New USB Drive Joins Swiss Army Untensils

Ever been lost in a mountain or wilderness and wondering whether or not your entire digital film collection is filed away and secure, ready to be watched straight after you are rescued? That potential issue has now been amended, after the Iback (Switzerland)-based company Victorinox, the world’s sole big-name developers of the world-famous and multi-functional Swiss Army knife, plan an upcoming release of their product complete with a 1TB memory stick.

First revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (USA) last month, the ‘Victorinox Solid State Drive (SSD)’ and ‘Slim USB 3.0′ models have been produced for both military and consumer use, with plans to ‘redefine portable secure storage’ by giving consumers the chance to add the detachable USB drive to their pocket-sized survival kit.

With sizes ranging from 16GB up to 1TB, Victorinox made claims at the CES that the device is ready to ’withstand a range of environmental and daily use factors’, all whilst maintaining ’the Swiss Army legacy of flawlessly designed products that endure’.

While the company has incorporated a memory stick into their products before, this is thought to be the first serious application of this combination, and while the design was probably built with military use, safety, and personal well-being in mind (such as files that would help to communicate with people via a foreign computer when lost) rather than storing videos, it is a purpose that could quite feasibly fit into the device’s make-up.

Victorinox ‘head of electronics’ Andrea Huder said of the company’s ‘SSD’: “The Victorinox Swiss Army brand is synonymous with everyday ‘survival’ tools and we continue to evolve our product offerings in the electronics division to provide solutions for living in a technology-focused world. The addition of the Victorinox SSD and Slim 3.0 to the flash USB line provides consumers with a quick and reliable way to store, transport and protect their personal and professional documents.”

The SSD will feature what they describe as the world’s smallest ‘high-capacity’ drive of its kind (with available sizes of 16GB, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, and 1TB), and is built seamlessly into the version of the Swiss Army knife alongside its more traditional tools, such as knifes, [nail] files, screwdrivers, and scissors. With a detachability option for the USB segment, Victorinox has also put travelling with the drive in mind, with the ability to switch the SSD to a USB-only ‘body’ that provides a more flight-friendly outlook than numerous blades and sharp tools.

The new products launched by Victorinox will also provide a good way of protecting the USB drive, as untrained people attempting to reach the computer plug-in would most likely risk getting cut several times before picking out the function they were after, possibly giving a new meaning to the word ‘tera-bite‘. But will this weapon/storage tool pack a multi-functional punch in the market?

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