Conclusion
The Patriot Stellar Boost XT 64GB is a pretty good product which is well designed for users who care about mobility.
The drive’s rugged build and rubber finish will protect your data even after couple of drops on the ground or if it gets wet. We did not perform any underwater tests but it should survive that too.
The small size and dual USB ports with OTG support will help to use it with any mobile devices such as smart phones or tablets. With the rising demand for mobile devices it is actually the most important aspect of this flash drive. Anyone will probably live if the data will be copied 10 seconds later but if it will not be possible to copy anything from or to your favorite mobile device then it will be a problem. With Patriot Stellar Boost XT you do not have to worry about it and you can feel free to move your data between nearly every device and computer.
The performance is maybe not the most important but it is a key when you have to choose one of the many products available on the market. In this case we can expect that Patriot Stellar Boost XT will be one of the fastest flash drives with OTG support that we can buy. We can be even surprised that performance is way higher than declared by manufacturer. I will bring that again, declared bandwidth is 110MB/s read and 20MB/s write while in ATTO benchmark we were able to reach as high transfers as 132MB/s read and 62MB/s write!
We can buy the Patriot Stellar Boost XT 64GB OTG in various online stores like Amazon where it cost about $40. It is not cheap but for all that the drive offers, I think that it is a reasonable price.
Patriot offers a two year warranty for the Stellar Boost XT series. I think it could be longer as many manufacturers give a three or a five year warranty for their flash products.
Pros:
- Solid build (probably even waterproof)
- Small, portable design
- Great data read performance
- OTG support and micro USB port
- Reasonable price
Cons:
- write speed could be higher
- warranty could be longer
Final words:
I can recommend the Patriot Stellar Boost XT 64GB to everyone who is looking for a USB flash drive; especially those who care about OTG support for their mobile devices. This is one of the best options on the market available at a well-balanced price. Since it is mobile, fast and well built, it is hard not to recommend it.
