CONCLUSION

   The Marvel M70 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive lived up to the numbers Silicon Power advertises as you can clearly see from our charts and along with the very nice looking zinc alloy enclosure i can say that we all liked it. What i personally found a bit strange was that because the enclosure is somewhat large in size to accommodate the retractable connector it's not solid like other zinc alloy USB flash drives we've tested in the past and since Silicon Power obviously wanted to keep the weight to a minimum the Marvel M70 feels way too light (and empty). That being said we still can't figure out how it's outperformed by its predecessor the Marvel M60 which we reviewed roughly 2 years ago. Normally i wouldn't even mention this but the difference in performance is not really small so if you care about performance and not so much about the quality of the enclosure then the Marvel M60 model is the obvious choice.

   With a current price tag set at USD31.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and 57.23Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) the Marvel M70 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive doesn't only look very nice thanks to the small zinc alloy enclosure but it also offers lots of space, very good read/write speeds and a very tempting price tag especially in the USA. I'm willing to bet that Silicon Power could have pushed its performance levels even higher but that would probably up the cost of the drive significantly and at least for this segment of the market that's the last thing any manufacturer wants (had this been a 512GB/1TB USB flash drive we'd naturally want to see better speeds). Overall the Marvel M70 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive lived up to our expectation and that's why it gets our Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality (Zinc Alloy Enclosure)
- Design
- Very Good Performance
- Lifetime Warranty
- Retractable Design
- Software Suites (SP Widget & Recuva File Recovery)
- Price Tag (USA)

CONS

- Price (EU)
- No Lanyard Included