I have a SanDisk cruiser (8GB) that I lost one day. I searched around my office, around the house, in my various cars, and could never find it. I moved on with life.

The landscapers came by the office for Spring trimming, noisy all day. When I was leaving the building, I spied a grey lanyard and my drive hanging in the bushes...great! Tried the drive when I got home, worked! Awesome.

Through the snowy winter, late summer and early spring rains...drive still works four years on with no apparent ill effects. The drive I bought as a replacement scrammed, drat the luck!