Wednesday, June 24th 2009

Buffalo Packs 16 GB in Nail-Sized USB Drive

Jun 24th, 2009 08:09 Discuss (54 Comments)

Buffalo announced a new USB flash drive that pushes the limits of how small these drives can get, giving similarly sized flash-storage cards a challenge. The Buffalo RUF2-PS packs up to 16 GB of data in 18 (W) x 18 (H) x 8 (D) mm, and comes in variants of 2, 4, 8, and 16 GB. It is truly feather-weight at 3 g. The drive is so compact that the a couple of these could stay latched on to a notebook even when carrying it around. It uses a standard USB 2.0 interface. Its transfer rates or availability haven't surfaced.

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54 Comments on Buffalo Packs 16 GB in Nail-Sized USB Drive

#26

El_Mayo

PolarmanWhen it's time to remove this thing, do you need some pliers or a tweezer?

or.. tie string to it
attach the other end to a fast vehicle
and drive off at high speeds :)
but yeah it actually looks quite inconvenient.. unless there are little finger grooves

#27

BazookaJoe

Heh - that looks awesome - now all I need is some form of 50 port USB array card with some kind of RAID controller, and BAM - Modular self expandable Super-SSD :)

#28

El_Mayo

BazookaJoeHeh - that looks awesome - now all I need is some form of 50 port USB array card with some kind of RAID controller, and BAM - Modular self expandable Super-SSD :)

that's the kind of thing Jizzler would say.

#29

Disparia

I've been thinking about that kind of thing since I saw the first CF-IDE adapter :D

3ware's IDE controllers were the rage back then, as they were 1-drive per channel controllers. CF cards were getting faster, so eight of them would have yielded at least 100MB/s. Didn't have the money at the time to carry it out.

This nostalgic moment brought to you by: Jizzler and all the caffeine I had this morning.

#30

Weer

This seems like a very nice niche item. I'd get one.

#31

erocker

BazookaJoeHeh - that looks awesome - now all I need is some form of 50 port USB array card with some kind of RAID controller, and BAM - Modular self expandable Super-SSD :)

Locked in at an awesome 35mbps. Most likely 20mbps.

#32

OVRKIL

Actually, it would be perfect for my PS3 to fill the horribly placed USB ports on the front! I could leave them in and they act as extra storage and act as dust caps. There really should have been 2 front and 2 in the back.

#33

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

talk about easy to lose and hard to pull from a system.

#34

LittleLizard

i would lose that but is nice to use, for example on an old laptop for extra ram using ebooster.

#35

MRCL

LittleLizardi would lose that but is nice to use, for example on an old laptop for extra ram using ebooster.

Such a tiny device, and only four GB less space than my laptop HDD has... if I remember, my first computer got a four GB HDD... how time passes.

#36

CyberDruid

Pint sized? That would be one GB per ounce :p More like dropper size.

That is awfully cute...and easy to lose I bet.

#37

mc-dexter

I'm confused... the title say's it is "pint size" to me a pint is this....

#38

WhiteLotus

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww fosters on tap. how very wrong.

#39

mc-dexter

I agree, I'm more of a 'Bitter" fan myself or my favorite Newcastle Brown Ale :D

#40

WhiteLotus

What's that Diana mild like? Head on impact to your liver is it?

#41

mc-dexter

I've no idea, i've never heard of it before, that was just a random picture i grabbed from google to show the diffrence from a propper pint to what the title of this thread states the size of the memory stick is... is that even fair calling it a memory 'stick' :laugh:

#42

WhiteLotus

oh lol. I thought it was your local.

#43

mc-dexter

I used to work in my local for a almost a year... till not so long ago :p

was... no, it still is the cheapest beer around this town, shame about the pub itself though, it's a right sh#t hole :laugh:

#44

TheMailMan78

Big Member

WhiteLotusewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww fosters on tap. how very wrong.

Fosters is to Australia what AIDS is to Africa.

#45

a_ump

dam lol i didn't know memory had advanced enough to have 16gb compacted into that lil plastic end. i'd def lose it, but i can see this being very useful to note/netbook users that don't want a 1.5-3" object sticking out of a USB port waiting to get broken off.

#46

iluv2fly

Awesome!

I love the small size! I can keep it plugged in permanently and run my backup on it.

Beutiful!

#47

mc-dexter

iluv2flyAwesome!

I love the small size! I can keep it plugged in permanently and run my backup on it.

Beutiful!

You seriously have 16Gb or less of data to back up? thats not much at all.

#48

h3llb3nd4

mc-dexterYou seriously have 16Gb or less of data to back up? thats not much at all.

Heh, that's how much I have:P
I burn most of my data onto DVDs tho...
but they get old...:(

#49

iluv2fly

Well for a laptop where documents are the most important, you don't even need that much. For a desktop then of course you need more. Obviously they did not make this with the intent for large backups. It's a small footprint gadget for small jobs! Perfect for a laptop.

#50

Easo

Only minus, i will loose it.

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