Take a few minutes to look through your computer store’s bargain bin when you’re there next time. I did earlier this week and landed a really sweet deal, an oh so tiny USB drive by Verbatim called the Tuff n Tiny. It had 4GBs, was opened and had a 96¢ sticker on it. This thing normally sold for $20 or you can get it from New Egg for $17 – $18 still not bad but 96¢ was unbeatable. We were told it had a defect but hey for less than a buck, we were willing to bet they were wrong.

The drive is pretty neat, really, really small about the length of my thumb. It also looks so much like a toy I am a little afraid of losing it or one of the kids would grab it and it would disappear forever in their room. It does come with a password protection software if using Windows and works just like any other USB drive.

Verbatim claims it is tough and sturdy. We shall see. Soon, I this will be one of those things passed on to the little ones so we will see how much of their rough handling it can take. Good thing, we got it for so little.