely think that these drives perform better for opening programs and doing gaming, and may be able to breathe life into an older system, providing you have at least USB 3.0, with 2.0 I wouldn't bother because the read and write speeds wouldn't show any major improvements.

This flashdrive has performed absolutely fine. It is nice to have a quality flashdrive that takes up no more space than a bluetooth dongle. Too often I've had flashdrives that had awkward shapes that prevented other items from being able to plug into USB ports adjacent to the one the flashdrive was in. That is absolutely not the case with this drive. It is particularly good for use with my laptop, as when it is plugged in there, it barely even sticks out of the edge of the laptop, so I don't have to worry about it accidentally snagging on something and getting pulled out like I've had happen with other, longer, more typical flashdrives. This purchase has been well worth the money.