Promotional USB Drives

Promotional USB Drives are rapidly becoming a much bigger tool over the years. They have long since become removed from the high tech image of 7 or 8 years ago when just techno wizards possessed these compact tools and they held just a few megabytes of data each and only the most up-to-date computers could hadle them without needing driver software to be installed.

Now nearly every computer will accept a USB drive plugged straight into it. They have gone from USB 1.1 to USB 2.0 for much faster access and their storage capacity has increased to talking in gigabytes, rather than megabytes. They make old fashioned floppy disks look like next to no storage, with a much more compact size. They even make CDs look not only cumbersome but also smalled and DVDs, with typically 4.7gb, are outpowered by the largest capacity of USB drives.

And it is not just their storage capacity and size that make them an appealing promotional tool. These drives can be ready loaded with a variety of information. These can be set to automatically run or just be available to read. The information can even be write protected so that it can not be deleted, with the drive effectively split into two - the first partition being the protected promotional data and the second partition being the writeable space for the user to take advantage of.

Used like this, it can contain a brochure for the person to access at a later date or slides from a presentation that you are about to give for later reference.

A use that many buyers are now putting these drives to is for use in education. Many schools, colleges and other institutions are buying basic shaped USB drives and adding their logo. They then sell them to their students to carry around coursework, notes and other files and in doing so are raising some valuable and much needed funds for their establishment. USB drives for schools is definitely and excellent idea.

Another great appeal is their variety. These drives not only have a huge range of capacity, but also probably as large a range of shapes, sizes and colours. Why keep to just a plain stick USB drive when instead you can select from a myriad of eye catching drives. Maybe a football or a car or lorry depending on the buyer or receiver. Or if you want a compact and easy to carry around device, the compact credit card shaped, and sized, USB drive is fantastic.

Or you can keep to the traditional shape, with a twist or two, literally. There's the twister drive, in which the protective cap unfolds or the leather drive for something quite stylish looking. Promotional USB drives come in all shapes and sizes and are really useful to all computer users.

Lead Times: Most items are usually available on 3 week lead time. Golf Balls can usually be completed a lot quicker, dependent on workload. If your promotional order is urgent, please contact us on 01704 569326 and we will see what we can do. If your artwork is ready prepared then this can make the process a lot easier!