Permanent SD cards for sotrage extension?

[chango-]

I have an Early 2015 MBP Retina 13" and I want to expand my storage. I've heard too many stories of people having issues replacing the SSD, so i'm going for a different route and getting and SD card.

I had my eyes on the BaseQi adaptor and getting a SanDisk Ultra 256GB, but I was reading on some posts that people have had their ports burn out or issues with their Macs with SD cards that have a large storage.

Would those options work or should I just get a JetDrive SD Card?

 

[chrfr]

Consider that the speed of any SD card is going to be a fraction of the speed of an SSD replacement. The fastest cards will be both slower and more expensive than an SSD will be.

 

[dwig]

I've done this with Windows tablets (Dell Venue 8 Pro and MS Surface Go) and it works well IF (BIG IF) you use the card for storing data files that don't need high speed access. With my DV8p & Go, this has generally been documents, ebooks, audio, and video files. Both devices will stream HD video from the card without a problem.

I couldn't say how well your MBP will work/survive with a full time card, but my Dell has been in service for 5 years with a mSD card always in place with no failure.