Final Thoughts
It’s great to see Corsair morph the Padlock drive and Flash Voyager drive into 1 drive. Not only do you get the 256-bit AES encryption from the padlock system you also get great protection from pretty much anything with the Voyager design. The Voyager was one of my favorite drives and the new Padlock 2 is most likely going to be my primary USB flash drive from now on. Also if something crazy does happen to the drive it does have a 10 year warranty.
The Padlock system is very easy to use as you saw on the second page of this review. Each pin you set can be 4-10 digits long. The pin can easily be changed and you can also set a master pin in case you give this drive to someone to use and they forget their pin. Say you do forget your pin, don’t worry the drive won’t become a paperweight. You can reset the drive by pressing the Key and 0/1 at once then pressing 9-1-1 into the keypad. If you do this all data on the drive will be lost though.
Corsair only offers this in an 8GB version; many people may wonder why there are not larger capacities available. This drive is made to secure important documents and data, which usually is not that big. Remember that 8GB will fit 2,000 MP3’s. No word yet if there will be larger capacities available of the Padlock 2 in the future.
The Padlock 2 can be found only for around $55 at my favorite online retailer. Overall ThinkComputers gives the Corsair Flash Padlock 2 8GB USB Flash Drive a 9 out of 10 score and our Recommended Award!
Pros:
– Basically indestructible!
– Padlock system is very easy to use
– 256-bit AES encryption
Cons:
– Only available in an 8GB version
That padlock USB is great! It is cold and water resistant making the most durable USB ever.
TrueCrypt enables you to encrypt an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys.
I think it’s a littble bit expensive.
When I compared the price to other keypad lock USB drives out there, their price is pretty competitive. Saw that Apricorn had come out with similar type of item, but not sure of price.
I’ve been busting my hump trying to find a lanyard for my new corsair USB 3.00 32gb survivor – can’t find them anywhere though. Any advice anyone?