Matt, Jim, and Others,

Over a year ago, I loaded everything (2013 UltraPak) from the external drive onto a 2.0 USB flashdrive (it was a 128GB X Patriot flashdrive that I picked up at Fry's for $70). I do not do gigs using BIAB so I have not used it for gigs, but I have used it many many times for practicing at many different locations (out on the deck, in my music room, at the park, at a family reunion, etc.) and it has worked perfectly. It is a little slower (I haven't had to check the timing since that has not been a problem at all) possibly than the external drive but it's really not noticeably slower.

I reported this to Peter at that time (again, this was about a year ago) and he went straight out and got one as well, but I did not hear back about his experimenting with it. It definitely has served the purpose of "miniaturization"; just drop it in your shirt pocket and you're good to go from any location. There is also plenty left over space on the flashdrive for all my tunes, my favorites, etc.

Now for the funny (hard to believe) part of this story: my wife accidentally washed a pair of my pants that had the flashdrive in one of the pockets. By the time I got home at the end of that day, it had dried out completely. I put it in the flashdrive slot on my laptop and it worked perfectly. Even harder to believe is the fact that when I removed it from the drive, the outside shell came off; I pushed it back on carefully and it still works fine to this day. GO FIGURE!!! After reading Jim's experience above, I will also be getting a 3.0 USB to use as soon as I get some additional time to do the change over. One might wish to categorize my experience as a "sample of size 1", but I'm still "good to go" with the 2.0 USB flashdrive.

Cecil