LaCie IamaKey (8GB)

• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 16 reviews
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• 1 stars

  never buy! dies after few months

  by bullhead242 on June 25, 2010

  Pros: loved the metal casing and the form factor. most importantly, it could stay with my keys and never fall off, have the key-ring-connector break, etc.

  Cons: everything else. slow, and dies without warning.

  Summary: lost the cap pretty much immediately, not a big deal. the data transfer speeds are quite slow, almost down to USB 1.1 levels. most importantly, they die without warning, ...

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  Summary: lost the cap pretty much immediately, not a big deal. the data transfer speeds are quite slow, almost down to USB 1.1 levels. most importantly, they die without warning, and without cause.
  
  I owned one of these drives, and used it at work fairly regularly, but i wouldn't say excessively. my first one died after a few months, but i figured i had done something to it, spilled something on my keys, dropped it too many times, something. loved the metal and the key shape, so i bought another.
  
  one day, i'm trying ot move some files from my laptop to my playstation and my laptop stops recognizing the drive. move it to another slot, try it in the playstation and another desktop, still nothing. the drive become a paperweight, while i was using it, with no apparent provocation.
  
  needless to say, i will not be buying another Lacie product.

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  4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 1 stars

  DON'T BUY LACIE ALL THEIR DRIVES FAIL EARLY

  by dlim000 on October 4, 2010

  Pros: none, zip, nada!

  Cons: your drive will fail within 18 months. look on the net a research before you buy. you'll see!

  Summary: Lacie produces horrible products. if you value your data and don't want to spent over $1k in recovery look elsewhere

  Summary: Lacie produces horrible products. if you value your data and don't want to spent over $1k in recovery look elsewhere

  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 2 stars

  fails after a few months

  by mrdistortion on September 28, 2010

  Pros: slick looking, compact , large capacity

  Cons: failed after a few months and LaCie refuses to honor the warranty without a proof of purchase or the original packaging

  Summary: Do NOT buy this product. It's ridiculous for a company to expect customers to keep the packaging or proof of purchase. The fact I have the drive is proof ...

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  Summary: Do NOT buy this product. It's ridiculous for a company to expect customers to keep the packaging or proof of purchase. The fact I have the drive is proof enough, isn't it? I never had this problem with any other flash drives.

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  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 1 stars

  sooooo slowwwww.

  by seelos66 on August 1, 2010

  Pros: looks nice.

  Cons: speed, which is what file transfer is all about. this drive fails miserably

  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 1 stars

  Worse flash drive on the market

  by Philippemqt on June 8, 2011

  Pros: GOOD LOOKS

  Cons: Looks like a good idea, but this is the worse flash drive you can buy. I bought 2 Cie in 3 months. They get damaged very easily. The first one peeled off in half after 3 months and the second one stop working all together without warning a week later. Not

  Summary: Very disappointing - get damaged - stop working without warning - not worth the risk

  Summary: Very disappointing - get damaged - stop working without warning - not worth the risk

  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 1 stars

  Clever but worthless

  by irathke on June 8, 2011

  Pros: Fits nicely on key ring. Convenient.

  Cons: Expensive. Didn't last long. Can't reformat. Dead.

  Summary: I wouldn't buy this since it is expensive and lasted about a month past warranty.

  Summary: I wouldn't buy this since it is expensive and lasted about a month past warranty.

  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 8 stars

  LaCie Key is easy to carry

  by Jordon Berkove on June 8, 2011

  Pros: Easy to carry.

  Cons: Need to use USB extension as the weight of my keys causes bending if shoved in the back of a customers PC.
  I believe the cause of breakage is flexing of the end that you push in causes PC board damage. WARRANTY IS RIDICULOUS

  Summary: A redesign would take care of this issue

  Summary: A redesign would take care of this issue

  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Best USB 2.0 keychain drive on the market, period.

  by revdrmr on November 2, 2010

  Pros: I think it?s a great product, a USB drive that doesn?t break off your keychain, isn?t so big it gets in the way and most importantly reasonably priced.

  Cons: That cap to cover the connectors is worthless. I marked off half a star from this product for the sole reason of a company creating unnecessary waste. We even bet how long it would take to lose it, less than 2 minutes after unpacking the product.

  Summary: Some of these reviews complain about their thumb drives going bad in 18 months??? Whatever, I guess I?d rather have a failed drive that is still readable that than ...

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  Summary: Some of these reviews complain about their thumb drives going bad in 18 months??? Whatever, I guess I?d rather have a failed drive that is still readable that than loose it or have to replace it every 3 months. In my opinion, if you want speed get a USB 3.0 or eSATA storage device. If you want security and the ability to be hack proof, get an IronKey. If you need bigger size get a portable magnetic disk harddrive like a WD Passport. This device is for people that want to carry common, unsecure files with them, that?s what I need it for. If it fails it fails, it?s a single media storage device. As a system administrator I know enough not to store things that are important and secure on a device that can fit in my pocket and be easily lost or broken.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Works great!!

  by ComputerGuy2020 on May 28, 2010

  Pros: Its metal. It wont break off my key chain like all the others have. Its kinda cool..."geek". Its pretty fast.

  Cons: I ran out of space already LOL. Nothing bad to say.....

  Summary: I am an IT guy. I go through flash drives like crazy and can say this is the only one that I have not had to replace in a month. ...

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  Summary: I am an IT guy. I go through flash drives like crazy and can say this is the only one that I have not had to replace in a month. Where is the 64gb gold version?

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 2 stars

  Durable but extremely slow

  by charnish on March 23, 2010

  Pros: I liked that it is on my key ring, so when I leave it in the back of a client's computer and get to my car and can't find my keys, I suddenly realize that I left the drive with my keys in the back of some computer.

  Cons: It seemed to work well when I first bought it, but now it is so slow!!!
  When I click on it to open it, it can take up to a minute to show it's contents. Read speed varies, but can be as slow as a few KB/sec.

  Summary: It is too slow to be useful and must be replaced.

  Summary: It is too slow to be useful and must be replaced.

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