Patriot LX Series 16 GB Class 10 SDHC Flash Memory Card PSF16GSDHC10 (Black)

by Patriot

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 0.9 inches ; 0.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002TA86C8
• Item model number: PSF16GSDHC10
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (120 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #46 in Electronics > Camera & Photo > Accessories > Digital Camera Accessories > Memory Cards > SecureDigital Cards
  • #57 in Electronics > Camera & Photo > Accessories > Blank Media
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 1, 2009

Product Description

Capacity: 16 GB

Amazon.com Product Description

Capture your images or video as they happen without missing a moment with the Patriot LX Series 16 GB SDHC flash memory card. Offering blazing fast performance, LX Class 10 SDHC memory cards are fully compatible with the latest SD 3.0 specifications, which call for a minimum sustained write speed of 10 MB per second. This is a significant performance upgrade over earlier SDHC standards, and is fast enough to record high-definition 1920 x 1080 resolution video. As a result, LX SDHC flash memory cards easily keep up with the most demanding photography and video equipment, making them ideal for both new digital SLR users and seasoned professionals.

Each LX flash memory card is also built to keep your data safe, with a write protection switch that prevents users from accidentally overwriting important files. Also available in 8 GB and 32 GB capacities, the card carries a five-year warranty.

The 16 GB SDHC flash memory card removes the bottleneck of slow memory speeds.

Specifications

• Type: SDHC flash, Class 10
• Capacity: 16 GB
• Image storage: 14,003 images (3 megapixels), 6,450 images (5 megapixels), 5,390 images (6 megapixels)
• MP3 storage: 18,192 minutes (128 kbps), 13,648 minutes (160 kbps)
• WMA storage: 20,992 minutes (96 kbps), 16,048 minutes (128 kbps)
• Movie storage: 3 movies (DVD .iso, 4.7 GB)
• Dimensions: 0.93 by 1.25 by 0.08 inches (W x H x D)
• Weight: 0.07 ounces
• Certifications/safety: RoHS, FC, CE
• Warranty: 5 years

Design and Quality
All Patriot Memory products are designed to respond quickly and intelligently to the rapid changes inherent in the technology sector. This commitment to R&D helps Patriot deliver the best-quality memory modules powered by the latest innovative technology. The company's manufacturing process begins with high-quality components and ends with rigorous functional testing to ensure each module's reliability and compatibility. Patriot Memory modules are approved by such leading motherboard and system manufacturers as Intel, Tyan, Supermicro, and Iwill. Patriot is also a member of the Apple Developer Connection, and has earned awards from such leading product review sites as XBit Labs, Anandtech, Tom's Hardware, and Hot Hardware.com.

About Patriot Memory
Established in 1985, Patriot Memory builds a full range of memory module and flash memory products, including Extreme Performance (EP), Signature Lines (SL), and Flash Memory (FM) solutions. The company--which has sales offices located throughout the U.S. and Asia, along with distribution channels throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America--is dedicated to becoming the vendor of choice for the computer and consumer electronics industries, with a commitment to service and quality that exceeds all other brands. Headquartered in Fremont, California, Patriot Memory maintains state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in both Fremont and Taipei, Taiwan.

Product Description

The Patriot LX Class 10 SDHC memory card offers blazing performance. The LX Class 10 SDHC memory cards meet the latest SD Association specifications and offer a minimum sustained write speed of 10MB/s. Fast enough to record High Definition video, our LX Class 10 SDHC cards keep up with the most demanding new photography and video equipment. Patriot LX Class 10 SDHC memory cards are available in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB capacities and offer a lifetime warranty. Remove the bottleneck of slow memory. Capture every image or video without missing a moment. Depend on the Patriot XL Class 10 SDHC card.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

177 of 183 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps in need of better quality control, January 26, 2010

By 

Glenn Wang (CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patriot LX Series 32 GB Class 10 SDHC Flash Memory Card PSF32GSDHC10 (Black) (Personal Computers)

Pros:

*Relatively inexpensive for a Class 10 card.
*Decent benchmark speeds.

Cons:

*Actual in-camera speed noticeably slower.
*Every once in a while, the picture taken becomes corrupted.

Details:

I bought this card for use with my recently purchased Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 10MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD (Blue), which states in the manual that it's best to have a card that has at least 10MB/s transfer speed. Class 10 means that the card is supposed to maintain a minimum write speed of 10MB/s, so I figured this would be a great match, especially having read other reviews of another Patriot LX series card (although only 16GB), stating that it works perfectly with the ZS3.

Prior to getting this card, I had been using a Sandisk SDSDX3-008G-E31 8GB Extreme III SD Card 30MB/s (RETAIL PACKAGE), and I was very happy with its speed, but wanted a higher capacity, so that I can take full advantage of the HD video capabilities of the camera. The Sandisk was only listed as "Class 6" because it was released before the Class 10 spec was released, but it certainly qualifies in benchmark tests, and the equivalent 32GB card (SanDisk Extreme SDHC 32GB Class 10 High Performance Card) costs twice as much as the Patriot LX, while the Panasonic equivalent (Panasonic RP SDW32GU1K - Flash memory card - 32 GB - Class 10 - SDHC) costs nearly three time as much, so the Patriot LX seems like a really good deal.

Curious as to how well it compares to the Sandisk Extreme III, I ran several benchmark tests, and the Patriot LX posted some impressive numbers, performing only marginally slower (tested with CrystalDiskMark)...

