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It worked well for the time it did, but a slight push when it was connected and the internal connections fell apart. I bought this Reader cum Pen Drive because I have some SD cards for my camera which are kept unused for most of the time. So I thought, instead of buying a pen drive, this would make more sense. Ideally most USB devices have that much of resistance, but this one disappointed.But if you are careful enough, its a good device to own. Saves the extra pen drive.-Nikhil
The USB plug will not fit into all USB ports because of the adapter's wide body, but this is to be expected. It claims to be a 23-in-1 card reader, but it really is a SD card reader as almost all of the other card formats are obsolete. It has decent read/write speeds that are totally dependent on the type of media that you have in it. One big drawback is that it does not support the new SDHC format, but it never claimed to. All in all it is a device that is worth the cost only if you are getting free shipping.
I bought this product some months ago and i must admit it does live up to expectations. No problems yet reads my SD card perfectly. Works just fine.
I purchased this item along with a 2GB SD card to use with my desktop computer. The desktop recognizes the reader but says there is no media. I took the SD card out and put it into my laptop's built in reader and it immediately found the card and showed 2GB of free space. So the card is fine, but the reader is DOA.
It does not have a lanyard (I never use them anyway), the caps goes up or down and seem to hold firmly (a weakness in many of my thumb drives) and it had a bright red led when working. It reads and writes as fast as anything I connect (actually it is faster to take the card out of the camera and plug in this reader than do the wire connections and long load time for the Canon automated software and then I can move the files about as I wish).
It is as small as expected (1-1/8 inch wide, 3 inches long with cap, 1/4" thick and sticks out of the computer 2-1/4 inches). It feels like typical plastic for this type device.
Really no complaints on getting it. It was seen by my MacBook Pro with no problem.
It does not appear flimsy or cheap and the semi-clear smoke color is useful to see what card is inside. It worked with my 16/32/1G and 2G SD cards.
It also worked fine under Windows NT (again on the Mac Laptop running on the Intel chip). As long as it is durable and continues to work, this is a great product as far as I can tell.
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