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- Versatile Reader works with microSD/microSDHC
- Compliant Reader: with USB 2.0, and SD Specification Version 2.0 Card: with SD Association specification standards
- Portable easily fits in your pocket to take it with you
- Easy plug-and-play into any USB 2.0 or 1.1 port
- Guaranteed two-year warranty on reader, lifetime warranty on card
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Product Description
This mobile-ready bundle eliminates the need to carry additional USB transfer cables and the typical wait for Bluetooth technology slow file transfers between phones and PCs. It also replaces your SD card adapter, since the microSD/microSDHC card fits directly into the reader. When in use, the microSD/microSDHC Card Reader appears as a drive letter (i.e., E:\) and data transfer is as simple as drag and drop.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Update:
After about 11 months of use, the reader pretty much cracked and stopped working. Given that it's such a small device, and on my key chain all the time, this still seems like a reasonable lifespan. It still protected the memory card, so I was able to reuse it when I got a new reader. I regardless, I'm going to continue to recommend this just because of how small it is, but I suppose you just have to be aware that it's more fragile than I initially thought.
I've had this since January, which means that I've been using it for around 6 months. It has worked flawlessly. I keep it on a keychain with other keys and it is always in my pocket, which means that it is subject to some pretty harsh conditions. However, it has held up very well. The black paint (which says kingston) has all worn off, but it has exposed a nice silver-metal color. The body appears to be mostly made out of metal.
Reliability is really based upon which microsd card you choose to use with it. Currently, I have an 8gb card. But if you have an unreliable card in the device, then the device will obviously appear to be malfunctioning even if it is not.
My only advice, and this is based upon personal experience with other products, is to apply a few drops of liquid super glue to the knot at the end of the lanyard. This will prevent it from coming undone and possibly allowing your reader to come free from your keychain.
After about 11 months of use, the reader pretty much cracked and stopped working. Given that it's such a small device, and on my key chain all the time, this still seems like a reasonable lifespan. It still protected the memory card, so I was able to reuse it when I got a new reader. I regardless, I'm going to continue to recommend this just because of how small it is, but I suppose you just have to be aware that it's more fragile than I initially thought.
I've had this since January, which means that I've been using it for around 6 months. It has worked flawlessly. I keep it on a keychain with other keys and it is always in my pocket, which means that it is subject to some pretty harsh conditions. However, it has held up very well. The black paint (which says kingston) has all worn off, but it has exposed a nice silver-metal color. The body appears to be mostly made out of metal.
Reliability is really based upon which microsd card you choose to use with it. Currently, I have an 8gb card. But if you have an unreliable card in the device, then the device will obviously appear to be malfunctioning even if it is not.
My only advice, and this is based upon personal experience with other products, is to apply a few drops of liquid super glue to the knot at the end of the lanyard. This will prevent it from coming undone and possibly allowing your reader to come free from your keychain.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the littlest micro SDHC card reader I've come across. It's very well made. It reads & writes extremely fast. The casing is metal, NOT PLASTIC! Way to go Kingston on a very amazing product.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought one of these to use as a key-chain flash drive. Basically, this thing is not nearly durable enough to serve such a purpose. It took about 3 months for it to poop out.
It's made up of 3 pieces, it has a plastic case, a metal sleeve, and a circuit board with contacts for the card and for usb. The board is what ended up failing in mine. Best I could tell is that it was a component or board failure and not a contact failure.
I am, however, buying another one. I'm an android phone user so I deal with micro SDHC a lot. This is an incredibly convenient card reader (just don't lose it!)
It's made up of 3 pieces, it has a plastic case, a metal sleeve, and a circuit board with contacts for the card and for usb. The board is what ended up failing in mine. Best I could tell is that it was a component or board failure and not a contact failure.
I am, however, buying another one. I'm an android phone user so I deal with micro SDHC a lot. This is an incredibly convenient card reader (just don't lose it!)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A good card reader, but I lost mine.
But it lasted for over a year until I lost it. I think the rope/string it is a little weak.
Published 1 day ago by Augusto Arcoverde da Rocha
Small, portable, and usefull
i bought one of these about 3 months ago to use with one of the many micro SD cards i have laying around and it has performed wonderfully with my 16GB card in it. Read more
Published 6 days ago by wolverine38812
This reader will silently chop a 64gb card to 30gb, also the tether...
The form factor seems PERFECT, until you realize the tether cord really has to be removed to slide cards correctly. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Thomas A. Oehser
gets hot
Very small, and works reliably, but gets hot to the touch during use. I don't know why, since my other microSDHC USB adapter, which is a large plastic one, does not do this (with... Read more
Published 1 month ago by amabostonian
AWESOME and tiny!
Boy ! this thing is sooooo small that a microSD card is actually 1/2 the length of this USB reader and nearly the same width. Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. Crisci
Great little reader
I was looking for something that I could use as an all-purpose flash drive. I had purchased one of those "rugged" high-speed flash drives from Corsair only to have it break after a... Read more
Published 2 months ago by nomad
Really small. Really.
I ordered this because I wanted to keep a microSD to USB adapter in the Compact Flash slot of my PDA. Read more
Published 3 months ago by DanYHKim
Perfect for rooting
Pros.
small size
works flawlessly
Cons
the strap has to be removed to insert the microsd card
Used this to prepare an sd card to root my nook,... Read more
small size
works flawlessly
Cons
the strap has to be removed to insert the microsd card
Used this to prepare an sd card to root my nook,... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jose
Small but could use some protection
I purchased the Kingston Flash Card Reader after comparing what was avalable on Amazon who I usually do business with and they seem to have the largest variety and lowest price. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Sir Don of Middlebury
Very handy, but they don't last long
I've had 2 of these. They are absolutely wonderful until they quit working. I started getting "USB device not recognized" errors after a few months on the first one I bought, so... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Robert B.
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