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Customer Ratings	4.0314	4.8461	3.624	4.8461	4.043	4.69,369
Storage Capacity	3.9	4.7	2.7	4.7	—	4.5
Easy to use	3.8	4.7	3.0	4.7	—	4.2
Value for money	3.2	4.5	—	4.5	—	4.1
Portability	—	4.9	4.3	4.9	—	4.8
Durability	—	4.5	—	4.5	—	4.2
Sold By	—	Amazon.com	Amazon.com	Amazon.com	shenzhenshiaimiyangkejiyouxiangongsi	Amazon.com
memory capacity	256 GB	256 GB	128 GB	512 GB	64 GB	64 GB
write speed	10 MB per second	250 MB per second	20x	500 MB per second	3x	—
read speed	130 megabytes per second	600 megabytes per second	200 megabytes per second	600 megabytes per second	130 megabytes per second	200 megabytes per second
hardware interface	usb c	usb3.2 gen 2	usb3.2 gen 1	usb3.2 gen 2	usb3.0	usb

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Elite USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C Flash Drive - Transfer and Share Faster

Elite USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C Flash Drive - Speed

Elite USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C Flash Drive - Share, Save & Store More

Elite USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C Flash Drive - Use Across Multiple Type-C Devices

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Brand

‎PNY

Item model number

‎P-FD256ELTC-GE

Hardware Platform

‎PC, Mac

Item Weight

‎0.528 ounces

Product Dimensions

‎0.85 x 0.4 x 1.5 inches

Item Dimensions LxWxH

‎0.85 x 0.4 x 1.5 inches

Manufacturer

‎PNY

ASIN

‎B07NQF6MFC

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

‎No

Date First Available

‎February 13, 2019

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Customer Reviews

314

4.0 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#6,593 in USB Flash Drives

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Amazon.com Return Policy:You may return any new computer purchased from Amazon.com that is "dead on arrival," arrives in damaged condition, or is still in unopened boxes, for a full refund within 30 days of purchase. Amazon.com reserves the right to test "dead on arrival" returns and impose a customer fee equal to 15 percent of the product sales price if the customer misrepresents the condition of the product. Any returned computer that is damaged through customer misuse, is missing parts, or is in unsellable condition due to customer tampering will result in the customer being charged a higher restocking fee based on the condition of the product. Amazon.com will not accept returns of any desktop or notebook computer more than 30 days after you receive the shipment. New, used, and refurbished products purchased from Marketplace vendors are subject to the returns policy of the individual vendor.

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The PNY Elite USB 3. 1 Gen 1 Type-C flash drive is the ultimate solution to store and transfer files between your Type-C devices. Get the most out of the Type-C port on your new computer or mobile device and experience USB 3. 1 SuperSpeed technology. With read speeds of up to 130MB/s and write speeds up to up to 10x faster than standard PNY USB 2. 0 Flash drives, you an store and transfer files quicker and easier than ever before. The Elite USB 3. 1 Gen 1 Type-C flash drive is designed to be a storage solution superior to previous generations of traditional USB-A 2. 0 and 3. 0 Flash drives, allowing for expanded connectivity. It is compatible with Type-C enabled PC and Mac desktop and laptop computers, as well as with Type-C enabled mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. The PNY Elite Type-C flash drive is small in size, but big on performance!

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4 out of 5

314 global ratings

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Customers say

Customers like the storage capacity of the flash drive. They say it has a good size and is easy to use. However, some customers have reported issues with the speed of the drive. Some customers say the write speeds are questionable and take a long time to copy files. Opinions are mixed on quality, portability, and port.

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6 customers mention6 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the storage capacity of the flash drive. They mention that it has a good size, but is slow.

"...All in all this is a good drive with a good capacity to store a lot of data and has a well known name (PNY) which has been around for some time, and..." Read more

"...512GB version about a year ago, and using is with Win10: the drive has a good size, but it is slow...." Read more

"...The storage capacity is great, and the speed is reasonable, but ultimately, it does not do what I bought it to do." Read more

"Good capacity..." Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers find the flash drive easy to use. They mention that it's fast when copying from/to storage, and has a nice, small plug.

"...I found a nice, small, easy to use plug into the phone memory for taking the pictures and storing files I sometimes need but don't want on my phone...." Read more

"It is easy to use, super fast when copying from/to storage, to the point I feel it isn't real or the item hasn't been really transferred when the..." Read more

"The drive is easy and convenient to use, but covers up enough of an adjacent port on a Mac Laptop to prevent use of that port (USB-C port)...." Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the performance of the flash drive. They mention that it is a great back up drive and reliable.

