Final Words and Conclusion

Its obvious that both these drives have their own character and will appeal to different people. The Corsair Voyager Mini is the more durable looking drive, and the rubberised housing has a lovely soft feel to it. The Pico, on the other hand, looks very simplistic and smart compared to the Voyager, but possibly a little too flashy for some with the 24k gold plating and gold chain lanyard. Also, although both drives are classified as mini USB devices, due to the Voyagers casing the Pico is quite a bit smaller, as can been seen in the picture below.

Both of the drives had decent performance and neither have any technical or physical drawbacks. The Corsair did show an advantage in working with smaller files though, so it may be suited better to people who will be copying a lot of office documents, small databases, or mp3 files onto it. However, for people who will be primarily working with larger files (~64MB and up), the difference in performance is minimal at best.

USB drives are as much of a fashion statement these days as anything else, and a lot of people would buy one of these drives purely depending on their aesthetic taste, but if youre looking for better everyday performance the Corsair has the edge here. Dont write the Pico off though, it wasnt dreadful compared to the Corsair in terms of performance and the size and style will still be a factor for many.

Corsair Voyager Mini
The Voyager Mini may not be as speedy as some of corsairs larger USB drives but its small, stylish, rugged, has an 8GB capacity and to cap it off it is only £16.86 inc VAT.



Super Talent Pico
Not as fast or cheap as the Corsair drive but is even smaller in size, and is very stylish in its own right.