It wasn’t that long ago that we burned files onto CD-Rs and were amazed by their gargantuan 702MB of storage. But even they seem antiquated now--we routinely carry around several gigabytes of data in our pockets on USB flash drives. Verbatim’s new line of Tough–’n’-Tiny drives takes flash drives to the next level of shrunkeness, reducing them to a speck of plastic and embedded electronics that seems barely big enough to fit into a USB port.
Shown here at actual size (next to a quarter for perspective), Verbatim's tiny flash drive fits in even the most cramped USB ports.
At 1.19x0.5x0.06 inches, the Tough-’n’-Tiny is hardly bigger than small piece of chewing gum. Verbatim includes a lanyard for attaching the drive to your key ring, cell phone, or some other object that’s less likely to be lost. Which is a good thing--since it is so small, it’s very easy to misplace the tiny drive. We keep files scattered across several flash drives and portable hard drives, but the Tough-’n’-Tiny is the first one we worried about losing. If the worst does come to pass, Verbatim includes a Windows-only app for securing your data with a password, but Mac users can roll their own solution by creating an encrypted disk image with Disk Utility on their Mac.
Functionally, the drive works exactly as you’d expect. Pop it into a USB port, and it mounts in Finder, where you can copy over files to take with you. Verbatim makes the Tough-’n’-Tiny in three color/capacity versions. The orange version holds 2GB, while green and purple ones hold 4 and 8GB, respectively. Once we figured out the correct orientation, we had no problems using the Tough-’n’-Tiny in a variety of Macs and USB hubs. Verbatim says the drive is “resistant to everyday encounters” with water and dirt, and it worked just fine after we dropped it into a glass of water in the name of science.
So small that you really can take it anywhere. Fits in even the most cramped USB ports. Static-, dirt-, and water-resistant.
So tiny that it's easy to lose. Security software is Windows-only.
kylerwalker
May 12, 2010 at 2:11pm
I don,t know how many times you would lose this thing.But i would take it EVERY WEAR
