where to buy a thumb drive with write lock switch

February 25, 2009 10:11 AM

I really thought this would be easier to find, but I can't seem to locate a thumb drive that I can order online with a write lock switch. Preferably 1 gig or more and as cheap as possible. If anyone knows of a particular model I would really appreciate it!
posted by meta87 to technology (6 comments total)

I found this. So, obviously some of the Trek models (from my reading of the review, the larger capacity ones) have a write lock switch. Trek store.
posted by misha at 10:18 AM on February 25, 2009

Maybe search for USB drive instead?
posted by fish tick at 10:30 AM on February 25, 2009

The Swissmemory USB drives have a lock switch. They aren't cheap though, but they come in pretty large sizes (my wife just bought a 16gb one for me).

Unless you really want the included Swiss Army penknife / laser pointer / etc. you might just buy one of the replacement drives, as they are removable and can be purchased separately.
posted by caution live frogs at 10:50 AM on February 25, 2009

You can get a Secure Digital USB card reader super-cheap (a lot of them enclose the SD card, so it doesn't look much different from other flash drives), and individual SD cards have write-protect switches.
posted by Zed at 11:05 AM on February 25, 2009

I have an EasyDisk USB stick which has a write switch, it's just visible in the picture on the bottom edge.
posted by penguinliz at 2:02 PM on February 25, 2009

Cool everyone thanks alot for the info! I'll check all this stuff out. If anyone else has any more please let me know.
posted by meta87 at 7:27 PM on February 25, 2009