The Kingston high speed media reader is exactly that, high speed. With its USB 3 connection it can transfer files from your memory cards at far higher speeds than most computers built in media readers.
I have a couple of Dell computers which have the 19-in-1 media readers built into them and use them for SD and CF cards but always found them fairly slow when transferring files. The Kingston reader is much faster which seems to be a bit of an anomaly. I would have thought a computers built in reader would have transferred files faster as it is fairly much attached directly to the motherboard.
Setup is super simple. Just plug the media reader into a spare USB 3 port on your computer (it is USB 2 backwards compatible but speeds obviously will reduce greatly), wait for Windows to recognize and off you go. When it is plugged in, the top of the reader will illuminate red which is a nice touch. The supplied USB 3 cable is around 3 feet in length and so should give you plenty enough leeway to place the reader where you wish. This new model supports the latest UHS-II SD cards of which I have a few for my Canon cameras. Although the camera itself doesn't support UHS-II, only UHS-I, the reader does and transfer of pictures from the card onto my system is a lot faster.
The reader itself is just larger than a credit card in area and around a centimeter deep so is also perfect for travelling with and plugging into your laptop. I have had no trouble with the reader accepting varying speed cards (remember to unmount a card via the system tray after you have finished transferring files and don't simply pull the card out).
An excellent product for the price and my only wish is that it would also support CFAST 2.0 and XQD cards as well but for reading SD, micro-SD and CF cards it works great and comes in a good price.
Recommended.
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