A good / Fast Memory card reader

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Can someone point me in the right direction of a good / Fast Memory card reader? I will be using SDHC cards. Don't want to spend a fortune but still want a decent one. Thanks
 
I read some of the amazon reviews and one said they had to buy the USB cable to connect to the PC!
 
Jeez... USB cables come in about 2 varieties, there's a minimum of 50 of each type in my house at any given moment :)
 
vaizki said:
Jeez... USB cables come in about 2 varieties, there's a minimum of 50 of each type in my house at any given moment :)
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lol. Only a couple spare here.

Will order one of those readers. Looks ace.
 
Reason i asked is i was going to attach it to the side of my desk and route the cable round to the rear of my PC base unit.
 
The Sandisk Card readers are also worth a look if you haven't ordered the Lexar one yet - mine came with a mini USB cable for attaching the reader to a PV or Laptop and a longer USB cable attached to the docking base.

I think you'll be pleased with either reader :thumbs:
 
Not wishing to hijack, but does anyone know a decent well priced CF reader?
 
andyred said:
The Sandisk Card readers are also worth a look if you haven't ordered the Lexar one yet - mine came with a mini USB cable for attaching the reader to a PV or Laptop and a longer USB cable attached to the docking base.

I think you'll be pleased with either reader :thumbs:
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Link?
 
To play devil's advocate with this one, if you're not downloading big quantities or volumes of data why don't you just plug your camera in. I know its slower and not as good for your batteries, but with the volume of photos you're taking wouldn't you be better saving your cash?

H
 
Do the speeds of readers actually vary and is it worth paying £25 for a Sandisk rather than a 50-in-1 device from Aldi? Isn't a high-speed USB 2 CF or SD card reader the same speed be it Sandisk, Lexar or Chinese cheapo? Serious question as I thought the speed would be limited by the card rather than the card reader so long as it's not an old USB 1 device?
 
BlackCloud said:
Do the speeds of readers actually vary and is it worth paying £25 for a Sandisk rather than a 50-in-1 device from Aldi? Isn't a high-speed USB 2 CF or SD card reader the same speed be it Sandisk, Lexar or Chinese cheapo? Serious question as I thought the speed would be limited by the card rather than the card reader so long as it's not an old USB 1 device?
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my old cheapo 2.0 reader = 15mb/s download
lexar pro = 30mb/s download
 
BlackCloud said:
Do the speeds of readers actually vary and is it worth paying £25 for a Sandisk rather than a 50-in-1 device from Aldi? Isn't a high-speed USB 2 CF or SD card reader the same speed be it Sandisk, Lexar or Chinese cheapo? Serious question as I thought the speed would be limited by the card rather than the card reader so long as it's not an old USB 1 device?
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:agree: with neil, I've also seen review on several high spec readers and cheap ones and diff makes of cards, the better quality readers downloaded quicker than the cheaper ones, the cards also made some difference.

7 day are £14 and £18 currently for a Sandisk multi reader - see my link above
 
boyfalldown said:
To play devil's advocate with this one, if you're not downloading big quantities or volumes of data why don't you just plug your camera in. I know its slower and not as good for your batteries, but with the volume of photos you're taking wouldn't you be better saving your cash?

H
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My 20D and 1D Mk2N are not supported by Vista 64bit so I have no choice but to use a card reader.
I've just bought the Lexar one as I'm fed up with a download from my old generic reader taking 20 minutes.
 
Sandisk Imagemate, my daughter got me one for Fathers Day.

Its fast whilst also being pleasing on the eye when on its little stand thingy
 
The cheaper one doesn't look like it takes CF cards :shrug:
 
Correct it doesn't take CF, takes SDHC such as the OP enquired about though.
 
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Of course I'm correct!
 
Sandisk Imagemate for me too... got an older one and it's very good - has been all over the place with me and still going strong...
 
I have a Sandisk image mate and also have the lexar UDMA reader linked in post 2 of this thread...... and the Lexar is significantly faster.

A previous post of mine with details

The Hama card was terrible and is now replaced with a Sandisk beating Transcend 600x
 
Koolpc said:
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/default.php?cat=6&type=5060&man=146&filterwords=&go=SEARCH&comp=

Which one out of the 2 please?
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Hi Tony

Sandisk's spec on them both

http://uk.sandisk.com/Products/Item...anDisk_ImageMate_MultiCard_USB_20_Reader.aspx

http://uk.sandisk.com/Products/Item(2726)-SDDR-189-E20-SanDisk_ImageMate_AllinOne_USB_20_Reader.aspx

If you scroll towards the bottom of the page, it lists all the cards the manage.

If you only need SD - either will do, If you need CF or think you may need CF in the future, for a few extra ££ I'd buy the 'All in one reader', it also states it is slightly faster, but I doubt it will be a significant difference.

Hope this helps

Andy
 
good stuff!
 
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