Kingston DataTraveler Micro 256GB Flash Drive

About the Kingston DataTraveler Micro

Tiny and all metal, the Kingston DataTraveler Micro barely sticks out of a laptop's USB-A port, so you can leave it in while you work. It holds 256GB in a silver shell, enough for a large photo library or a stack of work projects you carry between machines.

Kingston rates reads at up to 200 MB/s over USB 3.2 Gen 1 and gives no write figure. There is a single size and a single color, so your choice comes down to whether 256GB covers your files. It has no USB-C plug, and a laptop with only USB-C ports will need an adapter.

Kingston DataTraveler Micro is part of the EasyFlash range, on the mini and low-profile drives shelf.

How long 10 GB takes

USB 2.0 stick, 30 MB/s5.6 min

This drive, 200 MB/s50 s

Reading a 10 GB folder off the drive at the maker's top read speed. Writing to a flash drive is slower: the maker of this drive prints no write speed.

PlugUSB-A
Capacities256GB
InterfaceUSB 3.2 Gen 1
Read speedup to 200 MB/s
Formmetal body

Questions

What EasyFlash shoppers ask about the Kingston DataTraveler Micro

Which of your devices will the Kingston DataTraveler Micro plug into?

The Kingston DataTraveler Micro 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 Micro?

The 256GB Kingston DataTraveler Micro holds roughly 59,520 phone photos at 4 MB each, or about 11 hours of 4K phone video.

How fast will the Kingston DataTraveler Micro copy your files?

Kingston rates the DataTraveler Micro at up to 200 MB/s for reading, so a 10 GB folder comes off it in about 50 seconds on a USB 3 port. In an older USB 2.0 port the DataTraveler Micro drops to that port's 30 to 40 MB/s.