Patriot LX 32GB - Read / Write (MB/s)
1000M Sequential - 19.20 / 17.52
512K Random - 18.40 / 1.725
4K Random - 2.384 / 0.015

Sandisk Extreme III 8GB - Read / Write (MB/s)
1000M Sequential - 19.43 / 16.74
512K Random - 19.16 / 4.078
4K Random - 3.673 / 0.031

However, in low-level benchmark tests (using Flash Memory Toolkit), which tests the speed throughout the entire card, the program was unable to perform a write test, citing I/O error.

Patriot LX 32GB
Average read speed: 17.8 MB/s
Minimum read speed: 17.5 MB/s
Maximum read speed: 18.1 MB/s
Write speeds unavailable

Sandisk Extreme III 8GB
Average read speed: 18.2 MB/s
Minimum read speed: 17.6 MB/s
Maximum read speed: 18.4 MB/s
Average write speed: 16.3 MB/s
Minimum write speed: 15.2 MB/s
Maximum write speed: 17.4 MB/s

(So at least according to these benchmarks, the Sandisk doesn't live up to its 30MB/s claims, or even its typical 20MB/s claim.)

But more important than benchmark numbers is how well it actually performs in the camera. Here, the slower speed of the Patriot LX is really noticeable. From basic operations such as turning on the camera, taking pictures in "burst" mode, reviewing pictures in-camera, and deleting pictures, everything seems slower by at least half a second, as compared to the Sandisk.

I didn't know that the card read/write speed affected the camera's start-up time until I got this card. Before, I would turn on the camera, the lens cover would open, then the lens would extract, there would be an audible beep, and the screen would turn on. With the Patriot LX, there would be an extra second or two after the beep, before the screen would turn on. That's a huge problem if you want to catch those spontaneous moments in your life.

The "big" performance test with the camera is the "burst mode," where the camera will shoot pictures continuously at 1.8 frames per second. At the highest quality setting and 10.1 megapixels, the pictures average around 4 megabytes, which means the card needs to sustain a write speed of around 7.2 MB/s, or when the camera's buffer runs out, it will not be able to capture pictures as fast. In my tests, after about 4 or 5 sequential shots, the shooting slows down when using the LX, while the speed is maintained when using the Sandisk. So while the benchmark suggests it should be able to handle it, the reality is that it cannot.

What I've found is that, if I format the card in the camera, then it can sustain the burst speed, but then roughly around 10% of the pictures taken become corrupted, possibly because it cannot handle the speed. In the camera's playback mode, these pictures will not display, the camera will state that only the thumbnail is shown. When they're transferred to your computer, you'll see that the lower part of the corrupted pictures are missing.

HD videos recording in AVCHD Lite, on the other hand, seems to be fine. With the file size being much smaller thanks to the H.264 codec, it probably only needs a sustained writing speed of 2.2 MB/s. But with Motion JPEG, it also runs into problems, which doesn't become apparent until you try to watch the video.

I've contacted Patriot Memory's support via their website, and it's been over 48 hours, but I've yet to hear back from them. Hopefully this was just a "lemon" card, and not all of their "Class 10" cards are like this. I've also read elsewhere, where Patriot Memory's support team suggests that perhaps problems exist with devices not properly supporting the new Secure Digital spec, where Class 10 is defined. This shouldn't be the case for the Panasonic ZS3, however, considering that Panasonic is one of the three companies behind the Secure Digital technology (the other two being Sandisk and Toshiba), the new SD Card spec 3.0 was announced 5/21/2009, while the ZS3 I have is running firmware 1.2, released 6/15/2009--You'd think Panasonic would keep their cameras compatible with their own specs... Hopefully I hear from Patriot Memory soon.

59 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reasonably fast but very cheap, January 9, 2010

By 

Gnius (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Patriot LX Series 8 GB Class 10 SDHC Flash Memory Card PSF8GSDHC10 (Black) (Personal Computers)

I purchased this card to be used in a DSLR - Nikon D40 and possibly also a D90. I have previously used Transcend cards because they were so inexpensive. The Transcend 8GB Class 6 benchmarked at 16.1/11.2 MB/s read/write.

In anticipation of the higher FPS and larger RAW files of the D90, I purchased one of these Class 10 cards, to see whether I could avoid spending 2-3X as much for Sandisk.

To my surprise, the Patriot was significantly better than the Transcend, at 20.1/17.4 MB/s read/write. This is rather close to the benchmarked (caveat: not by me) write speed of the 30MB/s Extreme III Sandisk (which was rated at 27MB/s read, but only 17.6MB/s write).

For under $30 with free shipping, the Patriot LX SDHC appears to be a great deal.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Patriot LX 16 GB Class 10 SDHC, April 24, 2010

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Joy K. Thom "Jo" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patriot LX Series 16 GB Class 10 SDHC Flash Memory Card PSF16GSDHC10 (Black) (Personal Computers)

Today I took my new Canon t2i for a test ride with this memory card. Out of the 60 shots 5 got corrupted.

I have read some of the reviewers posting the the same problem with this card...

If you don't mind missing some of the shots, then this card is cheap and the speed is okay...

I am planning to use this as a back-up card as my Sandisk is on the way... SanDisk 16GB Extreme - SDHC Class 10 High Performance memory card (SDSDX3-016G-P31, Retail Packaging) - NEW 30MB/s version

[I didn't try this for video... but reading some of the latest reviews I fear for the worst... not sure whether I have to keep it or return it]

04/27/2010
Today I used this card to record some video using Canon t2i. Out of the 5 attempts, 2 got corrupted. I think I have bad copy of this card. I am returning it.

05/02/2010
I got SanDisk 16GB card that works fine...

So don't go for this card, or just keep this card as an cheap emergency back-up card...

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