Memina Rocket

Special thanks to Newegg for providing the Memina Rocket drive for this roundup.


The Memina Rocket drive (not the Pocket Rocket) is the longest drive out of this roundup, but thanks to its plastic shell, it is no heavier than Kingston's DataTraveler Elite.

Like the DataTraveler Elite, the Rocket features a maximum capacity of 4GB, and is larger than most other drives. Despite its length, the Rocket is actually quite slender, but more important than its dimensions is the Rocket's USB cap. While most drives feature a removable USB cap, Memina's Rocket has a swinging cap that is physically attached to the drive. To reveal the USB connector, simply pull on the cover, rotate it 180 degrees, and you're ready for business.


The Memina Rocket actually uses four NAND flash devices in order to improve performance and allow for high capacity models. As an unfortunate result, the Rocket is a fairly long drive.

The beauty of Memina's design is that you have no cap to lose and the implementation on the Rocket still maintains a very solid build quality, unlike other designs that attempt to do something similar.

 Memina Rocket
Sizes Available 512MB - 4GB
Lanyard Included No
USB Extension Cable Included No
Data Encryption Yes (Windows only)
Password Protection Yes (Windows Only)
Secure + Public Partitions Simultaneously Accessible Yes
Flash Controller Costar/OTi OTi002165-G
Flash Memory Samsung K9F2G08U0M
Warranty Lifetime Limited

Lexar JumpDrive Lightning OCZ Rally
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  • LightRider - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    Page 22 Shikatronics Manhattan

    quote:

    The drive ships with a lanyard and a USB extension cable, which makes the cap issue less of a hindrance
    USB Extension Cable Included No
    Data Encryption No
  • LightRider - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    Of course I make an error in my post pointing out an error...
    quote:

    Lanyard Included No
    USB Extension Cable Included No
  • phisrow - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    I'm glad to have some idea about real world performance specs, to the degree that the volatility of the market allows that, of these drives. Any chance that this, or future, reviews of this kind could test making the drives bootable. Some are easy, some are impossible, and some need some real voodoo to get them working. I'd love to know which is which these days.
  • johnsonx - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    Page 13:

    "although, neither is obviously full-proof."
  • yacoub - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    "From top to bottom, a AA battery, Kingston DataTraveler II drive, Kingston DataTraveler Elite."

    No, not even close.
    Elite is on top, DT2 is next, AA battery next, and 9-volt battery on the bottom.
  • TheInvincibleMustard - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    C'mon, I soooo posted that before you!

    :p

    -TIM
  • yacoub - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    What's with all the scratches on the Corsair Flash Voyager's USB connector?
  • TheInvincibleMustard - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    I was actually wondering that, too ... what did you do to that poor thing to take the cover off???

    All in the name of science, eh?

    TYPO: Pg 13 ... the caption for the "battery" picture doesn't correspond to the actual picture ... oh ... and just how OLD is that 9V Eveready? It looks like something out of the stonage in comparison to the other things in the picture ...

    -TIM
  • SpaceRanger - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    Stonage?? Sorry.. Couldn't help pointing out a typo in a "typo informative" post..

    /em hides now.
  • TheInvincibleMustard - Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - link

    :p

    And that's all I hafta say about that.

    -TIM

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