| There are different grades of drives. The same | | | | anyone and everyone's computer with no issue |
| general rule of "you get what you pay for" applies to | | | | whatsoever. These are essential items to look for |
| purchasing custom USB flash drives. The internal | | | | when shopping. Reliability of the drive is the most |
| drives have different quality grades. Standard Media | | | | important thing. |
| Services only deals in high A grade Samsung quality | | | | Secondly, when considering the presentation of your |
| memory that has a lifetime warranty. Some lower | | | | media, take into consideration the personal use of the |
| level drive grades (C & D grade) can include poor | | | | drives for the user. A drive partition is a good way to |
| soldering, low grade internal components, improperly | | | | ensure that whatever media you've included for the |
| recycled electronic components, or can use harmful | | | | user stays on there, but ensure that you're providing |
| elements in their assembly like hexavalent chromium | | | | enough storage capacity for other use if desired. |
| (...yes...the Erin Brokovich stuff), lead, cadmium, and | | | | Purchasing a series of 128 MB drives, and then |
| mercury. Drives that do not include these elements are | | | | partitioning the drive with the majority of it being used is |
| considered compliant with the Restriction of | | | | a sure fire way to frustrate. We conducted an |
| Hazardous Substances Directive (ROHS). This | | | | independent survey over the course of 3 months with |
| involves a physical manual check to ensure that every | | | | our custom USB flash drive clients, and found that |
| drive we deliver is formatted correctly, functional, | | | | most users were happy with at least 1 GB of space |
| accessible empty, and is up to snuff for the porting into | | | | to use. |