# Smallest (physically) USB flash drive?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-physically-usb-flash-drive/980331>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 25, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-physically-usb-flash-drive/980331 "2023-02-25T01:19:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-physically-usb-flash-drive/980331/41 "2023-02-26T03:59:55Z")

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I bet you can find a really small drive if you look for one with a USB-C connector rather than USB-A.

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-physically-usb-flash-drive/980331/42 "2023-02-26T04:03:09Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> I was imagining USB flash drives with little motors, gears and cams to move the bits around.

I had a Hitachi microdrive; it was Compact Flash, though, not USB.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-physically-usb-flash-drive/980331/43 "2023-02-26T04:39:54Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Looking at amazon again now I’m not seeing the legit-looking ones I saw a hour or two ago. And “legit-looking” and “legit” are admittedly two very different things.

Here’s an interesting likely fake 1 TB drive that somehow manages to piggyback off the feedback on a Mike Wazowski drive

[https://www.amazon.com/High-Speed-Portable-Compatible-Computer-Keychain/dp/B0BTBGKH2K](https://www.amazon.com/High-Speed-Portable-Compatible-Computer-Keychain/dp/B0BTBGKH2K)

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-physically-usb-flash-drive/980331/44 "2023-02-26T05:35:04Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Don’t _most_ USB flash drives lack moving parts?

And some have removable covers that are easy to lose.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-physically-usb-flash-drive/980331/45 "2023-04-05T16:42:26Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> I don’t think that there are. Not in “thumb” cases, that I’ve seen. They _could_ be made (it wouldn’t be much of a modification for something like [this](https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-1TB-Extreme-Portable-SDSSDE61-1T00-G25/dp/B08HN37XC1) drive, for example), but I can’t find one that actually exists.

Five weeks later, and now there looks to be a legit 2 TB thumb drive available. Apparently released in October 2022, but didn’t show up in Amazon searches the last time this thread was active.

[https://www.amazon.com/Oyen-Digital-Flash-Memory-Portable/dp/B0BJW7GKV5](https://www.amazon.com/Oyen-Digital-Flash-Memory-Portable/dp/B0BJW7GKV5)

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