First Impressions

The Flash Voyager arrived from Newegg in the typical peanut-packed Newegg box, along with four hard drives and other materials that were included with the invoice. The drive itself came in a sealed plastic package that included a neck band, the warranty information, and obviously the drive. In general, the packaging was very pleasing.

Design

The Flash Voyager has a blue and black color scheme, and a very stylish design. The cap is black with a blue top and bears Corsair’s logo. The cap isn’t permanently attached to the drive, however, which makes losing it a very real possibility. The body is black and has the Flash Voyager logo on one side and the Corsair website URL on the other. On either side of the body are blue finger grips. The back end has a loop hole for attaching the included neck band, and a blue activity LED.


The Flash Voyager, from an aesthetic point of view, is decent. This drive really excels in its casing: It doesn’t use the typical hard plastic coating. The Flash Voyager is coated completely in rubber. It follows the old idea that a flexible tree in a storm is less likely to snap than a rigid one. After having used an everyday, hard plastic flash drive for several months and completely beating it up, we were very wary of investing the money to get another one. However, we’ve discovered that our fears were completely unfounded, and this drive is nearly impossible to break. It can be dropped, tossed, thrown, or whatever. If it hits the ground, it just bounces a bit and is ready for action again. We simply can’t emphasize enough how shock-resistant this drive is. It’s an amazing design that makes us never want to use another brand for transferring data.

Economy

The drive we bought was a 4GB flash drive, which cost us just under $100 from Newegg.com. This price puts it roughly on average with most low-end and mid-range flash drives, and about half the cost of a comparably sized Kingston data traveler. For the price of an entry level flash drive, you get a lot more from this device. Though it doesn’t have the integrated features that make the data traveler famous, its coating gives it a bonus in durability. If you dropped them both off the Sears Tower, we wouldn’t be surprised if the Flash Voyager was still in one piece. If 4GB is to much space, or $100 is too much to pay, the Flash Voyager starts out at $12 for a 128MB version, and each one has the exact same casing. The only difference is that the metal USB connector itself is labeled with the capacity. There are size options for 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB. Basically, there is something for everyone. The final thing to consider is that this drive comes with a 10 year warranty through Corsair. That is a ridiculously long time, longer than the USB interface will probably even exist. Buy this drive today, and you won’t have to worry about anything for years.