Product Photos and a Closer Look
The package is cardboard with a blister protection for the flash drive. It’s simple but looks professional and is enough to protect the drive for the transport time.
On the back is a short user manual, but it’s not the best, and I recommend checking videos on the Kingston product websites or simply visiting Kingston’s YouTube channel. It makes everything much easier and faster.
On the SSD are manuals in PDF files, but first, we have to initially configure the access.
The Keypad 200C looks simple but stylish. It’s designed to protect our data, so it doesn’t have to be pretty, but the eye-catching aesthetics is, of course, an advantage.
As the product’s name suggests, once we slide the cover, we will see a large keypad. It covers most of the flash drive surface. Besides that, three LEDs give us info about the protection stage.
Since it’s a USB flash drive, there is nothing really exceptional besides the alphanumeric keypad.
The 200C version uses a USB-C connector. It’s important to pick the one we will use the most as not all devices support USB-C, but Kingston also offers Keypads with USB-A, so it’s not a big problem.
Worth mentioning is that inside the Keypad 200C is a built-in battery. It lets us unlock the flash drive, which isn’t plugged into any device. Actually, we have to unlock it first and then connect it to the PC or other device. It’s skipped in some guides, and I bet that our readers may wonder about that.
The Keypad 200C is protected to the point if we wish to remove the cover, the memory chips inside will be damaged, preventing us from connecting it to other devices and getting access to stored data. It’s probably one of the reasons why the price is so high, as this product can’t be repaired. In case of any issues, it will be replaced.
On the next page, we will take a closer look at test results.
