USB sticks seems to last only one " patch" and then give a corrupt installer error fail

is this common? done my first "openpatch" went all good. erased the sticks to do another one on a different mac, didn't managed to complete an install. deleted the first installer downloaded, tried again, tried to download another os. not working till i got a new usb. went fine this time. tried this stick on a 3rd mac. same issues. and temporarily run out of new ones lol