ATP Petito and TouchDrive USB Flash Drives

Manufacturer: ATP Electronics
Supplied by: ATP Electronics

by Dean Barker (3/23/2008)

Introduction

ATP Electronics has been a producer of memory products since 1991.  Their products are found on the shelves of Best Buy, Office Max and Target to name a few bricks and mortar stores as well as a multitude of online e-tailers.  In recent months they have been making a push to increase their market share and visibility. 

Two of the products that ATP produces are leading this charge into the highly competitive flash memory market we have on our review bench today.  The first of these is the ATP Petito Drive.  Not much larger than a quarter, the Petito is offered in sizes up to 4GB in a tiny package.  The second is ATP's ToughDrive.  Encased in a thick rubber outer shell, the ToughDrive is shock resistant to say the least.  It actually goes beyond being shock resistant and even bounces.  Today, we have both of these products on our review bench straight from ATP Electronics.  So let's take a closer look at each in turn.

ATP Petito 2GB
Street Price: $50

Specifications

• Observed dimensions: 38 x 10 x 18mm

• Observed weight: 6gms

• USB 2.0 Compatible

• Available in 512MB, 1GB, 2GB and 4GB sizes

• Water proof

• Shock proof

• Included Disk Security Utility

• Available colors: Titanium, Gold, Silver, Blue and Pink

• Aluminum Chassis

• One year warranty

The Unit

ATP's Petito flash drive is just that, very petite.  The unit is offered in five different colors but considering it is called the "Petito" and has a notch on the top so it can be worn as a necklace, I suppose pink is the right color.  The necklace notch is on the drive side of the unit and not the cap.  This is a big plus as if you lose the cap, no huge deal; lose the drive and that's another story.  The cap fits down quite snug and I had no concerns of it coming off without my knowledge.

  

To give you a proper idea of the scale of small here check out the Petitio laid next to a quarter.  Uncapping the unit shows that the USB post represents half the size of the entire package.

  

Very straight forward stuff here; no extra bells or whistles as ATP is aiming squarely at making the Petito the smallest it possibly can while still retaining a certain level of durability.  The outer aluminum packaging may look frail in pink but I assure you it's not.  A very solid feel.  There's not much else to show you here as the ATP Petito doesn't even have a drive activity light.  Let's shift over to the ATP ToughDrive.
 

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