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When you add fingerprint-based authentication and multi-user management, it starts to sound like a deal. Imation's Defender F200+Bio drive protects your data using government-approved hardware-based encryption and protects access using a fingerprint, password, or both.

Overall, the choice of Imation's Defender F200 comes down to a matter of security options over performance. If you really like the idea of a biometrics reader, the F200 makes sense. But if you're concerned with performance, the IronKey has the F200 beat hands down.

If you're looking for a secure and dependable thumb drive and don't mind a hefty price tag, the Imation Defender F200 might be what you're looking for.

For 99% of you, the F200 is an ideal secure storage solution. It is small, not wildly expensive and capable of storing enough data to keep all of your non-1080p exploits well hidden.

There's little arguing that the Defender F200 is one secure portable storage device. But the 2GB model we tested is nearly 25 times the price of a same-capacity drive without the security features, and its write speeds are sluggish compared with the average affordable flash drive.