This is my original Corsair Survivor Drive. It's pretty good. It served me
well for 3 years. However, there's a new kit on the block. The Survivor Stealth
takes everything that was good about the original Survivor and kicks it up a
notch. The anodized aluminum housing looks stunning in a militarystyle matte
black, and the molded shot collars have been significantly thickened for better
durability. The key ring has also been upgraded to make it less likely to wear
out over time. Once we open up the drive, we find the USB3 super speed
interface, an activity LED, and the EPDM
seal that makes this drive waterproof to up to 200 m
deep. Overall, the housing is incredibly rugged and can handle up to 400 gs of
impact. Impact ratings are fascinating, but unless you actually test
them, they're totally meaningless.
impact tests are great, but we also wanted to evaluate just how waterproof
the Survivor Stealth is. The answer, very waterproof.
And no matter what your drive has been through, see this is the one we did our
throwing tests on, it is still ideal for
covert ops where you don't want to get recognized. So you got to get in and out
in a hurry. So we're using the USB 3
transfer speeds in order to copy a 1 gig file of what you can see is clearly
secret stuff off of a laptop. Now the
drive will work in USB 2 mode. However,
it will just copy slower. So, it's fully backwards compatible. You just won't get
the benefit of super speed USB 3. So, you can see we're copying at over 50
megabytes per second. And we are out of
here. This has been another Techquickie on the Corsair Survivor Stealth. I'm
Lionus and I hope to see you guys next time.