32 GB Lexar flash drive for $9.95 (31 cents per gig)

My go-to price on flash drives (also known as jump drives and thumb drives) has always been 50 cents per gigabyte.  So I'll happily pay $6.00 for a 12 gig jump drive, $10 for a 20 gig jump drive, etc..

So when my Amazon price tracker dinged me on this Lexar 32 gigabyte jump drive for $9.95 with free Prime/SuperSaver shipping,  I didn't hesitate. That's 31 cents a gig, and an excellent price.  BTW, these drives are compatible with both Macs & PCs.

What do I use flash drives for?

• Backup:  I have a regular backup drive, but there are certain files (documents, pictures) I'd like to keep multiple safe copies of in different physical locations.  You never know when a disaster like Sandy or a fire or a burglary (all God forbid) may hit you.  We actually have some flash drives tucked away in our safe deposit vault.
• Travel:  this is my main use for portable drives. if I want to take my laptop with me on a plane, but also need a ton of files from my main computer, it takes me about 5 minutes to copy them on to a flash drive and put the drive on my key chain.  I can work with the files by just plugging them into my computer, and then bring home the updated versions the same way.  Flash drives were made for travel.
• Photos:  ever empty an entire summer's worth of pictures from your smartphone to your PC?  There are a few you'll want to keep on there, but the rest should go into storage.  Also remember that those wedding pictures of your grandparents from the 1940s just aren't going to last forever; scan them into digital form and back them up them on a flash drive.  
• Music storage:  music files like mp3s are huge and tend to eat up my computer, laptop, iPad and phone storage very quickly.  While I keep the majority in cloud storage, there are a few I like to keep offline, and those are on flash drives.
• Documents:  birth certificates, passports, marriage licenses, divorce papers, ketubahs, gets, citizenship papers, court records, even tax returns and receipts, financial records, etc. all should be backed up tucked away on a flash drive.  These are all things that are not easily replaceable.

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