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Kingston DataTraveler Max Type-A 256GB High Performance USB Flash Drive USB 3.2 Gen 2 Up to 1000 MB/s Sliding Cap Design DTMAXA/256GB

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Memory Storage Capacity 256 GB
Hardware Interface USB 3.2 Gen 2
Special Feature Lightweight
Write Speed 900 MB per second

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  • Advanced USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB-A Flash Drive
  • Deliver record-breaking speeds with 1000 MB/s read & 900 MB/s write
  • Connector protection with sliding cap design & ridged casing
  • Ideal solution for transferring and storing large digital files such as HD photos, 4K/8K videos, music and more

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4.34.3 out of 5 stars699
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Latest USB 3.2 Gen 2 Standard

Move your files in a flash with incredible speeds up to 1,000MB/s Read, 900MB/s Write.

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Uncompromised Storage

Available in a range of high capacities from 256GB-1TB to carry your digital library on the go.

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Convenient one-handed sliding cap, LED status indicator, and functional keyring loop.

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Kingston’s DataTraveler® Max type a speeds up to 1000 MB/s read and 900 MB/s write, they’re ideal for transferring and storing large digital files such as HD photos, 4K/8K videos, music and more. Shop Now at Kingston.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
699 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the value and space of the flash drive. They mention it has a good amount of space and that it runs fast. They are also happy with the speed. However, some customers have reported issues with detection and performance.

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37 customers mention28 positive9 negative

Customers like the speed of the flash drive. They mention that it's fast for uploads and downloads, and transferring games to it sped up the game play significantly. Some are also pleased with the performance, saying that it has huge performance compared to their last Samsung 128 USB 3.0.

"I got this Kingston because of the high speed rating and the flash memory size...." Read more

"super fast" Read more

"Was surprised how fast the transfer speed was...." Read more

"...The OS either will not boot or become extremally slow.Ordered the two versions, type A and type C, and both failed...." Read more

9 customers mention9 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the space provided by the flash drive. They mention that it has a real capacity, runs fast, and has an efficient storage. Some appreciate that it can handle lots of small file transfers at relatively high speed.

"I got this Kingston because of the high speed rating and the flash memory size...." Read more

"...of this drive is pretty great---which means that it can handle lots of small file transfers at relatively high speed...." Read more

"...amazing quality products to us, the customers, and these 256GB models are great!..." Read more

"...Other than these two issues, this is the best drive. Runs fast, cache is big so unless you are copying a big video file more than 20GB, the speed..." Read more

4 customers mention4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the value of the flash drive. They say it's a good value for the money.

"...Overall, very good value for the money; the drive is just a hair bit long for my taste is all. Still, I'd recommend this drive to just about anyone." Read more

"Good value for the size and easily portable. Connects to my keychain and goes everywhere with me." Read more

"It's real capacity, cheap and genuine..." Read more

"GOOD BRAND, GOOD PRICE..." Read more

22 customers mention13 positive9 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the flash drive. Some mention that it works well, is a reputable name, and is reliable for small data moves. Others say that it broke after 10 minutes of use, feels cheap, and has poor quality.

"...have this installed on our Blink Camera Sync Module and they work very good together...." Read more

"...have been better, design is really poor it feels cheap and its not very durable. I would have paid 50% more if it came in an all metal case." Read more

"...faster than SATA performance on 10gbps USB interfaces, still magnificent performance on the more common 5gbps USB interface and even when hobbled by..." Read more

"...This may be fastest on market. Very robust. Drive is professional looking." Read more

18 customers mention10 positive8 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the flash drive. Some mention it's a very nice product, while others say it died in the first 2 weeks of use.

"...1 month update: The case makes for a great fidget toy but watch out for those sharp edges...." Read more

"...Unfortunately, ps4 can't read it. The default formatting was exfat and that didn't work. Then changed to fat32 and that also did not do the trick...." Read more

"...This may be fastest on market. Very robust. Drive is professional looking." Read more

"...The following day, August 9, my computer could not read the flash drive at all. I got a “drive not formatted” error message...." Read more

4 customers mention0 positive4 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the detection of the flash drive. They mention that their computers do not recognize it. Some say that the drive freezes or locks up and is no longer recognized by their Xbox, nor a Mac, Linux or Windows computer.

