To remove the plug, just push, making join the 2 parts black. This avoids losing the cap. It remains to be seen whether in time, sliding system stand
The black plastic is quite pleasant to the touch.
At speed, if not the fastest, but it is entirely correct. If your goal is to make regular backups containing several thousand files, choose a faster model (even see patterns in usb3), otherwise it is today, a key quite honorable.
I should add that I lost that key in the garden (in grass) for 1 week, it rained every day ... it works perfectly.