If you’ve Googled “Custom USB Flash Drives Canada”, “USB Flash Drives with Logo”, or “Custom thumb drive Canada” you’ve come to the right place. We are Canada’s authority on custom USB flash drive duplication and production. Request a Quote, or check out our USB Flash Drives. We also have our new model rundown for every drive style we carry here. We carry an assortment of models, but more importantly, we’re committed to informing the general consumer about the variety of things to consider when looking to get customized USB flash drives with a logo. We want to tackle soome misconceptions about these truly unique pieces. Custom USB Flash Drives are one of the most engaging ways to deliver content and have a personal application for the user that can’t be dismissed. These are very highly effective products to emphasize your company’s brand, and taking that into consideration, there are steps you can take to ensure that an order you may make is 100%. Not all drives are the same, and there are some essential things you should know before moving forward.

There are different grades of drives. The same general rule of “you get what you pay for” applies to purchasing custom USB flash drives. The internal drives have different quality grades. Standard Media Services only deals in high A grade Samsung quality memory that has a lifetime warranty. Some lower level drive grades (C & D grade) will can include poor soldering, low grade internal components, improperly recycled electronic components, or can use harmful elements in their assembly like hexavalent chromium (…yes…the Erin Brokovich stuff), lead, cadmium, and mercury. Drives that do not include these elements are considered compliant with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (ROHS). All of Standard Media’s drives are ROHS compliant, and we also conduct something called a Drive Integrity Check prior to delivering the order. This involves a physical manual check to ensure that every drive we deliver is formatted correctly, functional, accessible and empty, and is up to snuff for the porting into anyone and everyone’s computer with no issue whatsoever. These are important items to look for when shopping and the most important thing to remember is that reliability of the drive is the most important thing.

Secondly, when considering the presentation of your media, take into consideration the personal use of the drives for the user. A drive partition is a good way to ensure that whatever media you’ve included for the user stays on there, but ensure that you’re providing enough storage capacity for other use if that is the case. Purchasing a series of 128 MB drives, and then partitioning the drive with the majority of it being used is a sure fire way to frustrate. We conducted an independent survey over the course of 3 months with our custom USB flash drive clients, and found that most users were happy with at least 1 GB of space to use. Taking that into consideration, if you are partitioning your drive, you may want to consider purchasing a 2 GB model.

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