"...As a result, if you make a Windows setup disk, computer will not recognize it because no bootable partition can be found...." Read more

"...It is no longer recognized by my Xbox, nor a Mac, Linux or Windows computer...." Read more

"A WASTE OF $129.00, THIS DRIVE FROZE / LOCKED UP AND CANNOT BE RECOGNIZED BY MY PC...." Read more

"Died within a few minutes - Computer doesn't detect it..." Read more

3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the appearance of the flash drive. They mention that the design is really poor, the plastic covering looks cheap, and the product is not very durable.

"...are amazing, it doesn't get too warm during usage, the case could have been better, design is really poor it feels cheap and its not very durable...." Read more

"...Its plastic covering looks cheap and not sturdy but I understand that It's what makes it cheap...." Read more

"It's fast but not well designed..." Read more

3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

Customers find the flash drive very difficult to quickly swap it in and out of a USB port. They also mention that it's a little tricky putting into a computer.

"...you try to insert the drive into a USB port, making it very difficult to quickly swap it in and out." Read more

"...Other than it can keep the data, this device takes a quick gulp of data then slows down to 120MB/s. Terrible speed for a USB 3.x device...." Read more

"This is a fast usb, but a little tricky putting into computer." Read more

Actual workload speed varies
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Actual workload speed varies
I bought 5 USB drives because I couldn't trust the speed under a load by the reviews or the product description. My results are as follows:350MB/s but it was inconsistent accross runs: Kingston DataTraveler Max Type-A 256GB High Performance USB Flash Drive USB 3.2 Gen 2559MB/s consistent and beautiful: PNY 256GB PRO Elite V2 USB 3.2 Gen 2239 MB/s consistent: Lexar 256GB JumpDrive P30 USB 3.2 Gen 1547MB/s Consistent speed, but occasionally would disconnect/reconnect to windows.. Patriot Supersonic Rage Prime USB 3.2 Gen 284MB/s, very inconsistent. Can start around 125MB/s but quickly drops and/or speeds up/slows down (Cacheing?): Patriot Supersonic Rage Lite USB 3.2 Gen 1Tested on the USB 3.2 Gen2 port (rear type A) of my Supermicro C9Z490-PG
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J. Emerson
5.0 out of 5 stars Decent Flash Drive
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2024
Size: 256GBVerified Purchase
I got this Kingston because of the high speed rating and the flash memory size. I have this installed on our Blink Camera Sync Module and they work very good together. I'm not sure the Blink module takes advantage of the speeds this offers, but I went all out for our camera clips.

So far so good and happy with the purchase.
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Tamika Cole
5.0 out of 5 stars Great product
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
Size: 512GBVerified Purchase
super fast
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Was a great product,Smells great and last a decent amount of time, puppy didn’t mind it being sprayed on him and didn’t seem to irritate him or anything and he didn’t lick his coat.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast USB
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024
Size: 256GBVerified Purchase
Was surprised how fast the transfer speed was. Compared to a Samsung USB I bought about 2 years ago that boast fast transfer speed this new USB lapped it. Is a great pickup in my option.
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Petar
4.0 out of 5 stars Does exactly what is says it does!
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023
Size: 1TBVerified Purchase
Speeds are amazing, it doesn't get too warm during usage, the case could have been better, design is really poor it feels cheap and its not very durable. I would have paid 50% more if it came in an all metal case.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Does exactly what is says it does!
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023
Speeds are amazing, it doesn't get too warm during usage, the case could have been better, design is really poor it feels cheap and its not very durable. I would have paid 50% more if it came in an all metal case.
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Shane
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast, very fast....
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024
Size: 256GBVerified Purchase
This drive is fast very impressive.
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Sarasota
1.0 out of 5 stars No Live OS for You!
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024
Size: 256GBVerified Purchase
Stay away if you want to use this USB drive for a Live OS application. The OS either will not boot or become extremally slow.
Ordered the two versions, type A and type C, and both failed. So you can only blame Kingston for this. I have no issues with any other USB stick I own, and I tried this USB stick in multiple computers.
I wish Kingston would specify that is not good for a Live OS. I was looking for the fastest drive but wasted so much time on this, hopefully you don't.
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Fox McCloud
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Fast
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
Size: 256GBVerified Purchase
Drive is incredibly fast, especially when dealing with lots of small files.

The 4KQD1 random write of this drive is pretty great---which means that it can handle lots of small file transfers at relatively high speed. The peak sequential write of this drive isn't phenomenal, but I tend to deal with a lot of smaller files anyway.

