{"id":88,"date":"2015-02-06T12:33:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T17:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/?p=88"},"modified":"2015-02-06T23:49:18","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T04:49:18","slug":"avoid-lacies-iamakey-flash-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/avoid-lacies-iamakey-flash-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Lacie\u2019s iamaKey Flash Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

In February 2012, I purchased a Lacie iamaKey, which carries a 2-year warranty. Seventeen months later, in July of 2013, the drive stopped working\u2014it wouldn\u2019t mount in Mac, Windows, or Linux. Nothing I tried was able to revive it; Lacie replaced it. (I had to provide LaCie with proof of my having destroyed the broken drive before they would replace it.)<\/p>\n

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A destroyed LaCie iamaKey (July 2013).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eighteen months later, the replacement died\u2014the drive became write-protected, and the protection could not be removed. The replacement drive only carries a 3-month warranty, so no replacement for the replacement. (The replacement was destroyed because I\u2019m showing my disdain for this company.)<\/p>\n

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Another destroyed LaCie iamaKey (February 2015).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, the original drive failed\u00a0about a year and a half after I purchased it, and its\u00a0replacement died exactly a year and a half later. Perhaps a coincidence.<\/p>\n

These drives look cool, are convenient to carry, and are designed to be carted around on a keychain with other keys. They are, however, too unreliable.\u00a0I have a SanDisk Cruzer that is about 8 years old, is encased in plastic, and has taken a beating since 2006. It works perfectly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In February 2012, I purchased a Lacie iamaKey, which carries a 2-year warranty. Seventeen months later, in July of 2013, the drive stopped working\u2014it wouldn\u2019t mount in Mac, Windows, or Linux. Nothing I tried was able to revive it; Lacie replaced it. (I had to provide LaCie with proof of my having destroyed the broken… Continue reading Avoid Lacie\u2019s iamaKey Flash Drive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[12,13,14],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-avoid","tag-lacie-iamakey","tag-poor-quality","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roy.vanegas.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}