Shintaro 40cm Lanyard for USB Drives
$1.77 ex GST
($1.95 inc GST)
A 40cm lanyard for USB drives, name badges and keys. At under two dollars it's the cheapest insurance available against the thing schools lose most: a USB drive issued to a student in February and gone by March.
What it is:
40cm neck lanyard in black
Fits Shintaro rotating pocket drives and most USB drives with a loop
Order alongside a class set of drives — a drive on a lanyard round a neck comes back, and one in a pocket doesn't. Bulk quantities available on a school purchase order.
Shintaro Rotating USB Pocket Drive
from $13.59 ex GST
($14.95 inc GST)
The rotating pocket drive is the standard school USB — the metal body swivels to cover the connector instead of using a cap, which removes the single most common way these get broken or lost. No cap means nothing to leave on a desk.
What it is:
USB 2.0 flash drive with a swivel cover
Loop for a lanyard or keyring
Single drives in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, or triple packs in 8GB and 16GB
Choosing a capacity: 8GB and 16GB are plenty for documents, slides and photos, which is what most classroom work amounts to. Step up to 32GB or 64GB for video, animation and podcasting.
Triple packs work out cheaper per drive and suit issuing a set to a class or a project group. Add a lanyard if the drives are going home with students. Class quantities available on a school purchase order.
Shintaro USB-C & USB-A Pocket Drive
from $24.50 ex GST
($26.95 inc GST)
A USB drive with two connectors — USB-C on one end, USB-A on the other. For a school running newer Chromebooks and iPads alongside older desktops, this is the drive that works on every machine in the building instead of half of them.
What it does:
USB-C and USB-A connectors on the same drive
Moves files between a tablet, a Chromebook and a desktop without an adaptor
Available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB
Choosing a capacity: 32GB handles documents, presentations and photos for a term. 64GB suits video and media work. 128GB is for film, animation and podcasting projects where students are moving large files.
Worth issuing these rather than plain USB-A drives if any part of your fleet is USB-C — it removes the adaptor problem entirely. Class quantities available on a school purchase order.
