Viking 128 MB CompactFlash Card (CF128M)

by Viking

Product Details

Data Sheet [118kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 0.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00003G1RG
• Item model number: CF128M
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (199 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 11, 2000

Product Description

Viking Components

Go to the Memory Finder to see a listing of the digital cameras, PDAs, MP3 players, photo printers, or other products that are guaranteed compatible with this Viking product. The Memory Finder contains an up-to-date list of the devices that work with this memory.

Benefits of Adding Flash Memory
Increased Speed: With a larger flash card you will spend less time transferring files to or from your computer or laptop and more time taking pictures with your digital camera, listening to music on your digital audio player, or storing more information on your PDA.

Increased Power: Increasing the memory storage for your digital camera, PDA, or MP3 player will enable you to do more with a device. For example, if you are taking pictures on your digital camera using the highest resolution and highest quality setting, an image taken from a 2-megapixel camera can be as large as 6 MB. This can eat up storage space quickly, so it's easy to see the benefits of increasing your device's flash memory.

Guaranteed Compatibility
It is important to purchase memory that is guaranteed to be compatible with a device because of the many subtle differences between the hundreds of different brands, types, and configurations of digital devices on the market. A product that accepts one particular brand or capacity of memory does not necessarily accept another brand or capacity--and there's nothing more frustrating than buying something you can't use.

Because compatibility is so critically important, Amazon has forged a strategic relationship with Viking Components to create the Memory Finder. The Memory Finder is a tool that can help you find memory that works with your specific product, taking the guesswork out of buying memory.

Quality Products
Viking Components physically tests their flash cards with hundreds of devices including laptops, PDAs, digital audio players, and digital cameras. When you purchase a Viking flash card, you can be assured that it will perform flawlessly with your specific device. Furthermore, Viking uses only the highest quality components to manufacture their flash memory, which results in fast, reliable, durable flash products.

Viking Components has its own registered ISO 9000 certified facilities. ISO 9000 is a family of standards approved by the International Standards Organization that provide a framework for quality management and quality assurance. ISO authorized and accredited registrars frequently visit our ISO 9000 facilities to perform internal quality audits to verify that all quality activities comply with documented procedures and to measure the effectiveness of Viking's quality systems, including the organizational structure, responsibilities, procedures, processes and resources for implementing quality management.

Viking has established and maintains documented procedures for handling, storage, packaging, preservation and delivery of product to ensure the highest quality and complete standardization compliance during each process. Viking's ISO 9000 certification guarantees that Viking's quality processes and standards conform to specific requirements to ensure consistency of product for customers worldwide.

Superb Service
Since 1988, Viking has built customer loyalty and long-term partnerships as the industry leader in customer service. As a result, when you purchase this item you can expect the industry's best customer service policies including: a 5-year replacement warranty, guaranteed product compatibility, 24/7 toll free technical support, a liberal returns policy, and a 24-hour replacement policy in the unlikely event of a Viking product failure.

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Product Description

Five year replacement warranty and 30-day money-back guaranteeOptimized for use in PDAs MP3 players or digital camerasWrite speed guaranteed to exceed 1.2 MB per second (8X) with independent test results exceeding 2.25 MB per second (15X)High quality components guarantee steady performance the utmost durability and breadth of compatibilityIndividually tested to ensure each product works the first time everytime

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

118 of 122 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this or a microdrive, November 3, 2000

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mister_t42 (Andover, MA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Viking 128 MB CompactFlash Card (CF128M) (Personal Computers)

If you've had a 2 mega-pixel or above camera for more than a few days then you've realized that an 8 or 16 mb memory card is not going to cut it. In my opinion, you really have two good alternatives. (1) a good capacity compactflash memory card like this Viking card, or (2) one of the microdrives.

This 128 mb Viking memory card is a good value on a cost per megabyte basis (I have not seen a better compactflash value anywhere), and it offers more peace of mind since it has no moving parts. However, the microdrive does cost less per megabyte (in fact, for the same cost you'll get 340 mb of storage vs. 128 mb with the Viking), although you'll have a miniature hard drive to worry about in terms of potential lost photos.

I've got both, but I'll only use the microdrive on long trips where I know I'll need the storage space. And then I'mn exceptionally careful with it. Most people will be happier going the compactflash route, in which case this Viking card is the best value and very reliable. I'm very pleased with it. Go ahead, it's pretty much an essential accessory.

57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great card., January 1, 2001

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Cromulent (MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Viking 128 MB CompactFlash Card (CF128M) (Personal Computers)

I now have three Compact Flash card, including this one. An 8-meg card made by SanDisk came with my camera. I also have a 64-meg Kingston card. I can safely say that the Viking card is as good as either of the other two as far as quality and speed are concerned.

I use this card in a 2 Megapixel Canon S10 digital camera. I like to shoot at the highest resolution and medium compression. With my 64 meg card, this gave me about 105 pictures. With an upcomping vacation to Florida that I planned on being photographed totally digital, I realized that I would need additional storage. I considered the IBM Mocrodrive, but I ruled it out for several reasons. I wanted about 128 megs of storage and this card's price was the best I found. Adding a coupon made the price even more attractive.

With this card, I can store 212 2-megapixel pictures. With my additional storage, I will be able to take more than 300 photos. Each night I will be able to delete the pictures that I do not want. I will come home with 300 keepers.

This card can't be beat for price per megabyte. I shopped around for a while, but I always came back to this Viking card and ended up pulling the trigger. This is a great card.

73 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Viking Makes a Quality Compact Flash Product, November 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Viking 128 MB CompactFlash Card (CF128M) (Personal Computers)

Since getting a 128 MB Compact Flash card by Viking to use with a 3.3 megapixel Canon G 1 digital camera this past June, my whole family has been pleased with the quality of the card and the fairly rapid data transfer from the card to our PowerBook computers. So far, so good. The warranty on the card is for five years per the website. We use a different mfgr's PCMCIA device to hold the card for data transfer and it is so easy to use. We just hope the card continues to work as easily in the future (5 years down the line) as it does now with no data loss. (We prefer equipment that uses compact flash to smart media technology as compact flash cards hold so much more in less space).

A recent afternoon of picture taking (about 33 shots) by part of our household (outdoor waterfall and state park panorama photography, but without the wide angle lens) at highest resolution only filled up half the card, so we were pleased. If they had brought the wide angle lens, they still could have gotten all the shots. The card is comparable in speed to another card made by the originator of compact flash technology (SD), but not the fastest speed on the market, yet good enough for us (we are talking mere seconds for data transfer with that PCMCIA device!).

We've found that if you take pictures for fun and are a serious hobbyist, but not a pro, a good size card is 96 to 128 MB--so this 128 MB card is a handy size to have (pros need a bigger card of at least 256 MB due to non-stop shooting). We carry a couple of 96 or 128 cards and can then take enough pictures on each card without having to change cards per se while shooting a lot of pictures at one location.

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