Not all Flash Drives are created equally

I've always wondered if there was any real differences in the Flash drives available today from a performance standpoint.

Well, someone has gone ahead and done the leg work on that very question.

Small wonders: the 2009 Ars USB flash drive roundup
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/05/usb-flash-drive-roundup.ars/5