Verbatim's offering sits somewhere between the Kingston DataTraveler 6000 and the Imation Secure+. In terms of design it's light and flimsy, and asks $69 for a 4GB unit. It also failed the secure delete test, and only supports Windows (no MacOS X or Linux). That said, it did clock in with the fastest write speed of all the devices, and the third-fastest read speed. It's also only one of three drives on test that can auto-destruct if the wrong password is entered too many times.
Verbatim's V-Secure software is also very pedantic about the password you choose, being the only software among all the devices on test to insist on not only upper-case, lower-case and numerals in the password but also special characters. Good for security, a little harder to remember perhaps.
Unfortunately, following the very simple steps outlined by the program during setup -- choosing a password and hint -- produced an error and the program aborted. Not a good start. Running and going through setup worked on the second try. The software only provides for changing the password or secure-formatting the device, which is fine, because you want it to get out of your way.
For the price you might expect a little more -- a more rugged design, perhaps -- but if you want a basic secure USB flash drive with simple software and good read performance it fits the bill.
