Kingston MOBILE LITE PLUS USB 3.1

Good shop good product

Much better than SanDisk MobileMate. They started to slip efter a few uses. No problems with this one.

Tested micro SD card Samsung Pro Plus with this reader, and with an older reader. With this one the speed was closed to advertised, the old reader (which is USB 3.1) shows significantly lower speed.

High speed for this segment of money

First of all, Kingston makes two variants of these, one for Micro SD cards and one for SD cards, so make sure you purchase the correct one. This is a review of the Micro SD card version. Anyways, I use UHS I cards with my camera and was always frustrated with my other SD card readers because the read speeds (the speeds at which I could transfer files from the SD card to my computer) were always around 95MB/s max. This is even though the advertised speeds on the cards themselves are about160 MB/s and above. Well, the card manufacturers are not lying. With this Kingston card reader I am reaching close to advertised speeds (within about 10 MB/s, since it often fluctuates). Very happy with the results so far. Also be careful when you purchase SD card readers advertised as "high speed", because on Amazon anything with USB 3.0 connectivity is often called "high speed". However, if the SD card reader itself is not high speed, than it does not matter if your connecting it to your computer through USB 3.0. A few cons: this is made out of hard plastic so it's durable but I think it could still break if stepped on. It is extremely small so easy to lose (or step on). I have mine attached to a USB-C dongle, which gives it some more bulk. Also, I wish this had both SD and Micro SD card compatibility on the same device. .

The small size of this reader is perfect so that it can be left in the laptop all the time without getting in the way of anything. It reads fast and is reliable.