Cheap 2TB flash drive from Wish tested

[Jan]

We bought a 2TB flash drive from Wish — but got something very different

MyBroadband purchased a 2TB USB 3.0 flash drive from Wish, but testing revealed that it was, in fact, a 16GB USB 2.0 drive.

Marketed as an “ultra-large capacity keychain flash memory USB stick”, the 2TB drive cost $9 (R136) and had 117 reviews with an average rating of 3.9/5.

 

[Azbubu]

It’s probably considered 2TB in China. I know I’m considered much larger over there than I am over here.

 

[SlowInternet]

The flash drives and SD cards available on Wish are most of the time not the capacity they are advertised as.

 

[wingnut771]

Maybe that’s why they’re called Wish?

 

[markings]

There are YT channels whose themes are to buy from Wish and test what one gets. In most cases this is not what is advertised.

 

[wizardofid]

The flash drives and SD cards available on Wish are most of the time not the capacity they are advertised as.

Um 100% of the times items on wish isn't what it says it is.........

 

[blunt]

so if you copy data over exceeding the max size it is just lost? will the OS not throw an error when it can no longer write?

 

[Gatecrasher]

2TB v3.0 promised.
14GB v2.0 delivered.
No problem.
Its like voting ANC.
Let's order some more.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Had the same thing about 15 years ago off eBay
Purchased a few 16GB Flash drives for super cheap, less than a hundred bux each
They were in fact about 2GB each and all that happened when you copied stuff to it, it would just keep writing data over the oldest files so you thought you were copying tons of stuff to it but in fact, you only had the last 2GB worth
LOL

You get what you pay for

 

[Zurg]

I never bought into this whole wish.com thing it just never rubbed me the right way, for all my miscellaneous stuff I usually get it off AliExpress it's cheap enough and people post reviews and pics.

My Huawei supercharger is almost 4 years old, the cable was garbage and broken after a year but none the less the product worked as intended.

If something is that cheap then you have to question why, rather steer clear of it and stick to places real people actually recommend.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

still remember the memory stick I brought at one of those China malls, said 16GB, when that was something important,

turned out to be 4GB, but it was Cheap enough R50 if I remember correctly.

 

[absynth]

There used to be many "vendors" on the parade in Cape Town selling those and you could pick up Cockroach powder at the same time

 

[backstreetboy]

Um 100% of the times items on wish isn't what it says it is.........

Not true at all. Brought some Oral-b toothbrush heads from there and they did the job.

 

[ECape]

You WISH it was a 2TB

 

[Tabac]

Bought a penis extender from wish, didn't fit. How small is a chinad!ck ??

 

[gregmcc]

Unless you buy from a reputable supplier anything over 16GB is bound to be fake.

f3probe is a much better tool for testing. Its loads faster than h2testw.

 

[Apogee]

Many vendors at the traffic intersections are also selling those.

 

[JohnStarr]

Hahahaha...when you have money to burn on junk.

This is what you get.,

 

[yebocan]

...looks about right...

 

[Alltorc]

Am I the only one surprised that you got the item 18 days after placing the order?I am still waiting for things I bought in March