BENFEI CFexpress Type A Card Reader with USB 3.2 (Gen 2) 10Gbps, USB-C&USB-A 2-in-1 Type A CFexpress Adapter, Compatible with Windows/Mac/Linux/Android
Versatile unit due to both usbc and usbA connectors. Can use it to plug right into my phone to transfer files. Or desktop ...
I will say, this isnt that fast. I tested with a typeA card that is usually hitting 700MB/s' write/read.. specifically i was using Pergear New 256GB CFexpress Type A Memory Card, Up to 780MB/s Read Speed & 780MB/s Write Speed . but with this reader, i'm not hitting that. Hitting about half of what i should be..... little bit disappointing to be honest. you get what you pay for . . i think i'll keep this for travel but keep my other one for speed.
Update 11/30/2024 i made a bad error when testing this reader. I accidentally put the reader into a USB3.0 slot. I shouldve put it in my 3.2 GEN2 slot. Woops. I updated my review to 4 stars because the price is superb and this thing actually is quite fast. I put my CFexpress Type A Memory Card back on the test and now i'm achieving what the card is supposed to achieve for READ speed at around 760MB/SEC... My WRITE speed is still not great at mere 329MB/sec after 5 runs. I used AJA speed tester rather than Crystaldisk becasue AJA actually is more realworld test with actual media files and i use my card in sony SLR's. For a budget priced reader, i'm happy with this performance. I dont use the reader to transfer files ONTO card ... i use it to offload files OFF of the card to PC so for the money, this is DECENT.
versatile yet not that fast for write but read OK.
Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2024
BENFEI CFexpress Type A Card Reader with USB 3.2 (Gen 2) 10Gbps, USB-C&USB-A 2-in-1 Type A CFexpress Adapter, Compatible with Windows/Mac/Linux/Android
Versatile unit due to both usbc and usbA connectors. Can use it to plug right into my phone to transfer files. Or desktop ...
I will say, this isnt that fast. I tested with a typeA card that is usually hitting 700MB/s' write/read.. specifically i was using Pergear New 256GB CFexpress Type A Memory Card, Up to 780MB/s Read Speed & 780MB/s Write Speed . but with this reader, i'm not hitting that. Hitting about half of what i should be..... little bit disappointing to be honest. you get what you pay for . . i think i'll keep this for travel but keep my other one for speed.
Update 11/30/2024 i made a bad error when testing this reader. I accidentally put the reader into a USB3.0 slot. I shouldve put it in my 3.2 GEN2 slot. Woops. I updated my review to 4 stars because the price is superb and this thing actually is quite fast. I put my CFexpress Type A Memory Card back on the test and now i'm achieving what the card is supposed to achieve for READ speed at around 760MB/SEC... My WRITE speed is still not great at mere 329MB/sec after 5 runs. I used AJA speed tester rather than Crystaldisk becasue AJA actually is more realworld test with actual media files and i use my card in sony SLR's. For a budget priced reader, i'm happy with this performance. I dont use the reader to transfer files ONTO card ... i use it to offload files OFF of the card to PC so for the money, this is DECENT.