"...Especially for phones and devices that don’t allow TF expansion. Great for backing up and acting as a bridge, especially ever since android did away..." Read more

"...Now, that frees up a USB port. Great reliable backup or Primary Dr." Read more

"Great back up drive ,I fit all my music and videos to take when I travel" Read more

28 customers mention10 positive18 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the flash drive. Some mention that the USB C plug is cool, works well, and is snappy. They also say it works great as a phone backup drive. However, others say that it's very weak, poorly made, and useless for anything other than storing still pictures.

"...I am a linux user, and found the drive does not work the best when using the format (Fat32) that was on the drive...." Read more

"...Works well on my 11in iPad Pro, no issue finding it and transferring files to it...." Read more

"...This little USB-C flash drive was the exception. It is cheaply made, doesn't fit well into any of my USB-C ports on any device, and it's too wide..." Read more

"...state I plugged in the flash drive again, but the system failed to recognize it at all -- it was dead as far as my laptop was concerned." Read more

10 customers mention4 positive6 negative

Customers are mixed about the portability of the flash drive. Some mention it's very compact and great for smart phones and tablets, while others say it'd be better if it was narrower.

"...doesn't fit well into any of my USB-C ports on any device, and it's too wide to use the adjacent USB-C ports...." Read more

"...I found a nice, small, easy to use plug into the phone memory for taking the pictures and storing files I sometimes need but don't want on my phone...." Read more

"It is a little wider than I would like but I guess that is to be expected with how much space it has...." Read more

"It's a great little USB-C jump drive; very compact & Great for smart phones and tablets." Read more

5 customers mention3 positive2 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the port of the flash drive. Some find the mechanism that covers the USB C plug cool and snappy, and it frees up a USB port. Others however, say that the device is so wide that it blocks the other USB-C port and renders other plug-ins useless.

"...I dig the form factor. The mechanism that covers the USB C plug is cool, works well, is snappy...." Read more

"The width as you plug into laptop it renders The other USB-C useless. As it is covered on a MacBook Pro.I was happy when I found it...." Read more

"It's a great little USB-C jump drive; very compact & Great for smart phones and tablets." Read more

"...or an external monitor because this thing is so wide it blocks the other USB-c port...." Read more

26 customers mention6 positive20 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the speed of the flash drive. They mention that it's painfully slow at copying from the Mac to the flash. The write speeds are questionable and take a long time. The data transfer is slow and the drive is hardly responsive. It takes a while to read the information stored on the drive and the lists slowly in the files app on iPad.

"...The drive is not usable in my older windows PC's as they all have the non type c USB ports and I have no need to use it with them as I have USB..." Read more

"Hard to plug into mac if your mac is shell protected. Transfer rate is slow." Read more

"...It says 60MB/s which would probably be tolerable but the drive is hardly responsive. I just don't think it handles APFS encryption well." Read more

"Now nothing special is going on here, but you do get good read and write speeds...." Read more

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David Goodnough

PNY Elite 256GB 3.1 Type C Drive

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2019

Size: 256GBVerified Purchase

Nice drive for the price. Larger capacity allows you to save lots of data.
I have read reviews on other name brand drives that stated drives got very hot when writing data. I chose this one due to no negative reviews concerning this. In my experience, all drives will get warm to the touch, as they create heat when doing so. When writing large amounts of data to this drive, it does get warm, but not extremely hot as other drives were reviewed.
I am a linux user, and found the drive does not work the best when using the format (Fat32) that was on the drive. I formatted mine to ext4 journaling which is what newer version of linux use, which windows OS does not like at all (At least not the 8.1 or older - I do not use windows 10 so I don't know if it works with it). The drive is not usable in my older windows PC's as they all have the non type c USB ports and I have no need to use it with them as I have USB drives specifically for them.
All in all this is a good drive with a good capacity to store a lot of data and has a well known name (PNY) which has been around for some time, and at a good price.

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Alex Beyer

After accidentally breaking San disk drives, I tried these instead, AMAZING.

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2020

Size: 512GBVerified Purchase

Now nothing special is going on here, but you do get good read and write speeds. Works well on my 11in iPad Pro, no issue finding it and transferring files to it. A neat feature of the way it stores/protects the USB C, means you can push the red part against your device to cut down on flex and stress to the fragile connector. Though, it doesn’t extend far enough when I had my iPad in a 3rd party keyboard case. So I doubt it would work with rugged android cases as well. Not the end of the world. Definitely buy. Especially for phones and devices that don’t allow TF expansion. Great for backing up and acting as a bridge, especially ever since android did away with treating your device as an external drive.

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sami 1284

Its ok

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2021

Size: 512GBVerified Purchase

Hard to plug into mac if your mac is shell protected. Transfer rate is slow.

