Pros: -- activity light -- self-closing cap

Cons: -- no lanyard -- end of USB port still open

Overall Review: There are 3 things about USB drives important to me: form, size, and speed. Form: this drive is physically big compared to many. It’s thick plastic case is sturdy enough, but may block closely spaced USB ports beside or above it, especially on thin laptops. Although I dislike separate caps, this oversliding snap cap cover enlarges the dimensions significantly. The cap goes over the USB plug, but the end stays open to dirt and elements. A subtle blue light tells when activity happens. (Although I like the slim, metal drives from other vendors, I do miss the activity light on those.) It has a lanyard ring, but no lanyard. It would not fit on a thick key ring or carabiner. Size: it comes with a single blank partition, only exFAT formatted for compatibility. In 10 seconds it reformats to NTFS for large files to backup (like movies). For the size of a small SSD hard drive, it holds a lot! “Corsair” pops up immediately upon plug in. I like manufacturers giving these non-generic names to separate from other devices. Speed: It works well, but the performance is average. This drive averaged about 45MB/s reads and writes about 25 MB/s on my system. The Corsair GTs are much faster at double the cost. Corsair makes excellent memory products that should last a long time. It has a 5 year warranty. It also costs less than an external 128GB SSD and is much smaller/lighter to carry around.

Pros: -- lightweight

Cons: -- died quickly -- not reliable

Overall Review: Out of the box and plugged in the 5.1 oz drive. The white light came on and I dragged 5.5 GB of files to it. It seemed to quietly complete the task in about 2:45 minutes, but then the white activity light alternately goes on/off and I only hear the "click of death." The drive appears and disappears from the device list, too quickly to see anything. The drive is dead.

Pros: -- common form factor -- fast enough for me! -- good warranty

Cons: -- no thermal pad

Overall Review: Seems a good drive. I partitioned with Macrorit, because Windows disk manager didn't see it. I wish all the SSD manufacturrers would include a thermal pad! Many boards need them and it helps with heat dispersion, esp. in laptops. I asked several about the warranty: it's 5 years.

Pros: -- very sturdy case -- all cables included

Cons: -- doesn't include thermal pad(s) -- the screws !

Overall Review: To open the case, you need their included tool-- didn't seem to work with standard micro tip (00?) Philips . No reason to make with non-standard screw! (At least put in manual which head it has?) Once inside, there are no thermal pads for the SSD. Couldn't Orico include at least one?? The drive also uses this difficult to insert rubber plug to hold down the drive; it's small and the hole is not for screws. Once you navigate this, it works great. Nice aluminum case.

Pros: -- works as should -- good value

Overall Review: The SD card required to be formatted in Windows before working with a Garmin GPS. Otherwise it wasn't detected. Once that was done, all new map updates automatically loaded to the inserted Team Group card. It took a while for maps to load there (~ 1 hr.)

Pros: -- sturdy -- great value

Cons: -- almost too small!

Overall Review: These are reliable and work very well. In some machines, they are a bit hard to pull out, if USB slots are very close and other things are plugged in. Otherwise, highly recommended!

While the reader was just what was needed, it took ELEVEN days to arrive.

Far superior to the 2-piece ones that might have screw holes that work!

I like the metal case, although this one has a plastic over the metal at the back. Form is good-- not so tiny it can't be easily pulled, and not large enough to interfere with close USB ports.