Cyber Snipa, a division of Flexiglow, is hard at work expanding their very cool product line. Today they sent over a new product called "Dog Tags". Cyber Snipa's product may resemble the military style Dog Tags our brave soldiers wear around their necks for identification, but resemblance is as far as it goes. The Cyber Snipa Dog Tags contain a micro USB Flash Drive and a miniature Swiss Army Knife style tool kit and LED light!

Specs

Contents

     The box contains an install CD (drivers not needed for Windows2000/XP), User's Manual, chain, USB Cable, and 1 set of Dog Tags as shown in the picture above. The Dog Tags are nicely packaged and the User's Manual is easy to follow.

Even the back of the box explains each and every function of the Dog Tags.

Up Close

The Dog Tags are made out of sturdy plastic and plated with what appears to be aluminum.

     The USB Flash Drive is concealed in the 1st Dog Tag and slides out the bottom. The Dog Tags we received contains a 512mb Flash Drive that has to be one of the smallest Flash Drives I've seen.

The USB Flash Drive is lighted. Steady means the drive is powered up and ready and flashing indicates the drive is in use.

     The second Dog Tag contains a miniature tool kit. The tools include a Philips and standard screw driver, nail file and pliers. The tools are very small, but may come in handy for a quick tightening job on a motherboard screw or for pulling jumpers.

Testing

     For this review I'll be using an ASUS P5W DH Deluxe motherboard which is based on Intel's 975X chipset.

SiSoft Sandra File System Benchmark

The graph in orange is the Cyber Snipa Dog Tags benchmark compared to other common devices.

Conclusion

     Overall, the Cyber Snipa Dog Tags puts an innovative twist on USB Flash Drives. The device is surprising durable and quite handy. I really like how the Flash Drive is hidden inside one of the Dog Tags. Wearing it around may make you feel like you're part of an elite special forces unit, but just don't get caught with it in Airport Security! The Dog Tags make a great gift giving idea for the young gamer and I expect to see a lot of these showing up at future LAN  parties.