Product Description

The SanDisk Cruzer Micro's compact size puts up to 8GB of flash memory in your pocket. Connect it to any computer with a USB port, and it makes storing, sharing and transferring your files a breeze.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #358 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: SanDisk
• Model: SDCZ4-8192-E11
• Released on: 2008-05-11
• Dimensions: .7 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Cruzer Micro Skin is an incredibly small USB Flash Drive (UFD) that connects to a computer's USB port. Users can easily store their key documents, pictures, music, and video clips on the Cruzer Micro Skin and transfer them to another computer with a USB port

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Customer Reviews

Very large storage and good speed
This is a great memory stick.

When I opened mine I was surprised how small it was and yet it felt quite solid. It's sheathed in clear plastic as a protective cover which can be slid off to reveal the device's very tiny size - is there really 8gb in there?!?!?! Fanatastic!

I thought at first glance 'Oh, it would have been nice to have had some kind of LED activity indicator' and went ahead and plugged it into my machine. Lo and behold the keyring loop area of the device lit-up! Nice. The unit flashes red to indicate activity and gently brightens and dims to indicate no data being transfered. It might annoy some people after a while I guess but I thought it was a cool touch. See how I feel after a few hours.

A quick test of the stick's speed went as follows:

2 gigs (2.07 gigs to be precise) of large zip files from computer to card in 3 mins 45 seconds.

The same stuff transferred back in 1 min 26 seconds.

Write speed around: 9.2 MB sec
Read speed around: 24 MB sec from the figures above.

They are some pretty handy numbers. I guess you could fill the card in around 15 minutes.

Only minus is that I reckon its size makes it easy to lose but theres no way I'm knocking points off for that - just a heads up to keep an eye on it!

Reasonable mid range USB flash key
As mentioned in other reviews, the end of this USB key glows a red/orange colour and is very bright (and the pulsing when active becomes annoying). Dimensions (including USB connector) are 19mm x 7mm x 54mm for the Width x Height x Depth. Removing the plastic sleeve reduces these a tiny bit.

The speed of the device is roughly 21Mbytes/second when reading and a lower 6Mbytes/second when writing. This seems reasonable for a product of this price and size (but if you are willing to pay more for a bulkier unit you can get USB flash keys that have write speeds of 18-30Mbytes/second).

Its Tiny!
What more do you need? I pretty much only ever buy SanDisk when it comes to SD Cards for my camera or phone but I was in the market for a memory stick. Knowing full well 2GB is never enough I stumbled across the SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB whilst acctually looking for a 4GB memory stick. For the sake of a few extra £ I thought why not. I'm VERY impressed. Its fast, does what its supposed too and its smaller than many other USB memory sticks on the market. The only downside I can think of is the cap. Rather than clicking or locking into place it just slides over the usb connector so it "may" be easy to lose if u plan to attach it to a key ring for example. that said i would still recommend this product to anyone.