Would you pay CAD$599 for a 256GB USB thumb drive?

Are you planning to search the depths for Atlantis, take a walk inside an active volcano or get struck by lightning while keeping your precious data safe? Then the VIUD is perfect for you!

This one's made from Aluminium

This one's made from Aluminium

 

Introducing the VIUD, the Very Indestructible USB Drive.

Designed for the clumsy, the crazy and the unlucky, these drives are created specifically to withstand pretty much any punishment (except being shot at) you can think of. Here's a rundown of the specifications:

Size: 0.9 x 0.9 x 3" (23 x 23 x 77 mm)

Weight: 68 g (Al), 94 g (Ti)

Case Materials: Aluminum 7068-T6511, Titanium Grade 5

Case Coating: Aluminum Hard Coat Anodizing (Type III)

Aluminum Colours: Dark Red, Dark Green, Dark Blue, Black

Titanium Colours: Natural

USB: 3.0 (2.0 compatible)

Read Speeds: 45-175 MB/s (depends on capacity)

Write Speeds: 25-100 MB/s (depends on capacity)

Pressure Rating: 3000 psi (20.7 MPa, 2 km water depth)

End-to-End Load Rating: 3 tons

Side Load Rating: 2 tons

Operating Temperature: -20 to 50 °C

Storage Temperature: -40 to 70 °C

Temperature Rating: 100 °C for 60 minutes, 200 °C for 10 minutes, 500 °C for 60 sec, 2000 °C for 30 sec

Shock Rating: 1600 G

Drop Height: 50 m (164 ft)

We're no experts on this but those specifications sound pretty hardcore! If you ever get stranded in the Arctic (you know you're screwed, unless you're Bear Grylls), this is the best thing to store your will in.

You can get two different casings to encase your nigh immortal drive in; Aluminium or Titanium. We wonder if there's an Adamantium version coming soon? (Yes, we know Adamantium's fictional so don't flame us in the comments!)

This one's Titanium! Chiseled, more rugged! Manlier than Aluminium!

This one's Titanium! Chiseled, more rugged! Manlier than Aluminium!

Prices range from CAD$199 (16GB version) to CAD$419 (256GB version) for the Aluminium version and CAD$319 to CAD$599 respectively for the Titanium edition.

Now before you get too excited and start checking your bank accounts, know that the VIUD is only a Kickstarter project for the moment. Like all Kickstarter projects, if this one doesn't make its intended goal of CAD$25,000, it won't get funded and created.

Still if you really need to get a thumb drive that'll probably outlast you, you can submit your pledge here.

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