Which card reader is most reliable?

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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:04:22 GMT, John A. Stovall
<johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 01:45:50 -0500, Oliver Costich
><olc-caNOSPAM@cox.net> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:22:03 -0600, "MaryL"
>><carstan101@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"MaryL" <carstan101@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
>>>news:B0qZd.37739$3z.25304@okepread03...
>>>>I have a SanDisk ImageMate (CF card reader) that I have used for a number
>>>>of years. It has been reliable and reasonably fast. However, I have
>>>>ordered two 1G CompactFlash cards. I contacted SanDisk and received
>>>>information from them that my current card reader probably will not handle
>>>>those cards.
>>>>
>>>> So, does anyone have any suggestions? SanDisk alone -- not to mention
>>>> other brands -- has a number of card readers (some for CF only, some "all
>>>> in one" units). The descriptions for some units sound absolutely
>>>> identical, so I'm hoping someone on this group can make a suggestion --
>>>> for both brand and specific model.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> MaryL
>>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for the advice, everyone. I should have been more specific and noted
>>>that I do need a USB device (not firewire). I would like something as
>>>"portable" as possible because I will also want to use it with my laptop
>>>computer when I travel. I will first try the suggestion several of you made
>>>and try my old ImageMate with the new cards. Barring that, you have given
>>>me some good ideas of where to look. Incidentally, the ImageMate is USB1,
>>>and my computers are both USB2. Nevertheless, it has worked well with these
>>>computers -- but my largest card (until now) was 128MB.
>>>
>>>Thanks, again.
>>>MaryL
>>>
>>
>>
>>Most of the Imagemates are no USB 2.0 and are very compat for travel.
>
>The Imagemate SDDR-91 setting by my keyboard as I type is a USB 2.0.
>

I need to proof read. I should have said almost all Imagemates are now
USB 2.0
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In article <7rlg31p6npnp8sglc45nki6pkjce1km8ed@4ax.com>,
johnastovall@earthlink.net says...
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:05:52 -0600, "MaryL"
> <carstan101@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote:
>
> >
> >"John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >news:2gbg31te86387pcfihaldahn7ao1btbd2l@4ax.com...
> >> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:30:30 -0600, "MaryL"
> >> <carstan101@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote:
> >>
> >>>I have a SanDisk ImageMate (CF card reader) that I have used for a number
> >>>of
> >>>years. It has been reliable and reasonably fast. However, I have ordered
> >>>two 1G CompactFlash cards. I contacted SanDisk and received information
> >>>from them that my current card reader probably will not handle those
> >>>cards.
> >>
> >> This is not correct according to what I just received from Sandisk:
> >>
> >> "SanDisk Response: (03/16/2005 01:48)
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Thank you contacting Sandisk Technical Support.
> >>
> >> The ImageMate SDDR-91 should work with the Extreme III 1 GB and larger
> >> CF cards.
> >>
> >> If you have any further questions, please feel free to reply to this
> >> e-mail or contact our technical support department toll free at
> >> 866-SANDISK (866-726-3475). Our technical support team is open Monday
> >> through Friday, 8:30am to 5:30PM (GMT+1). Have a Great Day and thank
> >> you for choosing SanDisk!
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Jack E."
> >>
> >
> >
> >Interesting. Here's the response I received from SanDisk (via their eBox
> >printed reply):
> >
> >SanDisk Response: (03/14/2005 02:31)
> >
> >Hello, Thank you for contacting SanDisk Technical Support.
> >
> >You may need to purchase a newer card reader because the SDDR-31 may not
> >read a capacity of 1GB CF.
> >
>
> You have a different model.

I have both the SDDR-91 (USB 2.0) and the SDDR-31 (USB 1.1). The SDDR-91
consistently has severe problems with the Extreme III 1GB card. The
SDDR-31 has not yet had any problem with the same card, although the
number of photos on the card is probably only around 25 or so, at the
moment.

SanDisk's help desk doesn't seem to be familiar with the problem.

Diane

 

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Ron Hunter <rphunter@charter.net> wrote in message news:<jMBZd.2603$q25.774@fe02.lga>...

> I have both a multi-format reader, and a CF reader. There is little
> practical difference in their sizes. Both will fit nicely into a shirt
> pocket.

Hmm that's interesting. Is your multi card reader particularly small
or your CF reader particularly large? Most multi format readers I have
seen (which isn't many) have 4 holes or so and therefore have quite a
large width and are quite thick. Maybe about the length of a CD case
and half the width and about 2 cd cases thick. Whereas the one CF only
card reader I have seen is perhaps about 1.5 match boxes in length and
width and perhaps about 1 cd case thick which is logical for a CF card
reader since you don't really need that much.

Does suggest size it is a good area to look at though if you care
about it (i.e. if you need to take it around)