It works. Tested on latest iPad Mini and iPhone 16e was able to get to may smartcard enabled websites. Great replacement for my prior USB-A connected reader.

Producto compacto y muy útil. Buena capacidad. Buen diseño y fácil de transportar, ofrece mucha practicidad en el día a día.

If you've got a Windows 10 laptop with a reduced-depth SD card slot that leaves your SD card's or your SD card adapter's butt hanging out of the computer because the incompetent computer design team--talking to you, Asus; talking to you, Lenovo, etc.--couldn't be bothered to incorporate a micro SD card slot instead, then this Rocketek reader is a save-the-day solution. Your SD card or your micro SD card fits inside the Rocketek, which completely encases the card. So, while you're not gonna have your SD card or adapter safely tucked inside the laptop (because of the aforementioned mega flawed shallow SD slot that coulda shoulda been a micro SD slot), you're gonna have it safely tucked inside the Rocketek. When it's time to pack up your laptop, unplug the USB-powered Rocketek and either pocket it for safekeeping or store it with your laptop.This isn't as good a solution as the traditional, expected, normal SD card slot that kept your SD card or adapter safely encased within the computer, but, thanks to the incredibly dumb design of these Windows 10 laptops, the new normal sucks. The Rocketek solves the problem of trying to keep track of and protect your SD card: no, it's not with your keys or the tissue lint in your pocket; no, it's not on the floor of a Starbucks where you were catching up on paperwork. It's right there in the Rockettek, which is a kind of SD card safe as well as a reader.So far--around a month--the Rocketeks I've bought for a couple of laptops have been working fine. The data transfer speeds seem normal to me, a non-expert computer user. And I don't have to worry that each laptop's SD card or adapter has fallen out of the depth-challenged SD slot. I know where my SD card is: it's enclosed in the Rocketek I put it in. And the personal, proprietary, financial, and software files copied to my SD card aren't gonna fall out of the inadequate laptop SD card slot and into the hands of identity thieves or be damp-mopped across a coffee shop floor along with empty sugar packets and dumped into the garbage.What goes in the Rocketek stays in the Rocketek. And that's one less thing to worry about. Will update this if the Rocketek is short-lived or unreliable.I'm wondering: can we get some kind of computer consumer rights going here? Or do we just pay for stuff we don't get because we're being sold stuff that isn't accurately described? How about complaining to the Federal Trade Commission, which is, I believe, the agency charged with ensuring the rights of consumers not to be cheated by businesses? Computer companies represented that certain laptops have SD slots, which have traditionally been defined as slots of sufficient depth to enclose an SD card or adapter flush with the computer. The manufacturers redefined the term SD slot without telling consumers about the revised specs and the resulting lack of protection for the SD card. Why aren't the computer manufacturers held accountable for misrepresentations? Why didn't the computer manufacturers either use the reduced space for a micro sd card that would be flush with the computer as is the case with tablets (check out your Kindle Fire, for example), or reach out to peripherals manufacturers to produce a reduced-size SD card or SD adapter that would fit in the reduced SD slot? That way, the end user--the computer buyer--would have a fully functional setup. But, no, that's not what happened. It seems to me we've been sold misrepresented products. How legal is that? The manufacturers' specs on the Amazon pages I read didn't note the change in the SD slot. And as of some weeks ago I don't believe there were any micro SD card adapters manufactured to fit the shortened SD slots in laptops produced by Asus and Lenovo and maybe by any other company that may have used a similar shortened SD slot design. Before I recently bought a Lenovo and then an Asus, I called the companies to ask what SD card would fit in the computers' respective SD slots. I wasn't told the truth. Likely the companies' reps didn't have the correct information. How is that acceptable marketplace ethics?If you feel you've been sold a misrepresented product, you can call the FTC by getting its number from its website and inquire about its complaint policy. If there are sufficient complaints, then the FTC apparently will look into the matter. From my point of view, the goal is to ensure that computer companies can't pull marketing "surprises" such as unmentioned one-sided redefining of a commonly and historically understood term (SD slot), leaving the purchasers to deal with the problems engendered by new specs for peripherals that don't exist. It seems to me that the companies caused this mess by their decisions and lack of disclosure to consumers. Why shouldn't these companies then be held responsible for their actions--apparently pursuing sales without fully disclosing the specifications of what is being sold?

