how durable is are the connections? - what's the expected life of this memory card reader? - thanks
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this one is very cheaply made mine didn't last very long there are better ones out there but they can get a bit pricy.
1638996
The connections are very tight and durable. I don't know what the life expectancy of the reader is.
1638997
The red plastic separated from the black after about 1.5 years; the unit failed entirely after 3 years. For a cheap ~$5 plastic device, 3 year life seems reasonable.
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And my experience - I've purchased like 5 of them in the last year, 1 of them (8 GB) failed after a few weeks, all pictures/videos lost. So many people complain here the same. They have a big percentage of lemons. If you do buy one of these, be sure to backup the entire card as often as possible - at least on a daily basis, or whenever you take new photos/videos.I have also been using for so many years Sandisk, and never had a problem with them. They are a bit more expensive, but I guess you get what you pay for.
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Personally I alway go by "you get what you pay for". I actually use the SanDisk Extreme III card. It has a 30mb/s rate, highest in its class I believe. The cards are a little on the expensive side, especially for the 16GB, but worth it I think. Because of the high compression rate, it take a while to download/transfer files, this helps with that when you have an average computer. Not an overwhelming difference, but enough to say "Awesome".
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Been using mine almost everyday for over a year and still works great. Had one card that I needed to remove and reinsert every once in a while to get it to read but it is the only one out of the three cards I have used with mine.
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I have a previous version of this reader (an 8-in-1), and have been using it with 2GB SD cards (used by my iPaq smart phone) for a couple years now. I have also been using it with 2GB and 4GB CF cards (used by my camera) for over a year with no problems. I haven't tried it with 8GB cards, as I don't own any.(¯`'·.,¸_,.·´¯`·-> J.R.
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Wow! Thanks Blue!!! I was about to throw out this camera. I owned it for 21 months. Once I removed the memory card, it worked perfectly. I guess that's what I get for purchasing a generic memory card.
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I replaced my dead cable about 6 months ago with this one and I haven't had any issues. It's a small ribbon cable, so reliability is really all I can ask for.
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DB,I've been using the SanDisk ImageMate 12-in-1 card reader on both Windows and Mac machines for over two years now... works like a champ.John
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i haven't had any jams that damage cards. They are jams that are easily repaired. If your batteries are fairly new it works super.
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it depends, how long ago you purchased the memory card,I'll say in order to request a warranty.If is recently then call if time has pass then go ahead buy a new one because for what they cost it's practically nothing
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Make it 46... after buying dozens of card readers that would die in one week of use, I bought one of these last year that works perfectly. So I decided to get another one of this as a backup last month, and the new unit died in one week!!! The old one is still good though. So I agree with you that there is probably a bad batch of them and who knows how long will it last.
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I have used the USB and SD card reader at the same time without problem. Hope it works for you as well.
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5 years on SD cards.http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/warranty-and-user-guides/warranty-table/
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I have old cards and new card so far had no problem with it.it should be reverse tech, so u should be able to read old cards.hope this help.the reader works flawlessly, So far i have two.one for my house and the other to laptop.
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Haven't tested it with "all" the brands available but so far it's worked very well with all the cards I use (mostly Sandisc)I'd also recommend the dock that holds 4 of the readers - being able to download 4 cards at once is a real time saver for me. If you were to have any problems it would probably be with older, non-brand name CF cards which weren't always made to spec.
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I have a 128 gb card in mine mine. I have had no issues with the card at all. I transfer a lot of music and video files frequently..never had a single issue with card reader.
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Have never had a problem with the card. Write speed is more than adequate for video and quick response for stills as well. I have several of these and get good use from them.