Well in 2009 I was in the need of a storage device which would store my important data and would be helpful in transferring bulk files from one PC to Another. So I looked at the market and only found pendrive and mmc with just 8gb of maximum capacity. And 16GB wer new at the market, but price wer equal to Gold. 16 GB pendrives wer available for 6000 rupees.
So I asked my Uncle who was working in United States that he would help me get one from US, becoz I heard in US 32GB pendrives wer out and prices wer pretty cheap there.
So, I asked my uncle to buy one, And he purchased a brand new Kingston DT-101 32GB purple color Flash Drive and gave it me a a month later. The Price is - 3200 rupees.
Its 2015 and still the pendrive is working awesome without any problems.
Pendrives speeds are pretty low - just about 4 to 6 MB/s. But pendrive Built quality is much better. The pendrive is made with a transparent plastic body with a cover-able over revolving metal case.
Its a usual plug and play device.
The only fear I had was Warranty. Becoz since its purchased from US, I has doubt that the warranty will be valid in India or not. Warranty period was 3 yrs and thankfully the pen drive is still working nice.
PROS -
1) Built quality is good.
2) Pen drive has long life.
3) Three yrs International Warranty.
4) Compatible with 2.0 or 3.0 USB.
CONS -
1) Transfer speeds are between low to worst. Just about 4 to 6 mb/s
2) Not that compact. Little bulkier.
Now the Same pendrive is available for just around Rs.700 to 900 in india.
And this Pendrive is very recommended to buy.
Overall, Kingston pendrives are recommended to buy.
The main Parallel competition of Kingston in Sandisk. I too own about 2 Sandisc pendrive in good condition and over 7 yrs old.