Kingston Technology DataTraveler 256GB 220MB/s Metal USB 3.2 Gen 1 SE9 G3

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The Kingston DataTraveler 256GB at £36.35 ex-VAT is the kind of “buy it, forget it, move data” stick that actually makes sense for most business use. At this price, you’re getting a lot of capacity without going down the rabbit hole of fancy features you’ll never use. The metal body is also a practical upgrade for day-to-day handling—less fussy in meeting rooms, workshops, and shared IT drawers than the flimsy-looking plastics.

That said, I wouldn’t choose this as your first pick if you need peak reliability or you’re constantly moving very large files to/from critical systems. USB sticks are still USB sticks, and for anything mission-critical you’ll want proper storage infrastructure (or at least a workflow that accounts for risk). For who it *does* fit: teams distributing files, backups of documents, training media, simple installs/updates, or anyone who needs lots of capacity at low cost per GB. If that sounds like your use case, this is a solid value buy. If you’re deploying for critical recovery or long-term archival, I’d look elsewhere.