This is a product specifically designed for the rough and rugged. If you are the type to throw your thumb drive around always having to replace it ever so often then you need to invest in a La Cie RuggedKey. This helps protect your thumb drive in case of falls which may damage your drive leaving you information less and one step behind.
Design and Features
The LaCie RuggedKey consists of two parts. The drive's chassis is a thin, P-shaped sliver of metal that sports a keychain ring on the upper right side. While this portion is fairly minimalist in appearance, the actual "rugged" component is a cylindrical bright orange rubber sleeve that slips on an off of the drive. The sleeve is designed to be used whenever the RuggedKey is transported and, conversely, must be removed for the drive to be plugged in. When sporting the sleeve, the RuggedKey is roughly the size of a shotgun shell, measuring 2.09 by .83 by 1.06 inches (HWD). While the rubber sleeve helpfully seals the RuggedKey off from water and temperature damage while also making it drop-resistant, the fact that it's removable means that it can easily be lost. Although the bright orange color makes it slightly easier to find if this is the case, it nonetheless constitutes a design flaw, as the RuggedKey isn't quite so rugged without its protective sleeve.
The LaCie RuggedKey consists of two parts. The drive's chassis is a thin, P-shaped sliver of metal that sports a keychain ring on the upper right side. While this portion is fairly minimalist in appearance, the actual "rugged" component is a cylindrical bright orange rubber sleeve that slips on an off of the drive. The sleeve is designed to be used whenever the RuggedKey is transported and, conversely, must be removed for the drive to be plugged in. When sporting the sleeve, the RuggedKey is roughly the size of a shotgun shell, measuring 2.09 by .83 by 1.06 inches (HWD). While the rubber sleeve helpfully seals the RuggedKey off from water and temperature damage while also making it drop-resistant, the fact that it's removable means that it can easily be lost. Although the bright orange color makes it slightly easier to find if this is the case, it nonetheless constitutes a design flaw, as the RuggedKey isn't quite so rugged without its protective sleeve.
Given its cylindrical shape, the RuggedKey
feels bulkier in the pockets that other comparable drives, with the exception
of the Duracell Rugged USB Drive (16GB). And the
bulkiness doesn't stop at your chinos. As a result of the drive's asymmetrical
P-shaped design, the slight protrusion on the side of the chassis crowds out
neighboring ports to the immediate right.
The RuggedKey is both Windows- and
Mac-compatible and offers 14.8GB of usable space out of the box since it comes
pre-loaded with some software. Among the included programs are LaCie's
proprietary Backup Software, a password protection program that utilizes
256-bit software encryption, MacFuse, and a free one-year subscription to Wuala
Online, LaCie's cloud storage program.
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