Lexar JumpDrive Triton - USB 3.0 review: Lexar JumpDrive Triton - USB 3.0

The Lexar JumpDrive Triton is something of an upgrade to the Lexar Echo MX Backup Drive.

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Lexar JumpDrive Triton - USB 3.0

The Good

The USB 3.0-based <b>Lexar JumpDrive Triton</b> offers top performance. The drive is compact, sturdy, great looking, and comes with excellent port design.

The Bad

The Lexar JumpDrive Triton's capacity caps at just 64GB. It's also rather expensive.

The Bottom Line

Thanks to its stellar performance and nifty design, the Lexar JumpDrive Triton is more than worth its relatively high price tag.

Compared with the Echo, the now-USB-3.0-based Triton offers much faster speed; in fact, it's the fastest in writing among all USB 3.0 external storage solutions I've seen, including full-size drives. It also comes with a better retractable port design and a more aesthetically appealing and sturdy casing than the Echo.

The Triton is not a total upgrade, however, since it doesn't have a visible storage gauge and caps at just 64GB (the Echo caps at 128GB). It also doesn't come with any backup software.

At a suggested price of around $55 for 16GB (or $80 for 32GB and $200 for 64GB), I find that the new drive, though slightly pricey, is totally worth the investment and a much better alternative to the Echo.

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