WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:07.759 N9 years ago I reached out to Lexar trying to get my hands on this super 00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:12.599 cool modular card reader Tower dock thing called the workflow hr1 they 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:16.720 didn't reply to me so ultimately I bought not one but two of them which we 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:20.960 used for years they're super cool you can use the modules either inside the 00:00:19.199 --> 00:00:25.720 tower which can be either USB or Thunderbolt or separately if you need to 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:31.439 take them on the go only one small problem Lexar totally abandoned this 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:35.960 product line is what I used to say not only did Lexar send me the brand new 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:42.320 workflow but they actually sponsored this video checking it out and this 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:46.120 thing looks absolutely sick now instead 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:48.879 of being Thunderbolt 2 or USB 3 it is 00:00:46.120 --> 00:00:55.879 Thunderbolt 4 instead of having four docks it can support up to six docks 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:58.399 plus a couple of USB ports one type a 00:00:55.879 --> 00:01:03.079 one type c in the front and it even supports daisy chaining up to six of 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:06.880 these devices according to the Thunderbolt spec including having 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:12.880 displays in line with it and whatever else it even supports USB power delivery 00:01:10.360 --> 00:01:16.479 so if you have say for example your MacBook hooked up to it or something 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:21.840 like that you can charge your MacBook at up to 140 WS while you use it we'll get 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:25.840 to that in a second first I want to take a closer look at this bad boy there's 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:28.759 our 140 W charging there's our Thunderbolt port and there's our 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:33.600 Thunderbolt daisy chain there's a cooling fan there's a cooling fan intake 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:38.560 I guess we've kind of covered it oh no we haven't right not all of the bays at 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:42.920 the front are made equal two of them are 40 gbit per second so that's the maximum 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:46.640 speed supported by Thunderbolt 4 and then the other four are 10 gbit per 00:01:44.759 --> 00:01:50.360 second and the savy among you are probably going to have figured out that 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:55.439 you're not going to be able to saturate all six of these bays at exactly the 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:59.119 same time the construction is aluminum feels quality especially when you 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:05.880 compare it to the plastic construction of the old one and oh I'm curious will 00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:07.640 the old modules oh nope not even close 00:02:05.880 --> 00:02:12.280 uh let's see what else comes in the Box okay professional workflow customize 00:02:10.679 --> 00:02:18.879 your needs with versatile modular readers and and portable ssds we've got 00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:22.519 support for dual slot SD UHS 2 a regular 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:25.000 SD and a Micro SD UHS 2 uh portable ssds 00:02:22.519 --> 00:02:30.280 in two and 4 terab flavors as well as support for CF Express 4.0 type A and 00:02:27.959 --> 00:02:36.920 type B with backwards compatible for CF Express 2.0 we also got a Thunderbolt 00:02:33.959 --> 00:02:43.440 cable they say this is a is this a a gan brick yeah okay 140 W Gan brick and then 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:50.239 adapters that I don't need for international plugs yep that's a short 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:52.200 cable Thunderbolt 4 has some issues 00:02:50.239 --> 00:02:58.120 we've overlooked something haven't we in the Box you might have noticed 00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:00.280 there isn't a single module yeah just 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:04.560 like the old one it's not a a cheap solution the SD card module is going to 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:10.319 cost you around 50 bucks the CF Express modules are around 100 bucks and the 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:11.400 ssds are $300 and $500 respectively for 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:15.239 the different capacities all right and in terms of 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:20.640 included accessories they just come with a USB cable and then the little modular 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:26.720 reader itself so just like the old generation one you can use USBC and use 00:03:23.239 --> 00:03:29.439 it as a standalone device or you can 00:03:26.720 --> 00:03:34.599 slot it right into our reader here is it Direct agnostic can I just put it in 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:38.799 either way I want oh yeah okay cool it seems to not care but all the text goes 00:03:37.519 --> 00:03:43.159 this way so I'm going to keep it consistent oh this is a 40 GB per second 00:03:40.920 --> 00:03:47.159 module cool let's put it in that side oh okay I got a 2 tby SSD let's go ahead 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:53.360 and throw that in a 40 GB per second module CF Express is so fraking 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:58.400 expensive this CF Express type B card one terabyte is 00:03:55.519 --> 00:04:01.280 $1,000 and I don't think Lexar is even that out of touch with the market 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:04.959 reality for this one like it's just these are these are really expensive 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:09.400 cards do I wonder why that standard hasn't really taken off Christmas party 00:04:07.519 --> 00:04:12.439 yeah yeah for sure buddy one last thing they also include a type A to type c 00:04:10.920 --> 00:04:17.199 adapter in the Box all right I'm going to put my type A in the other 40 GB per 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:22.360 second slot there we go do I have a micro SD yeah oh there was one that was 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:26.320 still in box that I could have unboxed all right well there you go that's the 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:30.280 unboxing experience man did they send over all of this media for this 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:33.320 video dude do they know that I would