Comments on: Make your USB flash drive indestructible!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:55:45 +0000

Does 5-min epoxy work?

By: ده استفاده هوشمندانه از کول دیسک های بدون استفاده

ده استفاده هوشمندانه از کول دیسک های بدون استفاده — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:10:56 +0000

[...] به جا گذاشته اید، می توانید برای اطمینان بیشتر، کول دیسک تان را فناناپذیر کنید. خب، پس از اینکه کول دیسک را با اطلاعاتی درباره [...]

By: 10 استفاده هوشمندانه از کول دیسک های بدون استفاده

10 استفاده هوشمندانه از کول دیسک های بدون استفاده — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:06:02 +0000

By: anon

anon — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:28:44 +0000

did this a while back to a 2nd hand usb key i was given because the case had broken off but with a hot glue gun. my brothers always breaking electronic stuff and has plenty of epoxy glue about the place (pretty much the same stuff eh?) i'll have to show him this.

By: NyteOwl

NyteOwl — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:30:09 +0000

This works well if you're careful. Epoxy should be available at most hardware and home building supplies stores as well as crafts shops.

I have a commercial Ironkey (ironkey.com) USB key that is metal cased and epoxy filled. It meets the DOD waterproofing specs. Also encrypted which is nice.

By: Encoaded

Encoaded — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:21:47 +0000

Where can you get epoxy resin commercially in the U.S.? Also, would the epoxy coating prevent the failure that uasually happens to flash drives, caused by the breaking down of the silicon while the drive is being read and written? And if this is truly the best thing to do with a flash drive, wouldn't you think this would be how the drives would be sold? It is easily possible for a company to create a very nice design using epoxy casing. Why do they not use this? (other than the fact that the time for the epoxy to set would slow the production a bit)

By: millonone2

millonone2 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:48:27 +0000

what if you mix a small bucket of epoxy, and dip in your flash drives and card readers, ect. into the bucket one by one, so that there is a more even/glosy effect, and or a tail of the stuff is at the back of it.(hang them by the usb connector part somehow)

By: farsfi

farsfi — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:42:35 +0000

its a very good idea to put the case back on, in fact epoxy it into the case, fill one side, plop the board in, fill the other side a bit and sandwich it nice, it reinforces the connector in a way that using nothing but epoxy doesn't. much more likely to survive forces.

By: Bwai

Bwai — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:07:45 +0000

Opps, silly me. I mean "YOUR" in the warning, not you. ^_^

By: Bwai

Bwai — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:06:54 +0000

This is an awesome idea! However, only I wish I had discovered this a few months ago... I had my laptop up on my bed with the flash drive in, and then the next thing you know, boom! I'm asleep. Wake up, laptop lying on it's screen on the floor with the main part (keyboard, touchscreen, etc.) up in the air, the flash drive bent in onto the floor. Fix up my flash drive, take out my USB, and as soon as it came right out of the laptop, it shattered into pieces. I had to get some sticky tape and a few hours to do the job. After awhile, it was fixed. However, it tends to malfunction whilst in my laptop occasionally and well, yeah... It's still kinda really messed up.

So here is a warning;
EPOXY YOU ELECTRONIC GOODS NOW!!!

~A very sad kid...