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Mar 31st, 2022 9:30 am

redflagdealsguy [OP]: Deal Expert; Feb 24, 2018; 24965 posts; 32869 upvotes

Mar 31st, 2022 9:30 am

[Amazon.ca] Samsung BAR Plus 256GB High Speed USB 3.1 Flash Drive - $39.99

Deal Link:: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07BPKL2D2/
Price:: 39.99
Retailer:: Amazon.ca

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Samsung BAR Plus 256GB USB 3.1 Flash Drive Titan Gray (MUF-256BE4/AM)

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$39.99

Great price for a miniature high speed Keychain USB.

God bless, Gentlemen.

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Mar 31st, 2022 9:47 am

JustAUsername: Member; Oct 12, 2020; 303 posts; 387 upvotes

Mar 31st, 2022 9:47 am

Is this good for a Tesla dashcam? It looks the same as the one Tesla gives but without the Tesla logo.

Does anyone know if the Tesla one was made for continuous recording or is it the same as this?

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Mar 31st, 2022 10:15 am

xtrmDeals: Deal Addict; Oct 14, 2017; 1651 posts; 2603 upvotes; Kingston

Mar 31st, 2022 10:15 am

I have this one. I like the speeds. Does get warm though. Then again, many of these drives tend to get warm on high speeds.

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Mar 31st, 2022 10:24 am

ashvagan: Newbie; Sep 21, 2011; 42 posts; 37 upvotes; Ajax

Mar 31st, 2022 10:24 am

One of the answers to questions

A: There are so many factors which determine the read and write speeds of a USB drive. I have a high-end desktop computer with 3.2 USB capability, 64GB high-speed RAM, a high-speed bus and solid state drives. 400mb/s is a bizarre claim. On my system the Samsung Bar produced a READ speed of 285.27MB/s. That is pretty close to the 300MB/s advertised. (Amongst the fastest of the 3.1 and 3.2 drives I have tested.) However, what they fail to disclose is their dastardly slow WRITE speed. The WRITE speed tested out at just 63.39MB/s. (By far the slowest of the 3.1 and 3.2 class drives I have tested.) In my opinion WRITE speed is equally important, although never as fast as READ speed. There are better options out there.

Mar 31st, 2022 10:33 am

takitoes: Member; Sep 23, 2018; 234 posts; 204 upvotes

Mar 31st, 2022 10:33 am

JustAUsername wrote: ↑ Is this good for a Tesla dashcam? It looks the same as the one Tesla gives but without the Tesla logo.

Does anyone know if the Tesla one was made for continuous recording or is it the same as this?

Its more then fast enough, but not a high endurance drive. Will do the job fine but regular use will eat into lifespan of the drive.
The easiest way to get high endurance portable storage is one of the pro series sd or microsd cards and an adapter.

Something like this:
https://www.amazon.ca/SanDisk-High-Endu ... 261&sr=8-4

Mar 31st, 2022 10:43 am

KipiChii: Jr. Member; Nov 22, 2016; 122 posts; 144 upvotes

Mar 31st, 2022 10:43 am

JustAUsername wrote: ↑ Is this good for a Tesla dashcam? It looks the same as the one Tesla gives but without the Tesla logo.

Does anyone know if the Tesla one was made for continuous recording or is it the same as this?

This looks to be the same drive that comes with new Tesla deliveries, just Tesla branding vs Samsung branding.

Grabbed 2, thanks OP

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Mar 31st, 2022 10:45 am

OneAndTrueHeir: Deal Addict; Jan 31, 2018; 1147 posts; 2043 upvotes; Winnipeg

Mar 31st, 2022 10:45 am

I paid $31 for the 128 Gb just a couple of weeks ago. Read speeds hit 360 Mb/s, but write is generally under 100 Mb/s. Gets pretty warm.

Those are just nitpicks though, this is a great deal!

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Mar 31st, 2022 10:48 am

infamousdealer: Sr. Member; Nov 16, 2012; 675 posts; 185 upvotes; VANCOUVER

Mar 31st, 2022 10:48 am

Shouldn't these all be usb-c now?

Mar 31st, 2022 10:51 am

Anubseran: Newbie; Apr 2, 2019; 86 posts; 170 upvotes

Mar 31st, 2022 10:51 am

JustAUsername wrote: ↑ Is this good for a Tesla dashcam? It looks the same as the one Tesla gives but without the Tesla logo.

Does anyone know if the Tesla one was made for continuous recording or is it the same as this?

I don't know this model (btw $40 is a very very good deal) but I used to have a Samsung Duo Plus as my dashcam/music drive on my Model Y. It only lasted few months and its speed dropped to an unusable level.
I'm now using a 500gb Samsung T5 SSD.

Mar 31st, 2022 10:52 am

redflagdealsguy [OP]: Deal Expert; Feb 24, 2018; 24965 posts; 32869 upvotes

Mar 31st, 2022 10:52 am

ashvagan wrote: ↑ One of the answers to questions

It's well known the writes aren't super fast, but they're fast enough for most users.

There are too many pluses to skip this drive, I've given it to a few employees to put on their keychain.

The writes are at least 6 to 8 times faster than an average USB 3.0 thumb drive.

Great overall device.

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Mar 31st, 2022 10:52 am

OneAndTrueHeir: Deal Addict; Jan 31, 2018; 1147 posts; 2043 upvotes; Winnipeg

Mar 31st, 2022 10:52 am

infamousdealer wrote: ↑ Shouldn't these all be usb-c now?

How would that even work given the form factor? The whole point of this particular product (for me at least) is the tough casing, with no exposed connector, no moving parts and no cap. A USB-C connector would either have to be retractable, poking out, or have a cap.

USB-A is still ideal for thumb drives like this.

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Mar 31st, 2022 10:53 am

82: Deal Guru; Mar 28, 2006; 11891 posts; 2684 upvotes

Mar 31st, 2022 10:53 am

If you care about endurance, get the Sandisk High Endurance Max (pMLC) which in theory should provide significant longer write cycle than the High Endurance (TLC).

takitoes wrote: ↑ Its more then fast enough, but not a high endurance drive. Will do the job fine but regular use will eat into lifespan of the drive.
The easiest way to get high endurance portable storage is one of the pro series sd or microsd cards and an adapter.

Something like this:
https://www.amazon.ca/SanDisk-High-Endu ... 261&sr=8-4

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