CONCLUSION

   When Kingston released the HyperX Predator USB flash drives 4 years ago they had very little to no competition in the market in terms of not only capacity but also performance so if these were things you just had to have their models where a must. Today however things are not quite the same and with so many portable SSD models in the market that score higher in terms of performance the Ultimate GT drives have only their somewhat compact size and capacity going for them. We are not saying that their performance is bad since the 2TB model did hit well over 300MB/s in read and 200MB/s in write performance in some tests but there are quite a few other models with similar performance (some of which we’ve reviewed in the past). The good news however is that there’s not much competition when it comes to available capacity so this is where these drives come on top.

   Price is perhaps the single largest drawback of the Kingston Ultimate GT 2TB USB 3.1 Gen 1 Flash Drive since it currently retails for USD1455.76 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 1549Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) a price tag which is basically double what you’d have to pay for let’s say the Portable SSD T3 2TB by Samsung. Granted the Ultimate GT is quite smaller but at the same time for twice the prize (and let’s not forget inferior performance) I think most people would not care much about that. Still it’s a fact that Kingston has once again released the highest capacity USB flash drive in the market currently and that along with its very good performance levels are more than enough for us to give it our Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality (Zinc Metal Alloy Casing)
- Very Good Read/Write Performance
- Massive Storage Space (2TB)
- SSD Type USB Flash Drive
- USB 3.1 Gen 1 Extension Cable

CONS

- Very High Price Tag (For Most People)
- Performance Levels (Compared To Portable SSDs)
- Drive Thickness (For Some)