I need a load of memory sticks

[Little-Miss]

lol, i never noticed..

 

I've just been in touch with a company that prints logos on them and stuff....which i thought was pretty cool (excuse earlier ramblings).

 

I showed them the price that Aria had them at and the reply was...

 

"At £3.30 to include VAT they must be selling recycled memory which is something you do not want. We sell Grade A or Grade B USB 2.0."

 

Is this really a problem?

[Dos_Box]

Remember, The USB Company sponsor on here too. Give them a shout.

 

promotional usb | branded usb | usb sticks | custom usb | cheap usb | printed usb | personalised usb | logo usb | usb memory sticks | usb flash drive

[tmcd35]

lol, i never noticed..

 

"At £3.30 to include VAT they must be selling recycled memory which is something you do not want. We sell Grade A or Grade B USB 2.0."

 

Is this really a problem?

 

Got to admit, I've never heard of recycled memory before.

 

I've now got this image in my mind... A workhouse of children in China all unsoldering (can you even do that?) memory chips test and resoldering them onto fresh circuit boards.

 

Also the idea of 'Grade A' or 'Grade B' memory worries me some what. "Oh that memorys Grade B, If your unlucky enough to need to store data in this part of the memory array - well don't that's all I'm saying!?!"

[Tony_Mc]

I gete kingston for 2.90, i doubt they use recycled memory.

[MK-2]

I too am looking at getting in bulk memory sticks, and the ability to have them with the school logo would be a bonus.

Little-Miss: which company were you speaking to about branding them and how much per stick was it costing?

[Tony_Mc]

I know i keep banging on about kinston but thats all we use here, you can get them logo'd but i think you have to order quite a few to get this done.

[MK-2]

we're probably looking at 100 x 2gb or 4gb. doesn't even have to be fancy, just the school name and address would be useful.

would be amazingly useful if we could have individually branded ones with teacher initials but maybe im just wanting the moon on a stick

[Little-Miss]

Erm someone, sorry whoever it was, mentioned them on this thread earlier...

 

Custom USB Flash Drives and Memory Sticks. Bulk and Promotional. 1gb | 2gb | 4gb | 8gb.

 

They quoted..(i asked for cheapest lol! Not spending my budget on something they are gonna lose!)

 

Standard Drives (Moak, Twister, Chip, Clip, Union, Trend, Task, Pod, Power, Popular, Ranger, Summit, Client, Material, Jock, Bulb, Bell, Domino, Light, Wristband)

 

50 x 2GB USB Flash Drives @ £4.85 per unit +VAT

 

Prices include;

 

· Free printing of your logo or any wording (up to 4 spot colours)

· Free neck strap or key ring

 

Which i feel is pretty good, but i kinda feel fobbed off with the "recycled memory" lol...(glad im not the only one that hasn't heard of that)

[Little-Miss]

Remember, The USB Company sponsor on here too. Give them a shout.

 

promotional usb | branded usb | usb sticks | custom usb | cheap usb | printed usb | personalised usb | logo usb | usb memory sticks | usb flash drive

 

Ok Dos_Boss will look now!

[Tony_Mc]

aaahhh

 

confidential infomation on a memory stick with a school name.

 

I await that one in the papers!

 

;);)

[Little-Miss]

Well that's what i was mumbling about earlier..

[Tony_Mc]

http://www.pets-warehouse.com/pic-s/SZMZM42.jpg

 

potential with this thread....

[sidewinder]

lol, i never noticed..

 

I've just been in touch with a company that prints logos on them and stuff....which i thought was pretty cool (excuse earlier ramblings).

 

I showed them the price that Aria had them at and the reply was...

 

"At £3.30 to include VAT they must be selling recycled memory which is something you do not want. We sell Grade A or Grade B USB 2.0."

 

Is this really a problem?

 

lol...at a guess I would just say that cant compete, as Aria can buy in such enourmous bulk and they obviously cant so they're trying to scare you off

If the Aria ones are branded they'll be exactly the same as any others

 

Sometimes is better to pay a bit more and support a smaller business though

[Little-Miss]

would be amazingly useful if we could have individually branded ones with teacher initials but maybe im just wanting the moon on a stick

 

Well actually, the USB Company which dos_box mentioned ealier does do individual printing, 90p each onto i think.

 

I've had some info off them, forgot to name drop though! I think they are slightly more expensive, whereas the other custom company offered free keyrings and lanyards these charge 10p and 15p each.

 

Delivery will be £15 for 50, didnt check the other company though.

[jamin100]

Just had a flyer in my pigeon hole today from a company selling memory sticks and one that has caught my attention is the Integral Crypto.

 

http://www.integralmemory.com/prodimages/91/CryptoL.jpg

 

Here's the spec:

 

The Integral Crypto Drive offers Premium AES 256 bit Security and is the most secure and durable of all Integral USB Flash Drives available.

