Viking IntelliFlash 6-in-1 USB Flash Memory Reader

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• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.1 x 1.4 inches ; 1.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006B1I7
• Item model number: RFL6N1READ/U
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 26, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Viking's IntelliFlash USB six-in-one reader is an all-in-one solution for high-speed, bidirectional image and data transfer. With it, you can download images and data from flash memory cards used in many applications, including digital cameras and MP3 players. At the speed of 1.5 MBps, USB transfer rates are at least 50 times faster than standard digital camera connections. The IntelliFlash reads CompactFlash Type I, CompactFlash Type II, Microdrive, SmartMedia, MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, and Memory Stick flash format. Your computer recognizes the card reader as multiple, additional drives on your computer. It's compatible with most Windows and Macintosh environments, including Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.1.2. It comes with a five-year replacement warranty and 30-day money-back guarantee.

Product Description

An all-in-one solution for high-speed, bi-directional image and data transfer. Images and data can be downloaded quickly from flash memory cards used in many applications, including digital cameras and MP3 devices. At the speed of 1.5MB per second, USB technology transfer rates are at least 50 times faster than the standard digital camera connection.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works for me..., January 11, 2003

By	Miguel K. Avila (Spring Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have Win98SE and it installed w/o any issues at all and works fine with my CF, SM and MS (Memory Stick) cards. Boring huh? But unlike other USB products I've had, no problems at all is the exception, not the rule!

I really like that it creates "drives" for each memory card type, so that you can copy from CF to Memory stick directly, for example. One thing that messes people up about installing a USB device is... Software First! That means install the software first, then reboot and THEN connect your new USB device.

Perhaps you only have one memory type right now? Well, sooner or later you will want to access more than one. (Maybe your friend has pics on another type?) For 2x the price of a single format reader you can get all the popular formats in one device!

Maybe you just bought a new digial camera and are saying "I don't need a reader at all, I can download direct from my camera." Well, that's OK, but it helps to waste battery life on your camera and the "free" software they give you tends to be of low quality too. I've had friends PCs go unstable after loading this type of software. This is not going to happen frequently perhaps, but why add software if you don't have to? Especially if that free software is limited in someway unless you buy the "full" version? Lots of free/low cost JPEG picture format software out there...

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fast Easy and Reliable, December 19, 2002

By	D. R. Jeanclerc "Reader, Listener & Obsessive... (Brunswick, OH USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is a great all-in-one product. Setup was totally painless - plug-and-play as it was intended with WinXP. I didn't even need to use the driver CD that accompanied the reader.

I've used this reader with both CompactFlash from my digital camera and memory sticks from my camcorder. Both of them worked flawlessly.

Each of the slots in the reader are treated like separate removable drives when I manage files on my computer. It's a little annoying that all of these drives aren't labeled beyond "Removable drive", but once you get the hang of the order, this isn't a concern anymore.

I highly recommend this reader to anyone who uses a variety of digital devices.

PROS
* Ease of setup
* Performance (SPEED!)
* Flexibility / variety of formats

CONS
* Lack of labels when browsing PC drives
* Ergonomics (it's kinda ugly and it's flat, i.e. it has no angle up toward the user, so you've got to keep it on the edge of your desk to use it one-handed)

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars works as advertised, December 24, 2002

By A Customer

i bought this unit because i currently own devices that use 3 different removable memory media and i didn't want a separate reader for each. even if you can hook a device directly to a pc, it's usually faster and easier to read and write to the memory cards through a device such as this.

on a pc running Win2k Pro, i just plugged it into a free USB port and it recognized 4 removable disks- no additional drivers required.