I did hear that Kingston is one of the best flashdrive brands there is so I don't know how you could have had such a bad experience with it. I only have 2 flashdrives for now, especially because I only use it for one purpose and that is to bring files from the classroom back to my own computer. I don't store files in there because I don't trust the physical structure of flashdrives. Many of my friends had their drives break as they were pulling it out from the USB hub. They are also very small and can be easily misplaced so I don't like to store backups in them.
I have a 1GB Scandisk Cruzer Micro and a 256mb (my first) which has a chinese brand (and it has never let me down so far).
