Crayon-Shaped USB-C Pendrive

A 64GB USB-C drive shaped like a crayon, in a colour officially named Mango Tango.

What it actually is

A SanDisk Crayola-branded USB-C flash drive at 64GB, rated up to 300MB/s read, shaped and coloured as a crayon, carrying a five year warranty. It works with phones, tablets and laptops that take USB-C.

Who it's for

Gift buyers, and anyone who has to hand a file to someone in person and would rather do it with some style. The five year warranty is unusual at this size and is a real part of the value.

The honest downside

Sixty-four gigabytes for well over two thousand rupees is novelty pricing — you can buy several times the capacity for the same money in a plain drive. The crayon shape is also wider than a standard drive, so it may block the neighbouring port on a laptop. And it is small and brightly coloured, which is a combination that gets lost.

Check these before you buy

• That 64GB is enough, since the price buys far more capacity in a plain drive
• Whether the shape fouls adjacent ports on your specific laptop
• That it is USB-C and not USB-A, as both exist under similar names
• Read versus write speed — the headline figure is usually read

Verdict

A charming gift and an expensive way to buy 64GB. Both things are true.

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