Kingston Canvas Select Plus 256GB microSD
The cheapest name-brand 256GB card that still sustains 1080p and 4K recording.
Tracked 2026-10-01. The retailer listing is the price you pay.
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Our take on the Kingston Canvas Select Plus 256GB microSD
The Kingston Canvas Select Plus 256GB is a microSDXC card with Class 10 UHS-I speeds, a mid-range pick for a phone or action camera used for IRL clips. At a tracked $54.99 it sits at the top of a $54.74 to $54.99 range across three points from August 25 to October 1, 2026.
The listing quotes read speeds up to 100MB/s. That is fine for 1080p and moderate bitrates, but it carries no V30 rating in the packet, so check your camera's minimum before buying for 4K. It is marketed toward Android devices. The price barely moved in tracking, so there is no clear sale to wait for. It has 4.7 across 8,083 retailer ratings.
- Reads up to 100MB/s on the listing
- 4.7 across 8,083 retailer ratings
- Price steady within 25 cents in tracking
- No V30 video class listed, so check 4K support
- Only three tracked points, so history is thin
- Slower than the V30 cards at a similar price
Where it fits in a build
Local recording as a backup of the live feed in case the signal drops. See every storage pick
| Capacity | 256GB |
| Speed | Up to 100MB/s, V30 |
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Kingston Canvas Select Plus 256GB microSD
$54.99Tracked 2026-10-01
Buy links are affiliate links: we earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Prices are tracked estimates, not live prices. Full disclosure
We do not lab-test hardware. Ratings and review counts come from the retailer listing and are labelled as such; stream-quality figures are conservative planning budgets from our published model. Prices are tracked at build time, not live, and were last refreshed 2026-10-22. How the numbers are derived: methodology. How picks are chosen: editorial policy.