DataTraveler Vault Privacy USB 3.0 with hardware encryption and ESET AV

I have been turning my USB thumb drives into fully encrypted data containers for years now, but readily admit that the prospect of rolling up your sleeves and getting down and dirty with encryption software is not as exciting to everyone as it is to me. However, with removable USB data storage devices having hit the pricing point where they have well and truly become commoditized and the data stored upon them of increasing value to those who would cause you financial injury, it really isn't safe to carry data around unencrypted; so what to do if DIY encryption isn't your cup of tea? That's where the growing range of 'secure USB thumb drives' enter the equation, with all the tricky stuff already installed and configured. All that the user has to do is enter a master password and anything stored on the device gets encrypted. I've been taking a look at one such device, the Kingston DataTraveler Vault Privacy USB (8GB) thumb drive, for DaniWeb.