Kanguru FlashBlu30 – 16GB USB Flash Drive – Physical Write Protection Switch - Super Fast USB 3.0

This is the second write protect usb drive I’ve purchased, when you buy used computer equipment having your OS and Wiping software with write protection keeps the operating system files safe from virus and malware so one usb is to wipe used hard drives and the second is to reinstall the operating system, the way if the previous owner has virus or malware on the os then it can’t infect the usb drive so you know the systems darter than if you use any old usb drive. These are fast and decent quality USB drives and look nice also, it’s worth the extra cost for the peace of mine for write protect drives

I do computer repairs and can safely put these flash drive into other people's computers that may have malware installed because of the handy read-only switch. I cannot understand why there are so few of these available but, well done to Kanguru for producint hem.

I use this for taking software (especially anti-malware) to customers. Having it set to read only lets me plug in to customers PCs without fear of picking up something nasty. It's very well made.

A+

I was looking particularly for a USB 3.0 stick with physical write protect. There's not too many such devices on the market, I've managed to found only three and Kanguru seemed the best. However, I'm quite disappointed with the device quality, especially with the wrote protection switch. Well, let's start with the fact you receive a different device that presented on the picture attached to the offer. The difference is not substantial but clear - see the picture. I may be wrong but the one in the picture looks more solid that the one actually received. The device looks and feels like a cheap marketing no-name stick. In fact it is very likely it's one of them, as I have three exactly the same devices: one was indeed given me for free at some event while two others came with F-Response software. The cap is quite solid but unfortunately easily falls off the stick. Certainly it's not the quality one would expect from a drive priced much over its competitors. It looks we pay extra for the write-protection switch and that's probably the weakest point (!!!). It's way too lose and has no protection that would keep it in place to prevent unwanted position changes (and since it stand out from the casing, it's extremely easy to do so). It does the job, but that's all. You feel you've purchased the a temporary substandard solution. It may be just the one particular piece that I've received, but the impression is definitely negative. I guess I might have received a fake device as it differs from the one offered.

Seems to work well and is reasonably fast. The switch on the side is not very robust, but it does work.

Feels solidly built when inserting and removing from the USB port. The physical write-protect switch is useful for my purpose, which is why I got this.

I keep visiting many clients and did't want my drive to get corrupted by virus in their PCs. This is ideal. One issue is that the write-protect switch, which is projecting a little above the casing, can slide into write-enable position accidentally while inserting the drive in the USB slot. I have trimmed the switch slide height the same level as the case to avoid this. Now I have to use a ball pen tip to slide the switch - which is ok for me. The actual product colour is very pale blue - not the dark blue as shown in the picture.

I purchased the 8gb drive 6 years ago and it is still working strong (no issues). Nothing can be deleted, not even McAfee can erase a single file once the write protect switch is on. It's bookable, great for a diagnostic tool. That's why I bought this one. More storage and more diagnostic tools.

Perfecto, monto un sistema arranque externo al PC, con antivirus. Pongo el Switch en modo Read Only y así lo protejo de infecciones y, puedo limpiar virus de mis 3 ordenadores (sin Windows 11-25H2, funcionando; muy difícil de limpiar a fondo de virus..., de una intrusión que padecí....). Gracias a este especial Pen-drive, he logrado limpiar los virus. PRODUCTO PERFECTO.