Customer Reviews

SimpleTech STI-CF/128 128MB CompactFlash Card

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After reading serveral posts about simpletech cards having trouble working in Nikon digital cameras, I decided to called Nikon myself. They told me, and this is from the horses mouth. That Simpletechs flash cards use a hitachi controller, the fastest one on the market today. These controllers don't work well with Nikon cameras because the hitachi controller writes the different parts of the image to the flash card simultaenously giving the card greater speed. But the contollers in the Nikon cameras do not write the image simlutaenously instead they write the image one piece at a time, this is slower, but it works according to Nikon. I then asked why other maunfacuters cards work with Nikon and they said that those manufactuers use their own controller tweeked to work with Nikon. The tech guy at Nikon happened to mention that Nikon will soon be introducing a new line of digital cameras with the new faster controller that will work fast and flawlessly with the simpletech cards. Lastly, he assured me that there is nothing wrong or inferior about Simpletech cards. I bought one after all!

There's my 2 cent to this playground argument!

I bought this simpletech card after a very dissapointing exeperience with a 128 MB lexar card (the red labled one). The lexar was very slow in both picture taking and picture review modes on my Canon s200 Digital Elph.

This card is much faster then the above mentioned lexar card, and has proven to work pefectly in my camera. It is also one of the cheapest cards on the market, albiet prices are dropping everyday, so its hard to make such a sweeping statement.

If you own a Canon camera, and want a good, cheap, fast, dependable CF card, then the simpletech is a very good choice. Also keep in mind that simpletech cards come with a lifetime warranty versus limited year warranties of some other makers. This made me feel a bit better when purchasing such an inexpensive card.

I was a little nervous when I purchased this card, having seen some negative reviews here for it, but I used the discount that Simpletech offered with the purchase of a digital camera, here at Amazon, and instead of getting the free 32 MB, I went for the 128 MB. I am glad that I did. I am using it in a Kodak DC3900, and have had no problems. I also use a Viking CF PCCard adapter, and they all work fine together, with no problems that I have noted.

I was shopping around for cards, and as usual, Amazon offered a great price. I bought it for my Nikon Coolpix 885. On normal resolution, I get 157 pics on this 128MB card! Can't ask for better than that. Even comes with a plastic case, which, given how clumsy I am, is a necessity.

Had great luck with the Simple Tech 128 CF card and my Kodak 2 MP camera, also worked fine in other cameras I check out in stores, including Canon, Minolta. ...

I purchased the 128 MB Simpletech CompactFlash Card about seven months ago. My digital camera came with a 16MB card, but I wanted more memory and this was great. So far, it has been very reliable in holding pictures upto the full capacity. I read that other CompactFlash Cards can sometimes stop functioning after a couple months or not live upto the "promised" capacity. Not true with this card. I take quite a few pictures and therefore have used the card to its full capacity many times and then erased pictures from it using the camera. I didn't have to format the card and it's still functioning like a new one. I have not had a single problem with it and I am very happy with this product. The price was reasonable as well. I highly recommend this card to anyone looking for a CompactFlash Card.

I have a Coolpix 4300. This CF card runs just fine but it is slower than a same capacity Lexar 12x card. If you are not taking high resolution pictures all the time then this card should not be a problem.

I bought SimpleTech's 128 MB Compact Flash card and have been really happy with it. I use it with my Canon Powershot and enjoy the ability to store many more pixs. The transfer rate is fast too. I took in on vacation and couldn't take enough pixs to fill it up. I'd recommend this card.

I Purchased a Canon powershot and it came with SimpleTech card. If they make such a bad card then why is SimpleTech the recommended card for use in not only their consumer camera but their professional series?...
I just thought everyone should know that I am happy with the performance of my SimpleTech Card and as soon as I am done here I am buying a 128MB Si9mpleTech card from Amazon!!!!

I've owned it for a year and it works fine. No issues with loss of storange or read/write speed.