Overall, very good value for the money; the drive is just a hair bit long for my taste is all. Still, I'd recommend this drive to just about anyone.
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Avery
3.0 out of 5 stars A+ Electronics hobbled by F tier case design
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2022
Size: 512GBVerified Purchase
Kingston really hit it out of the park for PCB size and performance on this blazingly fast thumb drive. Its providing significantly faster than SATA performance on 10gbps USB interfaces, still magnificent performance on the more common 5gbps USB interface and even when hobbled by USB 2.0 still manages to impress. I particularly like that it shows up properly in SMART readers like Crystal Disk Info as well and i can check SMART attributes and temperatures. But wow did they spectacularly fail the case design.

This thumb drives case is hands down the chintziest of the dozen thumb drives I've owned and i am worried it will break while in a pocket. Inserting into a USB port feels like it could snap off if you are not careful and the sliding design just exacerbates the issue. The plastic shell effetely acts as an insulator rather than heatsink for the 2.5watts of heat it generates while writing causing the drive to heat up to worryingly high temperatures of 83c in a mater of a few gigs of data. Because of this it thermally throttle’s in no time capping writes to about 100MBps which all things considered is still really good for a thumb drive but at the needlessly large size of this case (PCB is about 3/5ths the length) its only marginally smaller than a compact NVME enclosure which will not thermally throttle so easily.

Overall its an OK drive. Hopefully it wont start throwing write errors like the samsung thumb drive i was using previously for less than a year. Im definitely keeping it 👍

I have attached benchmark results from USB 3.1 Gen 2, USB 3.0, and USB 2.0 ports.

1 month update: The case makes for a great fidget toy but watch out for those sharp edges. I’ve gotten a few cuts from it in my pockets or while inserting into a USB port.
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Avery
3.0 out of 5 stars A+ Electronics hobbled by F tier case design
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2022
Kingston really hit it out of the park for PCB size and performance on this blazingly fast thumb drive. Its providing significantly faster than SATA performance on 10gbps USB interfaces, still magnificent performance on the more common 5gbps USB interface and even when hobbled by USB 2.0 still manages to impress. I particularly like that it shows up properly in SMART readers like Crystal Disk Info as well and i can check SMART attributes and temperatures. But wow did they spectacularly fail the case design.

This thumb drives case is hands down the chintziest of the dozen thumb drives I've owned and i am worried it will break while in a pocket. Inserting into a USB port feels like it could snap off if you are not careful and the sliding design just exacerbates the issue. The plastic shell effetely acts as an insulator rather than heatsink for the 2.5watts of heat it generates while writing causing the drive to heat up to worryingly high temperatures of 83c in a mater of a few gigs of data. Because of this it thermally throttle’s in no time capping writes to about 100MBps which all things considered is still really good for a thumb drive but at the needlessly large size of this case (PCB is about 3/5ths the length) its only marginally smaller than a compact NVME enclosure which will not thermally throttle so easily.

Overall its an OK drive. Hopefully it wont start throwing write errors like the samsung thumb drive i was using previously for less than a year. Im definitely keeping it 👍

I have attached benchmark results from USB 3.1 Gen 2, USB 3.0, and USB 2.0 ports.

1 month update: The case makes for a great fidget toy but watch out for those sharp edges. I’ve gotten a few cuts from it in my pockets or while inserting into a USB port.
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Carlos Vlzqz
5.0 out of 5 stars Espectacular en velocidad
Reviewed in Mexico on April 9, 2024
Size: 512GBVerified Purchase
Definitivamente super rápida la transferencia de archivos! Excelente compra!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tel que décrit
Reviewed in Canada on April 13, 2024
Size: 256GBVerified Purchase
Vitesse de transfert excellente, très satisfait
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jacques
5.0 out of 5 stars C'est une vrai clé usb de 1To
Reviewed in Canada on August 25, 2023
Size: 1TBVerified Purchase
j'ai pu stocker toute ma collection de musique en format wav et il reste de la place
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korhan
5.0 out of 5 stars super fast avg 3.2 gen2 540mb/s write
Reviewed in the Netherlands on April 24, 2024
Size: 256GBVerified Purchase
Avg write speed on 3.2 gen2 port is 540mb/s
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Rémy
5.0 out of 5 stars Super petit clef
Reviewed in France on April 15, 2024
Size: 256GBVerified Purchase
Rapide bonne capacité pas cher

Y aurais un capuchon ça aurais été mieux
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