Customer Reviews

PNY Single Slot USB SmartMedia Flash Memory Card Reader

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I teach digital photography and use this reader regularly. It's the only one I've used that consistantly works well with no problems in Windows XP.

This is the reader I ALWAYS recommend to mu students! It's simple, light and does not get in the way.

As to not reading the card every time (Previous reviewer's comment) I'd guess he had a bad memory card. I've used a dozen or more of these readers and have not had a single problem with any of them.

I had the same problem with the card dropping inside however it really isn't a major problem. The enclosure slot is a bit too large and the card can slide in above the tracks that hold the card in place. If it was an expensive unit, I'd be disappointed with this flaw but I bought it specifically because it was cheap. It works and I'm happy with it.

Several Major Problems
1.The smart media card tends to drop inside the device- there is nothing to hold it in place.
2. Tended to scratch the media card.
3. Failed to read the card about half the time

Dead On Arrival. Tried it on a brand new PC as well as an older one. What makes it more irritating is the fact that it is so cheap, it is almost ridiculous to try and return it. Waste of time.

Works fine. No read or write problem. I'm using SmartMedia 128MB Card. Transfering musical data. Haven't experienced the poor card fit into the reader. Maybe mine is an updated version. Looks a little different than advertised picture. Own three.

This reader works for me using Ubuntu Linux 7.10. The reader is used to read cards from a Olympus C3030 zoom camera and it works great! Linux found and mounted the card reader as another drive with no issues.

I bought this product, it arrived in less than 24 hours, and it was the wrong thing. They sent me a black hunk of plastic and it wouldn't read a card or anything. It looked like they handwrit pny on it with a crayon. It took a while for me to get a refund.