A bit expensive for a simple card reader but slightly faster than average. Despite the 3.0 standard, we must not forget that one is limited by the speed of the memory card itself. I had a brand Transcend 3.0 drive larger plastic which was really cheap and that was quickly broken. This one is smaller and much holding the hand we feel that it is solid. Moreover, because it is small, it does not come to overflow to other USB ports on my laptop (unlike I had Transcend)
