Lexar Jump Drive Goes Swimming
I have an old Lexar jump drive, 256MB total storage. I bought it for a $40 when it first came out to replace an old 128MB drive. I didn’t think it could get better than 256MB in my pocket.
As technology advanced and prices drop I replaced my old Lexar jump drive with a 2 Gigabyte jump drive from Sony for a small fee of $20. Well this drive lasted about 2 months before crapping out. So now I’m back to the old standby, the Lexar with 256MB of storage.
not one, not two but three, count them, three loads in the washer.
Well I lost the Lexar, I just couldn’t find the thing. I looked all over the house to no avail. Then I remembered it was in my pocket of my jeans which had gone through the two cycles in the dryer. I figured it was fried, but it wasn’t because it never made it to the dryer. It had fallen out in the washer and gone through not one, not two but three, count them, three loads in the washer.
I found it in the bottom of the washer when transferring the wash. Now I should have mentioned that the little light had fallen out. So when I picked it up, a little water exited from the open hole in the plastic. I assumed that all was lost.
I dried it with a paper towel and plugged it in. All data was corrupted, jpegs didn’t display right, PDFs were not readable. I lost everything. I put the drive on the table and forgot to throw it out. The next day, I plugged it in again. Everything was there, in all its glory. It dried overnight and worked great. Now my friends that is a quality product. Lexar I tip my hat to you.
Dan I’ve washed a few thumb drives and if you let them dry for a day they seem to always work again.
Comment by Steve — May 4, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
I had a similar experience with a 512 mb Lexar (the lime green one); however, mine went through wash and dryer (!) and worked just fine. The light didn’t even fall out, and all the data was still there, untouched, even thought the cap had come off. Go Lexar!
Comment by Brownie — September 26, 2008 @ 12:09 pm