Sandisk MicroMate Reader - for SD and SDHC memory cards by SanDisk
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Digital camera reviews of Sandisk MicroMate Reader - for SD and SDHC memory cards
Digital camera Review: Memory Card Reader
Summary: 5 Stars
Great tool for my laptop or electronic picture frame. Simple to use, lightweight to keep in my purse. Good price as well.Digital camera Review: SLOW write speed
Summary: 1 Stars
Using the Micro Mate in a USB 2.0 port, it took One Hour and 56 minutes to write 3.13 GB.
This was on a computer running at 3.2 Gig Hz.
By contrast, using the built-in card reader, it took 27 minutes to write the same file to the same SDHC card.
USB 2.0 can't be blamed because I wrote the same 3.13 GB to a portable 2.5" hard drive (generic) using the same USB 2.0 port in just under 8 minutes.
Micro mate is slow.
Digital camera Review: Sandisc Multicard Reader
Summary: 5 Stars
Product works great. Takes out the hassle of hooking up one camera over several computers.Digital camera Review: Still desperately seeking that indestructible portable SDHC reader
Summary: 2 Stars
Sorry.
I wanted to find that heavy duty SDHC reader for carrying in a pants pocket everywhere and anywhere without breaking open as the cheaper ones do. Some of the cheaper ones seem to be made of the same plastic they used on small toys hidden deep within boxes of breakfast cereal.
I remember over twenty years ago in the early days of personal computing when PC's were built to last much longer than the usefulness of their electronic design (remember 16k total?). You could run a tank over the IBM 8088 PC or the Apple IIe and not even phase it.
Now we find our electronics built on the cheap and with disposable plastic cases you wouldn't make a bic razor out of. Only Corsair seems to care anymore about life in the real world. It is a jungle out here. See especially their 32GB Flash Survivor Flash Drive USB 2.0 Highspeed Ultra Plug & Play.
I need an SDHC reader that can go anywhere in a back pocket without breaking. Okay, front pocket. It must survive under rugged conditions.
This is definitely not it.
For one thing it is designed to have a cap on the reader end, as you can see in the picture, yet none came with mine in the unopenable retail package. Here in the desert, the dust would quickly plug it up.
The other end has a cap, covering the USB connector, with a tiny hole for your lanyard. As others mention here in their reviews, this is asking for trouble. The unit can slip right off the cap and lanyard and you would never know it.
In any case, the tiny key ring type wire spring which goes into the lanyard hole (and which comes taped to the package next to the store security device) requires the magical skill and power of tiny bionic elf fingers and eyes to install; I cannot.
For this I paid the professional price? Maybe I should go with the Transcend Multi-Card Reader M5 - Card reader ( CF I, CF II, MS, MS PRO, Microdrive, MMC, SD, MS Duo, xD, MS PRO Duo, miniSD, RS-MMC, TransFlash, MMCmobile, microSD, MMCplus, SDHC, miniSDHC, MS Micro, microSDHC ) - Hi-Speed USB instead but I just want an SDHC reader that will last. Any ideas?
Digital camera Review: Great product for the shutter-bug on the go........:-}
Summary: 5 Stars
Great product for the shutter-bug on the go........:-},Also for one looking for the max space in a flash-drive. Small, compact and works on any PC that has a USB port as well as copy centers that offer instant development.