SanDisk SDDR-80-784 Firewire CF Reader

by SanDisk

Product Details

• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000077CEB
• Item model number: SDDR-80-784
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 15, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The SanDisk Ultra ImageMate Reader is an external flash card reader that connects directly to your computer with a FireWire port. With a stylish, super fast reader for your large files, it is the perfect complement for the SanDisk Ultra line products, all CompactFlash cards and FireWire products including digital still cameras, digital camcorders, desktops and laptops.

The FireWire ImageMate Reader provides the ability to write data to and read data from flash memory without connecting your digital device directly to a computer. The transfer is super fast, and is easy to use, being a true "plug and play" with no driver needed.

With its compact size, lightweight design and stylish look, the Ultra ImageMate Reader (model# SDDR-80) is easy to carry and offers a cool attractive appearance.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome and lightning fast!, August 26, 2004

By 

R. Chung (MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk SDDR-80-784 Firewire CF Reader (Personal Computers)

I have a two yr old computer with only the slow 1.x usb ports and firewire ports. I've just recently bought a Nikon D70 DSLR camera with some sandisk ultra II CF cards. My solution was to either buy this reader, or get a USB 2.0 PCI card and a new USB 2.0 reader. My USB port CF reader, the thumbnail images would take forever to load. With this new fireport reader, my images would appear on the screen right away, as if they were loading from my hard drive. I highly recommend this reader, if you don't want to get a USB 2.0 card and reader!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars compact, quick, but finnicky, May 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: SanDisk SDDR-80-784 Firewire CF Reader (Personal Computers)

I wanted to get a Compact Flash card reader for my Mac and I wanted it to be firewire, for those who have not used firewire, or doubt its worth, you must see it to believe it. The firewire connection is ridiculously fast for loading pictures onto my computer. (Google "firewire vs usb" for a comparison)

I have an older G4 desktop mac and the plugs are in behind the tower, other Macs have more readily accessible firewire outlets. Having to move the computer is a minor annoyance, but nothing big.

Once correctly connected the card reader pops up on the desktop as a small disk icon, open it and there is a folder with all of the pictures taken with my camera. Copying the pictures takes a few seconds max, compared to many minutes for a similar USB device.

One small complaint I have is the plug-n-play aspect of this device, sometimes after connecting, it will not appear on the desktop, a quick un-plug and re-connect solves this problem.

Also, you have to be very very careful inserting the cards, as other reviewers have noted the small metal connectors are delicate, but if you treat it nicely it will work just fine.

Pros: Quick for transferring files, makes USB look like a snail. Works seamlessly with my CF cards full of digi-cam pics.

Cons: awkward plug-n-play, sometimes have to re-connect.

5.0 out of 5 stars SanDisk SDDR-80-784 No Longer in Production, June 17, 2005

By 

Labby (Owosso) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SanDisk SDDR-80-784 Firewire CF Reader (Personal Computers)

The SanDisk SDDR-80 has served me well. Never a glitch. I would like to buy another as it was a good product at a good price. Luckily I bought two and keep the second one in the package. I do documentary work and it has been through some rugged trials. It has been to Inner Mongolia twice since last November. Tens of thousands of down loaded files and never one corrupted file. Maybe I've had extremely good luck, but it has served me well. Even the guys who download with USB are amazed at the speed of this thing. I called SanDisk customer support, today, and was told that it is officially out of production and that SanDisk will no longer make any Firewire Card Readers.