Hama

USB 3.1 Type C UHS II OTG

£20

http://uk.hama.com hama’s entry doesn’t initially look like much, measuring an absolutely tiny 34x40x10mm. It’s partly intended to add an SD port directly to a tablet or smartphone, hence the built-in USB Type-c plug – no cable required – so the size makes complete sense in this instance. That being said, it’s also just the ticket for complementing the newest generation of ultra-slim laptops that only happen to sport those Type-c ports.

Despite the compactness and price, this is still a UHS-II SD reader, and can max out the very quickest SD cards. We found it to be fast, peaking at 260Mbps when reading video and 195Mbps reading images. Write speeds with video are less remarkable: the 199Mbps we achieved is nothing special, but the Hama bounces back with a 118Mbps performance when writing shots.

Performance with UHS-I SD cards is just as strong, with a 99Mbps read rate outdoing even the Prograde reader, while the 85Mbps write speed is only 3Mbps off the top spot.