Not just for computer guys like me, these handy little storage devices are everywhere nowadays. I remember back in the late 90’s when I paid almost $300 for a 16MB stick drive, they’re now faster, larger (and smaller!) and come in a variety of shapes and colors! Companies are even giving them away as promotional items. USB Stick Drives are quickly becoming a staple of everyday business.

But are they all the same? Is there a good reason why one is more pricey than the other? Well the guys over at Test Freaks wanted to know too! Back in January, they compared many different USB stick drives of varied sizes and prices, but this time, they decided to do an apples-to-apples benchmark comparison of 17 different 16GB drives and even created charts (for all you chart-lovers out there, you know who you are…).

A plethora of 16Gb Drives

Yep, I’m at it again, this time I’ve got an assortment of 16gb USB drives, 17 of them in total from many different companies. I went and did a bit of searching and collected some of the more popular drives out there today, along with many others as well. I think we’ve got a nice representative sampling overall, we’ve got Sandisk, Verbatim, PQI, Kingston, OCZ, Patriot, Ridata, Imation, HP, Adata,Corsair, Memorex, Super Talent, PNY and Transcend in this little roundup. — TestFreaks.com