The housing is made of sturdy plastic.
The click mechanism of Sony I find very well solved:
By pressing a button moves from the USB port and snaps.
When removing from the PC the connection goes automatically into a housing and is thus well protected on the go.
The read and write speed is ultra fast.
The full-speed bandwidth can be safely reached only with very fast hardware, ie. the drive reads / writes faster than for example. the SSD my Eee PC.
Those without ultrafast PC, is the simpler version (MicroVault Click without additional "excellence") definitely the Auslangen and can save even a few.
Positive note is also the 5-year warranty.
All in all, a strong buy recommendation!