SanDisk iXpand V2 - Reviews
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2.5.2019
It took a little while and some experimentation, but having worked out how best to use the ixpand flash drive I am really pleased with how well it works. It was a present for my non technically minded friend, who, once I had set up everything, sent me an email saying - The flash disk gadget is amazing, I am absolutely delighted with it.The 64GB flash drive has solved all her storage and back up problems and provided me with an easy way to let her have copies of photographs taken during our outings together. We both find the flash drive very easy to use. It plugs in securely and neatly into the ipad and just three basic commands appear on the Home Page when using the APP. These are 'Copy Files',
3.6.2016
This seems like a robust, handy USB flash drive,which can apparently connect up via wifi to portable products like phones, tablets, and use wifi to transfer your media without your having to plug it in physically.I say 'apparently' as that's not something that excites me adn i doubt I'll ever get round to working out how to do it, but for some i can see it might be handyThe stick has software on it that has both mac and windows versionsit also comes with some free sample files, five pieces of music, half-a-dozen instagram type shots and a couple of sandisk promo videosas you can see from the product photo the main body is metal with a plastic keyring attachment that has an electronic attachment,
20.2.2017
Whilst technically this usb stick does work, I have two major initial gripes with it:- insertion is unconvincing on a PC since it's much longer than a usb slot, and it's going to be very prone to bending/breaking/damaging your usb port since it's so huge and ungainly- it's so expensive at time of reviewing.Let me justify those points though. I bought a while back a micro usb equivalent of this which is about the size of a thumbnail and has a slide switch to slide either the usb end or the micro usb end out. It was half the price of this and a lot smaller, and works well. Moreover, it was (is!) sandisk!Now - all that aside it does work perfectly well although it's usb 3 and not usb C.
19.2.2017
This is a brilliant idea for backing up photos, videos, contacts and calendar events from your iPhone or iPad without having to pay extra for Apple cloud storage or connecting to iTunes on a computer. Setting up is straight forward, you plug this into your device, it will then prompt you to download and install the correct app which is free. Once installed, the app allows you to copy and back up said items, and delete backed up photos/videos to free up space. The drive is compact and feels secure when plugged into the iPad, this gives you the option to take pictures/videos with the camera and have it automatically saved to the drive rather than the device.
2.6.2016
I think this is an excellent flashdrive. It works very well, it's well designed and it seems well made. (I've not had the durability problems reported by another reviewer – yet, anyway. I will report back if I do have any trouble with it.)The device is simple in conception: it has a normal USB 3.0 plug at one end and a lightning connector at the other so it can be used with both PCs and Apple devices. The design is very neat, with the lightning connector tucked back in to form a handle.It just works. Plug it in and it's recognised straight away, and just under 60GB of free memory is available. I get write speeds of around 20MB/s on my USB2.0 PC, which is very good – and if you've got USB3.0 they will be much faster.
13.4.2018
Some time ago I purchased a Ipad Air Mk 2 64gb at a much reduced price. I am a retired professional photographer / technician.I thought that I would be able to read files from a SD card or 2.5 inch drive with the Ipad. Yes, you can read files from a SD card via an adapter, but you have to import them first. This is not what I wanted to do. I Now use Google Photos, which is a cloud based app. I have access to some 90,000 of my images.This is fine until I want to show images to someone who does not have a network connection.This is where the Sandisk Ixpand comes in. I can transfer files to it and show them to friends and family as required.I think though for what it is, its way overpriced for 32gb of storage.
14.3.2019
Yeah, not the cheapest flash drive but this has saved my sanity. All I wanted to be able to do was take a 1-hour video shot at 1080 @60fps off my iPhone onto a PC - sounded simple.. no. of course not. When I plugged my shiny new iPhone into my PC and opened the DCIM folder to see my videos, all the large ones didn't show. After a fair bit of research (and swearing) it turns out that you cannot transfer any video file longer than 15 minutes long via a data cable. This is probably put in place so you buy iCloud space, I'm pretty sure. And, after buying 2TB of cloud space I found that the long video file DID in fact upload itself, but when I tried to download it from the cloud to my PC it managed to downsample my video down to 720p for no apparent reason.
