The Patriot Element is the second Micro USB 3.0 flash drive we have seen, unlike its predecessor, the PQI Micro USB, it was released in 2013. We had high hopes for this drive, it would have been great to have a micro drive that delivered true USB 3.0 speeds. Sadly our test unit would not even function correctly on a USB 3.0 port so our tests had to be run on USB 2.0. Based on the drive's performance on the USB 2.0 connection we are not optimistic that USB 3.0 would make much difference to the abysmal performance we observed. Generally USB 2.0 only limits speeds below 35 MB/s and only two of the Patriot Element's speeds bested this. In terms of aesthetics [...] [Mar '13USBFlashPro]
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