Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C 256GB Flash Drive

About the Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C

A phone with a USB-C port and a desktop with only USB-A slots can share the same 256GB of files on this Kingston drive. Both plugs sit on a single small body, so you move photos off an Android phone and onto a computer without hunting for a cable.

Kingston rates reads at up to 200 MB/s over USB 3.2 Gen 1. It quotes no write speed, so copies onto the drive can take longer than the read figure suggests. The size is fixed at 256GB. The color is fixed too, purple and silver, which keeps your choice simple.

Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C is part of the EasyFlash selection, on the USB-C and dual 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 + USB-C
Capacities256GB
InterfaceUSB 3.2 Gen 1
Read speedup to 200 MB/s

Questions

What EasyFlash shoppers ask about the Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C

Which of your devices will the Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C plug into?

The Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C carries two plugs: one for the rectangular USB-A port of a desktop, most laptops made before 2020, a TV or a car stereo, and one for the small oval USB-C port of a newer laptop, an Android phone, an iPad or an iPhone 15 or later.

How many of your photos fit on the Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C?

The 256GB Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C holds roughly 59,520 phone photos at 4 MB each, or about 11 hours of 4K phone video.

How fast will the Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C copy your files?

Kingston rates the DataTraveler microDuo 3C 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 microDuo 3C drops to that port's 30 to 40 MB/s.