A few post back I talked about Lacie’s new "itsakey" USB thumbdrives that are shaped like…keys. I always like to keep a thumbdrive on my keyring but the only problem is even though many have slots where it looks like you can put it on a key ring…it doesn’t work so well.

I ordered the 8gb "itsakey" usb drive when I wrote that post and I received it yesterday. Im not going to do a full review of the product…its a USB flash drive, like every other usb flashdrive. One thing I noticed when I opened the package that isnt so obvious when you are looking at the pictures is the overall size of the drive. Its a lot bigger than I thought it would be. Here are a few pictures to give you an idea of the size of the drive itself.

Lacie_Itsakey_quarterLacie_Itsakey_house_key

Here we have the drive next to a quarter and a regular size house key. My expectations from the picture would be that it was about the size of a house key but as you can see in the picture, its a good deal larger.

Lacie_itsakey

Here is the USB drive I currently have. that drive is the typical size of most USB thumbdrives you find today. Again, the Lacie Itsakey drive is a good deal larger.

Here is the Lacie drive next to the largest key I own. A Nissan car key, which is a pretty big key, as most car keys are now-a-days. The Lacie drive its about the same size as the Nissan key…edging it out a little.

The Lacie key is still a pretty slim key, a little thicker than a normal key, and it is light weight. Even though it is bigger than I thought, it still fits nicely on a keychain…that’s if you don’t have too many keys on the key ring