[TomJones]

Hi,
I would like to know if anybody routinely uses a USB drive as their primary storage for the iliad instead of a CF card.

Looking at online stores I was a little surprised at how expensive CF cards were and how cheap some of the tiny usb drives are.

Some of these drives are considerably less than half the length of a typical USB drive and wouldn't seem overly cumbersome sticking out of the iliad.

Does anybody use this method? Are there significant power consumption, speed, or reliability differences between these two options.

Thanks for any help.

(I just bought a used Iliad v1 with a broken screen and would like to buy a card/drive before it gets back from repairs.)

Cheers,
Tom