Customer Reviews

Lexar Media MULTI CARD READER ( RW022-001 ) (Retail Package)

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

Buyer beware. This reader does not work with large SD cards. I could not get it to work with a new 4 GB SD card. My 1 GB cards work fine, but anything over that will probably not work. I confirmed with with Lexar technical support as they have not tested this yet.

I bought this reader about 6 months ago. Since that time it is hit or miss to get my computer to read the device. I have gone to Lexars website but they say it is true plug and play compatability! Really on what computer?! It is so frustrating to take photos or want to put things on a card for my palm and it does not work. I recomend buying another product and stay far away from this one!

The SD slot stopped working last night - very frustrating. The compact flash card slot still works, though. I noticed a reviewer mentioned that it didn't work with their 4GB SD card. It did work with my Transcend 150x 4GB SD card.

I an now on my second of these readers and this one, just like the one it replaced, now is not recognized by my Dell computer. Both worked fine for 6-12 months but then died.

Tried to use FujiFilm 1GB xD cards, type M, doesn't recognize them. Still trying to resolve situation with Lexar, they say that despite package claim of xD compatibility another reader model RW023 is needed.

I purchased the Lexar Media MULTI CARD READER (RW022-001) about four years ago. In the past years, it has worked reasonably well. But with the advent of high capacity SD cards (2GB and over), this card reader is now obsolete. Worse yet, I learned the hard way that it may even corrupt newer SD cards.

I benchmarked a Kingston 2GB Elite Pro SD Card using this card reader. After returning the card to my Canon S5, the camera displayed "Memory card error". It turns out the Lexar Media multi-card reader is only compatible with SD 1.0 specification, which is for capacity up to 1GB. But to read/write a 2GB SD, it has to be SD 1.1 compatible. When I put in a 2GB SD into a SD 1.0 card reader and performed a read/write benchmark, it corrupted the directory structure of the SD card. Therefore my camera can no longer recognize the card.
Fortunately, I was able to use 'Photo Rec' (a free open-source file recovery program) to recover most of my image files from this 2GB SD card. I then have to reformat the card from my computer in order to use it again.

When I insert a SDHC card (with capacity 4GB or over) into this card reader, it cannot even see the SDHC card. But at least in this case it will not corrupt the card.

I have since purchased the Transcend M5 Multi Card Reader. Not only is the Transcend M5 compatible with all SD/SDHC cards, it even makes all my CF and SD cards perform about 50% faster! For example: when I benchmarked the SanDisk 2GB Ultra II CF Card in my old Lexar reader, I received a rather disappointing write speed of 4.1MB/S (equivalent to '27x'). The same card in the new Transcend M5 gave me a write speed of 5.9MB/S, or 40x.
(Note that Sandisk claims the Ultra II CF is capable of 15MB/S, but that's the maximum speed under optimal test condition)

In summary, this Lexar card reader is incompatible with SD cards larger than 1GB, is a lot slower than the Transcend M5, but costs more. So I see no reasons in getting this outdated product now.

Easy to hookup and Windows XP displays the drives of the Lexar. Easy to drag and drop files into the drives. Highly recommended.

I purchased the Lexar card reader from another vender and received it today. I plugged it in and it worked fine except it cannot read Xd type M and H cards ecen thought it explicitly states that it can read those cards on their package. I called Lexar technical support and they told me it does not support this type of media. When I questioned wny it said it does on the package, they said I should talk to the sales department. I called sales and they told me that it was basically my problem that it did not perform as stated. They told me that since I did not buy it from them it was not their problem. I told them that even the third party sellers depended on their description and providing accurate information. I also told them that even if the seller would refund the cost, the cost of shipping and restocking fees )if any_ were more then their product cost and that it still had information on the package that was false and misleading. I was told that they would chekc with the their technical people to verify the accuracy of what i said but did not say they would do anything about it. Buyer beware!!!

stopped working with my iMac. Stick with Belkin or Lacie or Sandisk

Before I bought this reader I considered 2 models 12-in-1: Lexar and SanDisk. I decided to buy Lexar.
I bought this reader to use mostly with Memory stick. I have 2 cards: 128 MB and 1 GB. I had no problem with 128 MB card.
But I could not insert My GIG card into this reader. It just did not go. I tried hard trying not to break the card - no success. It was a surprise for me. May be because my card was made not by Lexar - by SanDIsk...? I contacted Lexar but did not get any explanation of this problem.
Any way I had to send it back and buy 12-in-1 SanDisk Reader.