SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

Re:SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash driv... by LargoLasskhyfv on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @07:47AM (#45886691)

I've always wondered about why those little gadgets don't come with metal encasings bonded to the chip with a thermal pad, or putty out of the factory. Be it brushed aluminum, copper, or another alloy. Brushed, anodized, or with fins for 'heavy duty (outdoor/industrial?)' use(which you could clean with a brush, if need be).

There should be a market/demand for that, when people are paying fantasy prices for gamified crap, yes?

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Re:SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash driv... by izacus on Friday November 14, 2025 @01:54AM (#45924560)

They do? But that just means that my Transcend USB stick, made from aluminium, just heats up to 60C which makes it very hard to remove after writing without burning your fingers :(

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Re:SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash driv... by LargoLasskhyfv on Friday November 14, 2025 @11:29AM (#45928463)

Interesting that you mention that brand :-) I had some of them long ago, and they didn't last long. The true metal enclosure was just that, with the 'board' just held in place by the USB-part, and some pins from the other end. No thermal pads, or putty.

The other one was just metallic painted plastic.

That was the era of 512MB to 4GB. Never bought again from them.

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