Sandisk Connect Wireless Stick Review, the WiFi USB key smart health innovation

Leef's iBridge USB key won us over during its Review. But its main competitor, Sandisk does not intend to let it go and offers a WiFi device supposed to be able to connect to the smartphone and store everything you want there: Sandisk Connect Wireless Stick. So promise kept?

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Mark : SanDisk

Category : USB key

Price : from € 36.99 to € 99.99. (from 16 to 64 GB)

Tested with a Nexus 5

Unboxing & design Sandisk Connect Wireless Stick

Two parts that we will not dwell on for a long time. This Wireless Stick is packed in a carton and that's it. A little notice to go with and we talk more. At the same time, we don't really see what else to ask for. The same goes for design,It remains a rather classic USB key even if the materials used give a little superior quality all the same. No worse when you know that the USB key can reach the price of 100 euros in its version offering the most storage. Note however thehas a power button on the right side to turn on and off the key off power and a small light diode that let you know if the device is indeed running. Besides, this diode is really very discreet, maybe a bit too much when you know how important it is. A decision on the part of Sandisk which is probably justified by the fact of wanting to preserve the battery.

Sandisk Connect Wireless Stick app

We find the SanDisk proprietary application which centralizes all the use of the product. A pretty damn app that leaves no room for reflection. Everything is well detailed and even explained during your first connection. For the rest, the functions do not rain, but only do what is required to know and manage and store your data. No particular stability problems detected. It would still have been surprising if there were. The resources required are not very demanding and again, the functionalities are basic. We don't ask him more.

Use / Getting started Sandisk Connect Wireless Stick

Use side now. Nothing too complicated either. Just turn on the Wireless Stick, and connect your phone directly to WiFi, then launch the Sandisk application and connect to the key. We might have liked the idea that you only have to connect to the application for the phone and the device to do the rest. Instead you have to do some manipulations, certainly not complicated, but which tend to be a little annoying at first. Indeed, at least on the phone with which we had tested, the USB key not giving an internet connection, the phone did not stay smart health connected to it and went back into the WiFi network that it knew, namely that of our offices . So you had to configure all of this so that it stays smart health connected despite the absence of the Internet. In itself, nothing too long, but it was still necessary to find the problem and solve it yourself. And of course, it was not indicated in the instructions.

Once this passage is made, this Sandisk Connect Wireless Stick fulfills its mission very well. Lhe data transfer is extremely fast and intuitive. You can create different folders inside the key and even recover them. It is also possible to directly view the stored videos and photos without having to download them. Very practical. In short, in addition to this little annoyance at startup, this USB key fulfills its contract.

Against competition

One of the direct competitors is of course the Leef iBridge mentioned above in this Review even if it is confined to storage for iPhone / iPad and it cannot connect to a computer. It is also a shame, because the SanDisk USB key is able to equip any OS, but also to arrive on a PC or Mac without problem and above all, for an equivalent price!

Conclusion

For a relatively reasonable price, SanDisk offers a product that will delight those in need of storage on their mobile devices, but also those who want to transfer files from computers to phone quickly. What's more, up to 3 devices can be smart health connected to it simultaneously. In addition to handling the first time the Wireless Stick is started, the rest of its use is simple and intuitive.