Customer Reviews

Simple Tech MULTI-CARD READER ADAPTER 4-1 ( STI-MCAD )

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I use this card reader with a Simpletech 256 MB SD card and my Canon SD10 (Digital Elph). The card lives inside my laptop, and it essentially creates a SD port. I don't own any of the other types of media that it supports, but for my SD card it is perfect. I don't have to worry about keeping track of the messy USB cable that came with the camera--I just pull the SD card out of the camera and slip it into my laptop, and Windows XP immediately recognizes it. Couldn't be easier. It also uploads the images to my computer MUCH faster than the USB (1.0) connection.

No documentation anywhere online to show this card only supports up to 1 Gb of SD memory. A call to tech support and they basically told me "tough luck." Doesn't anyone sell a PCMCIA adapter that supports at least 2 Gb of SD memory?

I purchased this so I can use in in my Honda Civic Stereo w/Nav. It has a PC card slot and this reader alows me to use any supported memory card to play mp3 in my car.

Laptop not have a SD or Memory Stick card reader, and you are wondering about spending the extra cash to get one that does? Here's your answer. I use the Memory Stick (pictures) and SD Card (PDA) on a regular basis and I LOVE this little guy. Plugs in/out with ease, card insertion is easy, and the transfer rates are fast. Whatever card is inserted reads like another drive, so file copying/moving is just like the rest.

Will read my SD cards fine, but will not recognize the Sony MemoryStick PRO Duo card (either 1GB or 4GB) using the Duo adapter. Contacted company for an updated driver for the card reader. They suggested I look for a new driver from my laptop manufacturer !? (IBM) or from Windows (!??!). No help. No drivers. No luck.

I needed a card reader for a Sony memory stick and thought this would work. It is inconvenient to use because you can't easily grasp the card once it's in the card reader. It is necessary to remove the card reader from the slot in order to remove the card. Then I got the "blue screen of death" while using it. I have never had this crash situation before with XP. I returned it to Amazon. Amazon has a very good return policy. Thanks, Amazon.

Works pretty good. I've got no complaints at all.

The cards could slide in a little smoother, I suppose. The reason they don't is probably because this thing can take so many different types of cards that they can't put real good guides in for any one particular type of card. I've used this thing with SD cards and Memory Stick.

I'm on Mac OS X 10.4 and no drivers are required.