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When I got a cheap-ass USB stick by the brand Medion in 2015 (64GB USB 3.0 for €15), I did not expect to store data for a long time on it.

But the Hama USB stick from 2015? I have already posted about .

But a few things to add:

That cheap Medion USB stick not only has 100% data integrity after six years, but also is 140 MB/s fast! That crappy Hama, at around the same price, only had 30 MB/s at most (about a fifth!), and also, as already said, lost data within months.

Unbelievable.

The consensus that Hama flash storage is garbage is huge, with only . And yet they sell it at similarities prices. That's called a scam.

Their other products appear fine. But their flash storage? They better check their supplier.

When I got a *cheap-ass* USB stick by the brand *Medion* in 2015 (64GB USB 3.0 for €15), I did not expect to store data for a long time on it. But the Hama USB stick from 2015? I have already posted about [where that went](https://vid8.poal.co/user/Handroid7/ZOm02cN). But a few things to add: That cheap Medion USB stick not only has **100% data integrity** after six years, but also is **140 MB/s** fast! That crappy Hama, at around **the same price**, only had 30 MB/s at most (about a fifth!), and also, as already said, lost data within months. Unbelievable. The consensus that Hama flash storage is garbage is huge, with only [one strange exception](https://poal.co/s/DataLossPrevention/309678). And yet they sell it at similarities prices. That's called a scam. Their **other** products appear fine. But their flash storage? They better check their supplier.

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My medion camera is long dead from a motorcycle crash, but the sd card lives on.

This is why expandable storage is beneficial, also in mobile phones.