My goal was to find a faster card reader as a substitute, and this was fulfilled. Cable length and function of the folding mechanism iO test Win7 64bit with h2testw 1.4. Type / read / write in MB / s Transcend CF 600x 16GB / 45.9 / 84.3 Sandisk CF 8GB 60MB / 44.4 / 70.6 Transcend CF 400x 16GB / 30.6 / 72.7