have done this for not the sponsorship 00:04:31.840 --> 00:04:41.080 for just like this really expensive media cut that cut that all right got 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:44.080 all the Lexar baby dude what you can 00:04:41.080 --> 00:04:45.199 have 36 card readers on a single port 00:04:44.080 --> 00:04:49.840 not to mention that some of them are dual like SD and micro SD ones 00:04:48.039 --> 00:04:56.120 ridiculous okay so some of these have some stuff on them right hey look at 00:04:51.160 --> 00:05:00.479 that all footage 472 gabes okay here we 00:04:56.120 --> 00:05:04.080 go 23 gigs let's go good gravy 00:05:00.479 --> 00:05:06.520 2.6 gigabytes that's with a big b 00:05:04.080 --> 00:05:13.560 gigabytes per second we are moving around 10 of gig files just like they 00:05:11.320 --> 00:05:16.759 are nothing what kind of speeds are we going to get on our SD cards let's try 00:05:15.440 --> 00:05:24.759 let's try copying one of these files to our SD card uh let's go with our 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:27.600 fullsize SD not bad not bad 20 200 200 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:31.160 and something megabytes a second dude I know for those of you who don't care 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:35.120 this is not going to be that exciting but for those of us who do care being 00:05:33.080 --> 00:05:40.680 able to move footage around quickly and seamlessly is a huge deal there you go 00:05:38.080 --> 00:05:44.840 there you go see that the big number is off the graph now so we can actually see 00:05:42.520 --> 00:05:48.479 the SD card transfer now let's say that we wanted to transport some footage back 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:52.319 with us okay so we've got that what was that like a 30 gig file or something 00:05:49.960 --> 00:05:55.440 like that on our SD card uh it's pretty typical for us to carry something back 00:05:54.080 --> 00:05:59.440 if the camera operator is traveling separately or to make two copies so if 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:02.759 two people are traveling each of them has has one and using a portable SSD 00:06:01.400 --> 00:06:07.440 like this is a really good way to do that so I'm just going to rip one of my 00:06:05.080 --> 00:06:11.960 uh CF Express card readers out I'm going to throw that SSD in there and then I'm 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:18.840 going to copy from my SD card to my portable SSD sorry it was 15 gigs 15 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:20.240 gigs she's cooking at around 240 250 00:06:18.840 --> 00:06:25.280 megabytes a second which is about what we'd expect for a v90 SD card of course 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:30.120 that's not as fast as this SSD can go but we'll wait until this is done first 00:06:28.039 --> 00:06:36.720 now let's try pulling off of our our CF Express type 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:39.240 B and throwing that onto our 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:43.759 SSD man this makes me wish we did shoot on CF Express I don't want to pay for CF 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:49.880 Express but boy do I ever like the speeds like yeah just casual 850 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:51.840 megabytes a second no problem we shoot 00:06:49.880 --> 00:06:59.240 that uh we shoot Tech link on them we shoot TechLink on CF Express why in just 00:06:55.120 --> 00:07:01.199 speed oh for exactly this reason because 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:06.319 TechLinked is edited and uploaded the same day it's shot every second count so 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:10.319 sitting and waiting you know 10 15 20 minutes for inest not really an option 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:14.919 especially when you can do it instantly like this all right now let's take one 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:20.160 of those files let's take our 23 gig file and copy it off of our SSD onto our 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:22.599 desktop okay it looks like this SSD will do anywhere in the neighborhood of 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:27.479 around 850 to 900 megabytes a second whether 00:07:25.520 --> 00:07:31.360 we're reading or writing that's a little shy of what Lexar said we might be able 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:34.960 to in the real world but still fast enough that you are able to move footage 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:40.919 around extremely quickly Lexar wanted us to point out that the SSD is ip68 water 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:44.360 resistant and comes with a 5-year warranty and the rest of the modules 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:48.520 come with three-year warranties and include appropriately rated USBC cables 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:53.120 you can't take that for granted anymore so the CF Express ones come with 40 GB 00:07:50.599 --> 00:07:59.520 per second rated ones and the SD ones come with 10 GB per second rated ones I 00:07:56.080 --> 00:08:00.919 for one am super happy to see this back 00:07:59.520 --> 00:08:07.120 I know that this won't be that meaningful to some of you but to me it 00:08:03.840 --> 00:08:08.639 is a pretty freaking big deal it might 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:14.280 be too much to ask but I'd love to see Lexar expand the lineup I mean it's just 00:08:10.919 --> 00:08:16.199 Thunderbolt and USB ports so conceivably 00:08:14.280 --> 00:08:21.120 nothing would prevent someone from you know creating a a third-party USB 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:25.080 accessory USB hob or something like that that plugs into it if it's sitting on 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:28.680 the desk right next to your computer or uh a carrier sled that allows you to put 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:32.039 an m.2 drive in and then just kind of close it up and pop it in there I mean 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:36.440 the guy is kind of the limit when it comes to modular stuff like this just 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:41.200 got to see the ecosystem be built out and don't make me wait 9 years for an 00:08:38.760 --> 00:08:44.839 update it's not cheap but it is something that as you guys can see I 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:50.120 mean it wasn't cheap last time if you have the workflow for it it can be worth 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:55.440 it even though it's uh what is it $600 for the dock this time around yeah like 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:57.720 I said like I said before not cheap but 00:08:55.440 --> 00:09:01.120 uh definitely cool thanks Lexar for for sponsoring 00:08:59.920 --> 00:09:06.200 this video and sending over these goodies thank you guys for watching 00:09:02.959 --> 00:09:06.200 subscribe to ShortCircuit