Gadgetory

huh this is a USB stick from Corsair it's called it's called the survivor it's waterproof shockproof vibration proof but is it fireproof is it high proof and exactly how much you know elemental damage can this thing withstand before losing my very sensitive information because I'm stupid and I'm gonna put the only information that I have no backed up anywhere after this Drive and see if it can survive the test the new OC CTR 200 from Toshiba is a great value SSD if you're considering upgrading your hard drive and get a nice boost in performance with cutting-edge 3d flash memory and ultra reliable controller with built-in power management available in different capacities check it out below the issue though is that I don't have the appropriate elements to torture this USB stick so let's go somewhere else hello good people I have come to Panama to test out the survivor USB stick let's put it through the elements and see if it survives okay so the first order of business the survivor sticker is already peeling but it is more stout this way but I really like this implementation of this USB stick we have these rubber bits that potentially would absorb some of the impact so the aluminum housing remains intact it is waterproof up to 200 meters so in case you play the place this in your pocket forget to take it out go to the ocean or go to some some body of water your data will be safe but I'm curious to see what type of shock absorbent this aluminum housing can withstand so let's go drop this thing run it over with a car leave it in the heat I think it's like 40 degrees outside for an hour and see if our data survives after being thrown in the ocean - okay so the first order of business is to place some very important information all to the USB Drive so I'm going to place all the pictures that are taking on this trip onto USB Drive delete it from my computer so we have a little bit risk involved huh I'm very surprised at how slow the driver is it's not even reaching 50 megabytes per second for transfers what's up okay the files have finally transferred let me delete my local coffee on the computer this is very nerve-wracking because I think it's some amazing pictures well let's hope I have not made a giant mistake Corsair please do not disappoint all right so first let's do an extreme drug test no no that I'm gonna literally throw this as hard as I can into concrete floor so it is completely closed that's nothing all good all right so as expected there's some scuffs onto the body of the aluminum housing but the little chunky pieces on ends plus the rubber pieces help to absorb a lot of that impact and so it does look a little damaged but I'm sure the actual drive inside is completely fine so let's put some weight on it instead absolutely fine I think so after being run over by a car looks like we have a little bit of damage on the rubber pieces so but they are still holding up and there can be used no problem and the actual structure of the aluminum body has not morphed into anything because I can unscrew the tip just fine the next before dumping this thing into the pool let's first make sure that it works alright so that did not go as planned and I think I threw it way too hard and the main flash actually detached from the PCB the actual aluminum closure is all fine but yeah now let's test out the waterproofing I've placed a $5 bill inside of here and make sure that it still can protect you from water in case you want to transfer anything important and here that is not your data so all good it's waterproof as they say all right so for the unclaimed attic conclusion about the USB survivor is the housing the aluminum housing is waterproof its shock resistant you know there's absolutely no damage on it and I've run it over with a car and I've smashed at the games concrete and it's held up just fine the internals over don't hold the same fate obviously don't throw the game's concrete because the force of that impact will make sure that the interiors just fall apart into pieces but I'm a bit surprised that the actual NAND memory is just attached to the housing and there's no other supporting mechanism to make sure that the USB stays intact in case this thing experiences a really fast and sharp contact with something hard and looking over the USB connector it has been worked most likely when I was running it over with a car because the aluminum housing how much I'm assuming it can withstand a little bit of flexibility to me it looks just fine but as you can see I cannot even insert this into USB port because this whole male connector is warped now it would be awesome to see a derivative of this product that is you know super high-impact proof so if you throw this over like a five-story building it will not fall apart inside because the actual housing is totally fine to withstand those unnecessary forces but the USB technology inside of it cannot alright so that's it for my experiment for the core survival USB stick I honestly did not expect the interior to be so fragile but now I know and the exterior is super tough and all my data despite it was being deleted from the computer I luckily was able to recover it from the trash bin I'm Dimitri thanks so much for watching we'll see you