The rear has a section where it seems perfect for labelling the owner or use of the drive. The shape is iconic of the Ultra series, although the sliding detented insert is black rather than the orange of older USB 2.0 models and there seems to be no activity light. Unlike the Ultra Flair, this drive has a retractable, proper USB 3.0 connector. The drive is sealed inside a plastic “bubble” with a plastic tear-off film. It is covered by a five-year limited warranty and includes a RescuePRO Deluxe software download offer with a key inside the cardboard packaging. This package is Made in Malaysia and has a model code of SDCZ48-128G-A46. Perhaps the latter is to confuse prospective buyers, as the product seems to only claim a speed up to 130MB/s for reads but nothing about writes!
The packaging is very much like other SanDisk products – red stripe and logo on the bottom, but the text seems to have been pared back a little, there is no longer any artwork in the background, and the new “store MORE. Given that this was a different unit and it is customary for all data storage devices to be subjected to an initial commissioning test, I decided to write this up as a quick review. At last, on 13th October, the replacement drive arrived – the whole process costing 52 days. After calling and escalating the issue, a lack of stock led to a request from Sandisk to substitute their Ultra in place of the Ultra Flair to which I accepted. While initial recovery seemingly went well, the RMA process was protracted as the replacement item was somehow delivered back to the sender.
Recently, I had some bad luck with my Sandisk Ultra Flair 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive which failed after a few years of read-mostly operation.
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