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Massive range of USB sticks to choose from

The storage capacities of USB flash drives just keeps rising and they are now available in sizes ranging from 2GB to 128Gb and even beyond to an incredible 1 terabyte. Most of us though will find drives between 4GB and 16GB ample for our needs.

What should I use a USB stick for?

A flash drive (also known as a USB stick) can store thousands of photos, songs and other media files. You can keep a full music collection on a single drive and copy it onto another device as back-up. In fact backing up files is one of the most popular uses for a flash drive. It is always a good idea to have extra copy of those important family photographs or important documents.

Memory sticks designs

USB flash drives are available in many different colours and can have either a cap or convenient retractable design. They can usually be attached to a key chain for safe keeping and can be different interfaces. USB sticks are almost like fashion accessories, yet still provide that all-important back-up despite the popularity of cloud services.

USB types

Flash drives will be either USB 2.0 or USB 3.0. 2.0 is the most common and the interface that most of us will have used. But the relatively recent addition of USB 3.0 has increased transfer speeds and a USB 3.0 drive can download data around ten times faster than a 2.0 device.

How much data can a USB Flash Drive hold?

This is a very popular question, and the answer is that it depends on the type of data stored and how bog those files are. However, you need a rough guide to what much you can store on a USB device so that you can buy one with the capacity you need. The average single PDF file is just 300 KBs. But PDFs are capable of being much larger than that, especially when we're talking about large documents.

USB sticks for music

Smaller drives, and by that we mean from 256MB to 512MB are probably all you need when it comes to storing your favourite music files. Most TVs and computers will play MP3 files directly from the USB drive, so no CD player is necessary. If you take a single MP3 audio file of 4MB, even a 128MB USB drive will hold 28 songs, which is about the equivalent of two albums. But if you want to go large, an 8GB will hold over 1800 songs, which is quite a lot.

USB sticks for video

Generally speaking, a one-hour MP4 video at 720p takes in the region of 1GB of memory. However, the amount of memory that even a relatively short video takes up can vary quite a lot. Ideally, you need to know about compressing video files so that they will not take up as much space. If you take a look online there are different tools which will show you how to reduce your MP4 file sizes without losing too much quality. USB 3.0 are recommended for storing video as they are ten times faster than USB 2.0 and start at 8GB which is a popular size for people who need video storage. For those who like to get into their own little world, there are also accessories such as USB headsets.

USBs for photographs

People who do lots of photography and want to store their images often purchase 2GB, 4GB and 8GB drives. But how many images do they hold? Well, the 2GB drive will hold over 1200 JPEG files, and 8GB will hold just under 5000 photographs.

Find your flash drives

With so many USB sticks to choose from it can be daunting to find the perfect one. To narrow your search you can use the filter functions on the left of the screen to search by brand, capacity and price. Order your USB flash drive today from Ebuyer.com for fast delivery direct to your door.

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