Works good so far, bigger than expected but it holds SD cards so I guess it's a a good size. The SD card reader in my laptop doesn't always work reliably so this is a reliable work around. Works good for my desktop as well. Closes up nicely with cards inside and have tested with both micro SD and SD cards. No set up required.

I am truly shocked! This reader is beyond excellent!The first thing I will mention is the speed. I have readers that plug directly into PCIE and SATA III. I recorded faster performance with the same SD cards through this.Next, I would like to talk heat. Most USB 3.0 devices I have used produce a considerable amount of heat. Transferring 2 1/2 hours of videos of the kids left the card warm to the touch. The reader was about room temperature.Convenience: The top flips over allowing the cards to be left in the reader, even while being mobile. The reader itself is fairly compact (I've seen smaller, but this one outperforms them by leaps and bounds). The micro SD reader is nice and snug (maybe a little too snug), so I don't worry about the card coming out.I'll try my best to find a con to modify my review with. If I really push it, I can make the following pathetic arguments:Micro SD card reader is a bit too snug. If you don't have nails, it may be awkward to remove.The cap could be easier to open. You have to grab it by the sides, and can't pop it open "Pez-Style".

I found that this card reader was able to read SD cards which were not read by other card readers.. I had a few micro SD cards which I was about to destroy assuming that they were faulty because they did not register in 2 other card readers that I own, when I purchased this reader I checked the cards in it and found that they were working perfectly. Normal sized SD cards were working in all 3 readers so it appears that my original card readers were only working with certain cards.

Très bon lecteur de cartes, un peu plus large qu'une clé usb standard mais idéal pour transporter ma sd + micro sd à l'intérieur et en sécurité. La vitesse de l'usb 3.0 se ressent sur les ports équipés ! Testé avec une micro SDXC UHS-I classe 10 de 64 Go et quasiment aucune perte de vitesse.Je recommande cet article.

Ich brauchte keine 54:1 Multiirgendwas, sondern einen SD-Kartenleser, um die Mucke vom PC ins Auto zu übertragen oder dort direkt von SD abzuspielen.Wie jemand hier schon schrieb. Er wirkt auf den Bild kleiner, was aber kein Be****** ist SD-Karten sind halt mal "groß" und da ist die Bauart ok für mich. Übertragungsgeschwindigkeit hatte ich am USB3.0 nur so 12 MB/sec, was aber an der alten 4GB-Karte liegen kann. Mich stört es nicht. Produkt erscheint stabil und hatte noch kein Problem damit.

I bought this as a cheap USB card reader, and on that front it doesn't disappoint. It has an SD slot and a MicroSD slot...just for the heck of it I put in two cards at once, and it only read the SD card. Not that I realistically expected it to pop up with both cards on my desktop, just sayin'.It's a bit bulky for a card reader, but I'm not going to say that's a negative, since part of the benefit of this one is being able to store a card inside it, so it necessarily has to be large compared to others that load the card sticking out the side, for example. But the size might be an issue for some people, as USB ports are occasionally spaced kind of tight, so I could see situations where one might have difficulty inserting it properly.However, I got this one because it had three extra features I liked, but it fails at two of them.* Card cover - this is great. In fact exceeds expectations. You put the card in, the cover snaps shut, and because of the way the catch is designed, you can't easily pull it open just by hinging it out the same way...you have to squeeze the sides of it and pull it open. I'm making this sound more complicated than it's worth -- my point is, it's very easy to intentionally open the cover, but very difficult to accidentally open it. This will be excellent for dropping this in my pocket or bag and not worrying about losing the card.* Activity light - very faint. I could barely tell it was on. It was slightly improved when I peeled back the sticker cover and found there was some crud inside the socket that was blocking the light, so I pulled that out and replaced the sticker...better, but still pretty faint in direct light.* Rotating cover -- the bit you can rotate around to protect the USB connector -- is so loose as to be pointless. It has little points in the plastic meant to be stops, but there's not enough force to hold the cover there. It won't protect it at all in a pocket or bag, it'll just slide right off. I'm just going to remove it.Still, it works as a USB reader, so. I would've given it three stars because the other bits are kind of misleadingly useless, but given it's cheap and I will really appreciate the card cover, I'll bump it up to 4.