Lexar Media Multi-Card Reader (RW017-001)

by Lexar

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007058Y
• Item model number: RW017-001
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 7, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Just pop in a MMC/SD card and go! The USB connection makes connecting and disconnecting simple USB offers hot insertion and removal of the reader without rebooting. And there is no external power supply to get lost or burn out. Its small size allows you to throw the cable in your bag with your camera and connect to your PC where ever you need to.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No need for multiple card readers for different card types, December 13, 2002

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Meryl K. Evans "Content Maven behind meryl.net" (Plano, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar Media Multi-Card Reader (RW017-001) (Personal Computers)

I wasn't looking for a card reader, but I happened to read about it in one of the [URL] newsletters. I have a CompactFlash card for my digital camera and an SD Card for my PDA. One is bigger than the other and this card reader reads both quickly and accurately. From now on, I'm going to load digital photos from the camera through the reader instead of through the camera's USB cable. Grabbing the photos through card reader is faster than through the camera and PDA.The USB port can be hidden away in the reader's side compartment for portability. A extension USB cord comes with the reader so you won't be stuck with in-built short cord especially when working on a desktop. The reader itself is a little larger than the size of a business card holder length and width-wise and about twice as thick. It's easy for women to carry in their purses, men to carry in a shirt or jacket pocket, and laptop carriers to put in the case without adding to the load.Only complaint -- and it's probably a Windows issue not the reader -- is that when I plug it in, it shows five additional portable drives. I have to click on each until I find which is being used. The CompactFlash card was on a different drive from the SD Card. Sometimes the reader doesn't see anything and it takes a little adjusting to get it to work. It still works four years later.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It does exactly what it's suposed to, June 28, 2003

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Reid V. Wilkening "swimmer13" (Denver, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar Media Multi-Card Reader (RW017-001) (Personal Computers)

I bought this card reader as a replacement for another one, which is no longer compatible with windows xp. This card reader is extremely easy to set up. With xp, all you need to do is plug it in. With windows 98, you just need to install the drivers and then plug it in. Setup takes mayber five minutes. I have only a few complaints. For some reason, it creates a new directory for each slot, four in all. It is kind of odd, and it takes a while to figure out which new drive name goes with each slot. Another thing which worries me is the piece of plastic seperating the slots for SD cards and memory stick cards from the smart media card slot is extremely thin. I keep worrying im going to break it off. Another oddity of this drive is its two part usb cord. A small, two inch long cord comes off of the drive. It then plugs into a longer usb cord. While i can see the advantages of this system since the small piece folds up into the reader, it is just a bit weird. Other than these gripes, it is a very solid piece of equipment, which performs exactly as specified.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love the drive description in My Computer, March 29, 2003

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Eldho Thomas (Saint Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexar Media Multi-Card Reader (RW017-001) (Personal Computers)

This is a very neat product. I used to have a Viking card reader before I bought this. I must say this is a lot better and more compact reader. It is about 3 inches long, 2 inches wide and 2mm high. I use it only for reading CF card. I like the description of each drive that shows up in My Computer for each of the drives in this reader. There is an accompanying small program that stays in memory to do that.

One thing I have to mention is that this reader has problems reading the CF card that came with my Canon digital camera. I think canon's CF card is slightly off-standard. Inserting the canon card will freeze the reader. If the reader is disconnected from the USB port and re-inserted, it becomes okay. Hopefully, a later version of driver will take care of this issue with canon cards.