The large areas are trimmed to a high gloss while the narrow circumferential side is roughened matt and easily. The cap fits very tightly, which I consider to be positive since they so not accidentally lose somewhere. On the front, a blue LED that glows subtly through the housing or flashes when accessing hidden at the end of Transcend lettering.
The memory cards are inserted laterally. A standard SD card is 16,6mm out of the card reader and a card mircoSD there are only 3.2mm. The inserts can not be used simultaneously and in Windows also only a new drive will be logged.
The following measurements were made using ATTO Disk Benchmark on a Asrock Z68 Pro3:
Transcend 64GB SDXC UHS-I
USB 3.0: 82.1 MB / sec. Reading - 39.6 MB / sec. writing
USB 2.0: 34.9 MB / sec. Reading - 25.8 MB / sec. writing
Transcend 16GB SDHC Class 10
USB 3.0: 24.1 MB / sec. Reading - 18.1 MB / sec. writing
USB 2.0: 21.8 MB / sec. Reading - 17.5 MB / sec. writing
Transcend 4GB microSDHC Class 10
USB 3.0: 20.4 MB / sec. Reading - 11.4 MB / sec. writing
USB 2.0: 20.1 MB / sec. Reading - 11.4 MB / sec. writing
With the speed I am fully satisfied. Especially my SDXC UHS-I card is addressed at the maximum possible speed. Only I found striking in the SDHC Class 10 card that the USB 2.0 connection, the reading speed reproducibly around 10% slower than the USB 3.0 connection failed. Since the interface of this card really can not be the limiting factor, I would have 3.0 and 2.0 very similar values such. B. in the microSD card is located between USB.
Transcend granted on the card reader two years warranty, which in any case corresponds to turn in Germany the statutory warranty period. Who wants to keep the guarantee for security in the hindquarters should register on the website of the Stick Transcend. The required serial number is printed on the package and also the stick itself.