Customer Reviews

BLUE USB MEMORY CARD 23 IN 1 READER for MMC SD CF XD

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(17)

 

 

This was one of the only card readers I could find that would read both an SD and a CF memory card (both of which I have). It does exactly what it's supposed to. And, the see through case makes it easy to ensure I have the CF card lined up just right so I don't bend the pins as I slide it in. The only problem I had was that the included USB cable was bad. I had two cables from my cameras so this was a non issue. Plus, they offered to replace it if I mailed it back to them. I can't speak for cards other than the SD and CF cards, but I assume it works equally well for he other types as well.

I bought this because it reads CF and SD cards, for my two digital cameras, and because it was cheap. It works fine, except that it's really hard to line up the pins for the CF card, so it takes a few minutes to insert and you risk bending the pins. It's also hard to determine which card should go in which slot without picking it up and taking a good look at the front edge where they're inserted.

Overall, pretty cheaply made, but it works fine for me so far.

I bought this for 2 reasons: One of the few readers that support both CF and SD memory cards, and 2. Suprisingly cheap.
Well, you get what you pay for. The design is Ok, and the SD slot works fine. However the CF slot guides are not aligned with the pins, and it's easy to insert the card mis-aligned. IMO it's a matter of when (not if) I'll insert the CF card into the slit and have it bend a pin, but for now I'll be careful. The price makes these comments almost mute.

Advertised as supporting Smart Media cards. It does NOT. Don't buy this if you are looking for a reader for smart media cards. Very disappointing!

The description says it reads Smart Media -it does not. The only reason I bought it was to read the Smart Media cards from my older Olympus camera. CHANGE THE DESCRIPTION!!!

The unit does read the cards it advertises, however the plastic housing is designed such that the slot for the XD card is slightly too small. I had to cut out the plastic on the right side of the XD slot in order to insert the card. Once this was done, the card worked just fine. It appears that the CF slot has the same issue, but only from visual inspection since I have no CF card to test. It works, but not without some modification. They should re-design the housing to have the correct slot sizes. It's just a bad design/manufacture of the housing.

My only complaint is the quality of the USB cable. My usb cable became bad due to wires breaking inside of the usb connector. Otherwise the card reader is just fine with another USB cable. I have not had it get hot and lock up on me yet. This reader with a spare microsd card and adapter came in handy lately to sneakernet some files between computers, and updating our PS3.

This item was a great price and is working great! We have not had any trouble with it at all. Very pleased with this product.

the CF socket's plastic guide broke on insertion of a CF card. i've used a couple of other multi-format flash memory readers and have had no problems, so i don't think it's because i'm clumsy. (i bought this one for SDHC support.) since this was less than $3, it's probably not worth the trouble / postage to try to get a refund; rather, i'll just get a different and hopefully more robustly constructed multi-format flash reader from somewhere else.

I was drawn to this item because of its cheap price and the many different cards it worked with. Well, I used it once and the next time I tried it wouldn't work. After reading some of the reviews on Amazon about how the USB cord was bad, I tried another I had lying around. Low and behold, it worked. I emailed the company asking for the cord to be replaced, and they won't do anything about it. This is a reoccurring issue and the company knows it, but is unwilling to replace their faulty product. Buy another brand for a couple more dollars. You'll be glad that you did.