What makes of USB Flash Drives (pen drives) should I be looking at if
I want blistering fast transfer speeds read and especially write?

I know of the Patriot Xporters, Lexar Jumpdrives and OCZ Rallys, are
there any others you would recommend to check out first though?

I've not kept up with any latest usb pen drives lately, though the
other names I heard a couple years ago were quite good included Memima
(Samsung?) and Transcend.

Cheers for any advice,

John