Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 128GB Flash Drive

About the Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3

One size, 128GB, is all Kingston offers here, with a black sliding cap over the USB-A plug. You can plug it into USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 ports, and on USB 3.0 Kingston rates reads at up to 100 MB/s, so pulling files off it to your computer goes quickly.

Writes are the catch. Kingston rates them at up to 10 MB/s, a tenth of the read speed, so filling the drive with a large photo or video library takes a long while. You will get the most from it with files you copy once and open many times.

Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 is part of the EasyFlash range, on the USB-A thumb drives shelf.

How long 10 GB takes

USB 2.0 stick, 30 MB/s5.6 min

This drive, 100 MB/s1.7 min

Reading a 10 GB folder off the drive at the maker's top read speed. Writing to a flash drive is slower: this one is rated up to 10 MB/s for writes.

PlugUSB-A
Capacities128GB
InterfaceUSB 3.0
Read speedup to 100 MB/s
Write speedup to 10 MB/s
Formslide-out plug

Questions

What EasyFlash shoppers ask about the Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3

Which of your devices will the Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 plug into?

The Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 has one plug, made for the rectangular USB-A port of a desktop, most laptops made before 2020, a TV or a car stereo. Anything without that port needs an adapter.

How many of your photos fit on the Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3?

The 128GB Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 holds roughly 29,760 phone photos at 4 MB each, or about 6 hours of 4K phone video.

How fast will the Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 copy your files?

Kingston rates the DataTraveler 100 G3 at up to 100 MB/s for reading and 10 MB/s for writing, so a 10 GB folder comes off it in about 1.7 minutes on a USB 3 port. In an older USB 2.0 port the DataTraveler 100 G3 drops to that port's 30 to 40 MB/s.