27.3.2019
great product for expanding memory to your Iphone or Ipad .. im going on a long haul fligh soon and this will come in so handy , you can put all you movies stored on your Home PC to this little stick and replay them on your ipad though the Ixpand Sofware App you download when you input the stick to your device . Only thing is the IXpand app will not play all file types .. IE MKV files ive found it doesnt like , how ever if you put a Movie File on to the Ixpand app it doesnt like then it will direct you to download the Topreel app for sandisk which will allow you to play pretty much all file types, But ive not been able to downlaod mine as it doesnt seem to want to work through Safari so im going though sandisk customer suppport atm to get my app free ..
14.2.2017
I like SanDisk drives and when I can afford the extra I much prefer the brands reliability for my cameras, so I was pretty happy to receive this iXpand to review. It feels and looks like a quality item. You have USB 3 on one end and one of those little Lightning connectors on the other. I don't use Apple gear so just tested the USB 3.0 on my laptop. I had zero problems. It's snappy too, certainly quicker than my existing USB drives. I didn't have any of the issues a few people have reported here. I dumped around 29GB of music FLACs from my hard drive to the USB by way of a test. All was good. I like the look of the drive and kinda like the flexibility of Apple and PC connectors.
7.12.2019
I picked this up to go on holiday with. I have a number of video files that won’t just transfer over onto my iPad. This filled the gap.Transferring on to the the USB stick was simple as was setting up the app to view the files. It was however a little frustrating that you have to pay to be able to view certain types of files (mkv for example). Luckily I found another app the stick would work with so it was not an issue.Playback once I was up and running was excellent. The video and sound quality was good and ran smoothly.I did however find it annoying that whenever I plugged in the stick there was no memory of it previously being accessed by my iPad.
24.6.2016
In readiness for a long flight I loaded my iPad with films and TV, then topped up this flash drive too so I had plenty of choice.You'll need to download an app to allow this drive to work as an iPad/iPhone cannot read it natively. When I first received it the app was rather flaky but recent updates have improved stability considerably.To add content, simply plug into a USB port (preferably USB3) then drag/drop any content you want. It must be readable by the iDevice so mp3, mp4, m4v etc. but no mkv, avi etc. When you want to use it, plug the lightning connection into the iDevice and through the app either play directly or transfer to the internal memory (space permitting).The 'U'
4.6.2016
This is incredibly easy to use - plug the USB end into your PC/laptop or use the other end to plug into your iDevice of choice. The i-connector is nicely designed, as it's tucked in to form a handle; this is the smaller and less solid connecting end, so it's a brilliant design to keep it safe. Once attached to the iDevice, this lies flat to avoid damage, and the flexibility is great.I've not had the issues that a couple of users mentioned, as every time this has been inserted, it's been recognised without trouble. It;s quick and easy to transfer files, music, images. This is clearly not a technical review, as I'm not tech-minded, but I needed a product that would work along the lines of 'the dummies'
25.3.2019
Bought this as my phone had a lot of photos on, and older pc (win7) would not connect to newer iPhone via iTunes to get the photos downloaded. Worked great, although pc did crash on installing drivers, but on re-booting, the installation finished, and I got all my photos transferred/backed up (just over 1000), and it hadn't used even 50% of the 32Gb on the memory stick. Just plug into iphone, and it goes to the App Store to enable you to get the Sandisk iXpand Drive app, then runs through a few set ups, then downloads what you tell it to. I only did photos and videos, but I think it can do music and documents also. Hope it works as well when I next go to use it. Quite expensive last week at £32.59 for the 32Gb size,
4.6.2016
Couldn't easier than it already is. Upon connection to device it says App not connected, and offers to take you to the App store to get the App. Once App is installed you are good to go. It's easier to back up content to the drive and you can choose if this should be done automatically. The contacts backup is a life saver and it's really fast. The data can then be stored safely on your PC or in my case an External Driver I keep offline and not connected to any computer. Sometimes you are unable to access iCloud due to any number of causes, but a backup on this is with you, easily accessible.The media playback feature is also very convenient. You can playback media files save on the disk.
30.10.2019
A very useful and long-overdue device.We all know how reluctant Apple is to allow you to take control of anything but this device gives you extra storage and allows you to copy and back up your photos, videos and contacts to a physically separate hard device. All is controlled through the free SanDisk iXpand app that you install on the iOS. You can then copy or share with another Apple device using the lightning connector. It works like a mini USB drive but gives you 128GB of formatted storage. You can even backup social media photos like Facebook. The regular 3.1 USB connector then allows you to look at this on a PC etc. Difficult to fault at the price and gives you versatile storage and a physical backup rather than just virtual.