Customer Reviews

SanDisk CF Type I/II ImageMate USB 2.0 Reader/Writer (Model SDDR-92-A15)

5 star:		(36)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

From appearances and description, this appears to be identical to my SDDR-92 (no A15) except for the shape of the button.

This SanDisk is an excellent unit - compact and reasonably slim, with a detachable USB cord. It is perfect for carrying in a pocket of your laptop case (unlike my Dazzle which is fine for a desk top, but awkwardly shaped for compact storage).

The unit is reliable and fast, and, unlike the 8-in-1 or 12-in-1 units which use up four hard-drive letters, this unit only uses one hard-drive letter. It supports reading, writing, deleting, etc., and works with either USB 2.0 or USB 1.1.

If you do not care about the button software, this unit installs plug-n-play, without needing a driver CD (at least on Win 2000 and XP). It simply appears as a removable hard-drive letter in Explorer.

I did not install the button software because I am not a fan having extra transfer mechanisms and photo organizers on my computer. I would rather be in full, manual control of how and when things happen, and where files are put.

I think that this is a 5-star unit, but I downgrade my own unit to 4 1/2 stars because of its overzealous packaging and arrogant installation instructions. In both the instructions, and on a sticky label on the unit (which I still have not been able to fully remove), it proclaims that you MUST install the button software before connecting the unit. I ignored that warning, and the unit worked fine without any installation needed.

One of the important requirements in a card reader is portability. Since not everyone takes kindly to your installing software on their computer, the card must be able to work just by plugging it into the USB port. The SanDisk SDDR-92 meets this requirement, although it proclaims not to.

This is a good choice for a CompactFlash Reader/Writer.

I spent $10 on a MediaGrear keychain CF card reader first. That reader is usable, but it is hard to pull my CF card out. I think that reader's pins are very likely to damage my CF cards if I insert and pull my cards very frequently. Then I decide to get this brand-name reader, with $20 at bestbuy (not a very good price). And I am very satisfied with the product. When you insert your card into the reader, it is not like a floppy which goes all into the reader. Just half of the card is inside the reader. So I don't need to pull it very hard when I want to get the card out, it comes out smoothly and I no longer worry about damaging my card. When I plug the reader into my computer, it works immediately, no need to install any driver if you don't need to use that transfer button.

I bought this becuase downloading pictures from my Digital Rebel XT Camera took forever and a day to complete. Using this drive only took about a minute to download 2 Gigs of pictures!

You don't need the CD if you have windows XP.

I wanted a faster CF card reader, so I got this. First the software is not compatible with Vista. Contacted Sandisk and they said no problem, just use it without the "button" software. I thought fine, I'd rather not load software anyway. I tried downloading my RAW and JPEG files, and it stops with errors. My other CF card readers work fine. (I bought this through Amazon's seller "Endless Variety", and it seems they don't reply to your email). I love Sandisk's CF cards, I have 10 of them from 1GB to 4GB, so I was disappointed. To be fair, it is probably just a defective unit.

This SanDisk CF Type I/II ImageMate USB 2.0 Reader/Writer is a neat little device. I just pull the Compact Flash card out of my camera, stick it in the ImageMate, plug the USB cable in and grab my pictures without having to mess with a camera/computer transfer or worry about draining the camera's battery. I'm running XP SP2 and didn't need to install a thing. I just plugged it into the USB port and XP found and recognized it. The only reason for giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is that I wish it plugged directly into the USB port itself (like the Simple Tech BONZAI USB 2.0 CARD READER -- though that uses SD/MMC cards instead of CF) instead of having to use the separate (included) USB cable.

This item works as advertised and I have not encountered any problems on it so far. I did not have to use the accompanying cd-rom as I am using it on a Mac, and it just comes up as an untitled drive.

This device has worked very effectively. I use a MAC, so the one-button transfer does not function. But the reader is immediately recognized by my MAC and it's an easy drag and copy of my photos to my hard drive. No complaints, would buy it again.

This products works very well and just as advertised. I have downloaded >6GB of slides since my purchase -- all flawlessly. I would recommend this product highly.

Only echoing other reviewers - this is a small, quick piece of gear. Have Vista Home Premium so I plugged the unit in, let Vista find a driver and viola! works like a champ. Don't understand the fascination with the button; I use Windows Explorer to copy and paste onto my hard drive.

Would recommend this in a heartbeat!

Works great on my Windows XP GX620 Dell, 24" iMAC running MAC OS-X and Unix computers.

Fast downloads and reliable.