Sandisk Extreme USB 2.0 3in1 Card Reader (SDDRX3-3IN1-901, US Retail Package) by SanDisk
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Digital camera reviews of Sandisk Extreme USB 2.0 3in1 Card Reader (SDDRX3-3IN1-901, US Retail Package)
Digital camera Review: Blazing Fast
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm in full agreement with Mr. Hillmer's review. It's so much faster than the built-in card reader in my PowerBook. Works great with Mac & PC. I've used it with both CF & SD cards.Digital camera Review: CAN'T TRANSFER MY EXTEME PHOTO'S WITHOUT IT.
Summary: 5 Stars
Backword compatible, the only way to transfer my photo's from my 2 cameras, 1 with exteme sd and the other with extreme compact flash.Digital camera Review: Card reader
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this because up until now we have had 2 different cameras, that have taken 2 different cards. So this is great. 2 for 1!Digital camera Review: Chuck the included Mini-USB up-front for an Amazon-Basics
Summary: 5 Stars
We have 3 of these readers as well as several others from Kingston. This one has worked the best for SD or SDHC cards.
Our Sandisk reader units stay in the office on a desk until they are plugged in for use - maybe 50 times total on each. These units - in my opinion - won't travel well.
We wrote dozens of SDHC 4GB Class 6, 8GB Class 6 & 8GB Class 10 images to these cards (full 4GB/8GB). The SDHC cards used were from Transcend or Kingston with some 4GB Sandisk SD cards (slow speed Class 2).
The weak link is the cheap mini-USB cable supplied with the unit. Chuck it immediately... It became the culprit on failed 'Input/Output error' writes from Ubuntu directly to the Reader. This happened with *2* Sandisk USB cables.
When we replaced the Sandisk-included USB cable with Amazon Basics cable [...]
... all the write errors/problems went away.
You can see the quality of the "Amazon Basics" near 1/4" diameter cable is much higher than the 1/8" diameter cabling that came with the reader. We could actually INDUCE an 'input/output write' error with the Sandisk 1/8" cable by picking up the unit (causing the cable to bend slightly).
Otherwise, this writer is bulletproof.
One user mentioned the cheap USB plug on the actual reader and he's probably right. For our uses we've had no issues with that connection because it's not moving in and out of a suitcase where the wiring and connection gets pulled, bent, plugged/unplugged, etc. Something to be aware of.
If you want a portable SD reader, check out ones that have the USB Male "Plugs" (look more like Flash drives) that plug directly into the USB port without cabling.
Digital camera Review: Compact and fast
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this to get images from my SanDisk compact Flash cards to my laptop at much, much higher speeds than downloading directly from the USB 2.0 "high speed" port on my camera. It is around 10% faster than the card reader built into my Dell 2405FPW monitor. The only possible negative I can imagine is that the high gloss finish may not wear too well.
Highly recommended.