Capacities available: 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB

 

The Integral Crypto Drive is one of the most secure USB Flash Drives available today

 

Sensitive data stored on the Crypto Drive cannot be compromised in the event of the loss or theft of the Flash Drive

 

With its rugged design, military level security and intelligent software, the Crypto Drive is the ideal choice for secure data storage

 

Military Level Security – AES 256 bit hardware encryption. Mandatory encryption of all files (100% privacy)

 

Secure Entry - Data cannot be accessed or removed without the correct high strength 6-16 character password

 

Brute-force Password Attack Protection – Data will be automatically erased after 6 failed access attempts and Drive reset

 

Personal ID Function (optional) – Contact details can be added so that Drive can be returned, whilst confidential data remains secure

 

Zero Footprint – No software installation required

 

Rugged Design - Steel inner casing and rubberised outer casing, designed to protect the data if dropped, crushed, splashed, or subjected to tampering attempts

 

Easy To Use - Pre-loaded user guide in 22 languages

 

System Requirements:

 

Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista

N.B. Crypto Drive is not Mac OS Compatible

 

Now these look pretty good to me and there considerably cheaper that the IronKey devices. The prices I have got are:

2GB - £13.95

4GB - £21.95

8GB - £28.95

 

Can any of the companies CPLTD, SCL or others beat these prices?

 

Has anyone got one of these drives? Are they any good?

Edited January 12, 2009 by jamin100

[timbo343]

Just had a flyer in my pigeon hole today from a company selling memory sticks and one that has caught my attention is the Integral Crypto.

 

http://www.integralmemory.com/prodimages/91/CryptoL.jpg

 

Here's the spec:

 

The Integral Crypto Drive offers Premium AES 256 bit Security and is the most secure and durable of all Integral USB Flash Drives available.

Capacities available: 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB

 

The Integral Crypto Drive is one of the most secure USB Flash Drives available today

 

Sensitive data stored on the Crypto Drive cannot be compromised in the event of the loss or theft of the Flash Drive

 

With its rugged design, military level security and intelligent software, the Crypto Drive is the ideal choice for secure data storage

 

Military Level Security – AES 256 bit hardware encryption. Mandatory encryption of all files (100% privacy)

 

Secure Entry - Data cannot be accessed or removed without the correct high strength 6-16 character password

 

Brute-force Password Attack Protection – Data will be automatically erased after 6 failed access attempts and Drive reset

 

Personal ID Function (optional) – Contact details can be added so that Drive can be returned, whilst confidential data remains secure

 

Zero Footprint – No software installation required

 

Rugged Design - Steel inner casing and rubberised outer casing, designed to protect the data if dropped, crushed, splashed, or subjected to tampering attempts

 

Easy To Use - Pre-loaded user guide in 22 languages

 

Now these look pretty good to me and there considerably cheaper that the IronKey devices. The prices I have got are:

2GB - £13.95

4GB - £21.95

8GB - £28.95

 

Can any of the companies CPLTD, SCL or others beat these prices?

 

Has anyone got one of these drives? Are they any good?

 

Do these have hardware encryption or are they still using software encryption?

[jamin100]

Do these have hardware encryption or are they still using software encryption?

 

Military Level Security – AES 256 bit hardware encryption. Mandatory encryption of all files (100% privacy)

 

Here's a link to Integral - Linky

[PeterW]

Secure Entry - Data cannot be accessed or removed

without the correct high strength 6-16 character

password

 

Intelligent Protection - Data will be automatically

erased after 6 failed access attempts. Drive is then

reset and can be re-used

 

Are these for teachers

[jamin100]

Are these for teachers

 

lol yeh.. 6 attempts . . . hmmm.

Well it would just be tough! lol

[timbo343]

Military Level Security – AES 256 bit hardware encryption. Mandatory encryption of all files (100% privacy)

 

Here's a link to Integral - Linky

 

Ah i missed that...

[timbo343]

I have got a few prices regarding the Integral crypto drive from a local company called ComCen (in leeds).

 

2GB = 15.15

4Gb = 19.95

8Gb = 27.55

 

Tim

[jamin100]

I've got a 4GB on order to test it out

[Ex-MGSTech]

At one school I worked in we used these guys to get a batch of sticks for each new year, all nicely branded and fairly well priced.

 

Seconded for these guys, we've had around 500 so far, we sell them to students VAT free.

 

Just had 4 gig at £5.75 branded with colour logo and same at 8gig for £10.95

 

Steve

[Little-Miss]

yeah i liked the look of that company too MGSTech. But unfortunately it now looks as if my budget has to be spent elsewhere....

If not i think my line manager quite liked the idea of them..

[takeware]

Hi

 

We had a look at the Integal drives a few weeks back - looking for good stuff at a good price we could recommend to schools - with the BECTA advice coming through.

 

The ones we evaluated were software encryption and required the user to have admin rights - which we thought would be inconvenient at the very least in most schools. We've since spoken to the Integal folks to check and they told us the software hasn't changed - so do take a look at a sample before you grab a pile I suggest (but if we're misinformed and they DO employ hardware encryption please let me know?)

 

Talking of which there was a good short article in the EduGeek Educate IT 2009.pdf that came out of BETT just recently on page 24 by Tony Sheppard (and find the url just now - will dig it out later) about what Becta are saying about encrypting flashdrives (amongst other things).

 

We are giving a lot of thought to how best to support schools by building in low cost encryption (good open source stuff) and making it easy to both use and enforce - as well as providing for 'Impact Level Labelling' and Compliance reports.

 

Since Becta clearly approve of TrueCrypt (as we do) were looking to see what we can do to offer support and perhaps help packages for the less well endowed (with tech skills I mean ;-))

 

Would be very interested if anyone has any thoughts - or a wish-list?

 

My point (at last) being that you might want to give some though about this and whether to hold off from buying too many of the unencrypted stuff as it could be that you end up replacing them in a few months time? Or retrofitting them with TrueCrypt or similar?

 

Just a thought.