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How do I buy a reliable affordable authentic USB flash drive?
Many of the people at this site clearly have much more experience with buying flash drives than I do and as the owner of two flash drives that did NOT stand the test of time, I'm looking for some advice on the best way of buying the right flash drives.
I think I want to steer away from anything coming from China - but not Taiwan - but don't know the nationality of most of the various manufacturers. I understand there are a LOT of fake USB drives that have far less capacity than they claim to have. I want something that will keep working for a long time. A light that tells me it is reading/writing would be nice but is not essential. I'd prefer a flash drive that does not have a cap which I can easily lose. I want USB 3.0 or better since both of my laptops have at least one 3.0 port and I know that a 3.x flash drive will work on a 2.0 port.
I am willing to buy at online stores. I'm in Canada and would strongly prefer to buy from a Canadian-based retailer but have no strong preferences for a specific retailer.
I'd welcome your suggestions.
I'm running Windows 10 Home, Version 21H2.