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Cindy

Worth having for Android Phone

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2021

Size: 256GBVerified Purchase

Got new phone that didn't have the additional memory slot and was disappointed for new phone's memory. I found a nice, small, easy to use plug into the phone memory for taking the pictures and storing files I sometimes need but don't want on my phone. It works great and so far hadn't had an issue with any loss of files. I would recommend to anyone that needs more memory with a pocket drive availability. A great replacement for not having the micro SD card option. Can be placed onto a key chain as well.

4 people found this helpful

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Jeff Bowers

Terrible Quality and Cheaply Made

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2021

Size: 512GBVerified Purchase

I was very surprised with the low quality of this PNY product. PNY has always been my goto supplier of flash and other portable media because of the typical high quality of their products. This little USB-C flash drive was the exception. It is cheaply made, doesn't fit well into any of my USB-C ports on any device, and it's too wide to use the adjacent USB-C ports. I'd say this was a good idea which lacks thoughtful design and manufacturing quality. Too bad. I returned it.

One person found this helpful

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DJ Evillincoln!?

Slower than regular transfer speeds.

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2023

Size: 512GBVerified Purchase

I'm an actor and I purchased this to be able to transfer takes of auditions to to my laptop for editing. If I do a longer take, that's maybe 2 gigs or so, it takes a remarkable amount of time for this thumb drive to copy from my phone to the drive. Shorter takes are fine but the longer ones are just awful. I ended up purchasing a much faster drive that I am super happy with now.

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2020

Size: 64GBVerified Purchase

So I have the 256GB and 64GB of this drive. I dig the form factor. The mechanism that covers the USB C plug is cool, works well, is snappy. Here's the thing... I'm running a Mid-2018, 15-inch Macbook Pro with Big Sur and I recently encrypted my 256GB drive with APFS (which is. recommended for flash drives only on mac, which is the case for me). When I say this thing is slow... IT GOT SLOOOOW!!! I actually decided to run some Blackmagic benchmarks to see if the format or encryption made much of a difference and here's my results...

MSDOS (FAT): Read 95MB/s, Write 130MB/s... APFS: Read 70MB/s, Write 130MB/s... ExFAT: Read 70MB/s, Write 120MB/s... Journaled: Read 30MB/s, Write 80MB/s... APFS Encrypted: 8MB/s, 60MB/s

8MB/s write speed when encrypted!!! I ran this through a file transfer calculator and that means encrypted it would take 9 hours, 6 minutes, 8 seconds to fill this 256GB drive at that rate. Basically if you want secure data on this thing, it will take a long time to copy files over and the read speed is really bad as well. It says 60MB/s which would probably be tolerable but the drive is hardly responsive. I just don't think it handles APFS encryption well.

5 people found this helpful

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Moe

I do recommend this PNY TYPE C

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2019

Size: 512GBVerified Purchase

It is easy to use, super fast when copying from/to storage, to the point I feel it isn't real or the item hasn't been really transferred when the copy is finished but in reality it did transfered successfully.
I I haven't faced any kinda of trouble with it so far and it worked perfectly.

2 people found this helpful

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Aman Budicha

Nothing special

Reviewed in Canada on April 2, 2021

Size: 512GBVerified Purchase

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John Collin Jeffery

No instructions, doesn't work on Samsung Galaxy S10

Reviewed in Australia on August 8, 2021

Size: 256GBVerified Purchase

I expected to be able to connect the USB to my mobile and see instructions on the screen, as one does on a PC.
Connect and nothing.
Disconnect and a message appears telling you that you've disconnected and your data may be lost; great!
Try to find instructions on the Internet; nope, nothing.
Some friendly assistance from other folks, the best being that I need to reconfigure my mobile settings.
Well, I am not a technician and don't want to risk buggering up my phone.
So, I returned the USB to Amazon; still waiting for a refund.

Bob

Nice form factor, mediocre performance

Reviewed in Canada on July 1, 2020

Size: 128GBVerified Purchase

This is a nice little drive for portable data storage, but it is slow. It supports USB 3.1 gen 1, but it performs slower than many of my USB 3.0 drives. If your requirement is to move small files to/from a computer that only has USB-C ports, it gets the job done, but expect to wait.

DCC

Useful added memory

Reviewed in Canada on December 12, 2019

Size: 512GBVerified Purchase

Good addition to computer memory. Only problem is blocking access of other USB 3.1 devices to adjacent port.

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Brand	PNY
Memory Storage Capacity	256 GB
Hardware Interface	USB Type C
Special Feature	Lightweight
Write Speed	10 MB per second

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