Recommend me an ExpressCard/34 SD adapter

I'd like to buy an ExpressCard/34 SD/memory card adapter to use with my new 17" MBP.
Preferably it'll read multiple formats (SD, XD, etc).
I see this one: http://bit.ly/drvWBS
on eBay. It says it's for Toshiba laptops, but I assume it'll work with a MBP since it's ExpressCard/34?
Also do any of them actually sit flush with MBP case once inserted?
Thanks

The card you've linked would probably work fine, but if I were buying, I would look for a card made and sold by Mac-oriented companies that I knew I could count on to support me if I had any trouble with the product. Here's one:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technology/MMRE34RW/
Sonnet and OWC have both been in the Mac business for many years and are completely dependable. I haven't used this card, but I wouldn't hesitate to buy it. OWC is happy to ship overseas, though I don't know what the shipping cost might be for this. If it proves to be too high, look for a Mac-centric vendor in the UK and buy what they recommend.
Something to be aware of with respect to ExpressCards is that some of them can interfere with system sleep. For someone who needs a card reader and has no other ExpressCard devices, it would obviously be desirable to be able to leave the reader in the ExpressCard slot all the time. But at least a couple of posters here have reported that when they did so, their MBPs either wouldn't sleep or wouldn't stay asleep, and the problem could only be remedied by ejecting the reader from the slot. It didn't matter whether or not there was a card in the reader. Before you buy a reader, it might be worth checking with its manufacturer to find out whether other users have identified this as a problem with it.

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