GUIDE TO SD CARD READERS

Sandisk MicroMate Reader - for SD and SDHC memory cards

Manufacturer : SanDisk
In Stock : 13

List Price:	$19.99
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Features

Ultra small and thin design, Designed for accessing and transferring data between a PC and memory-enabled mobile devices, TransferMate enables application launches automatically when a card with content is inserted, Includes storage cap, and mini key ring. For SD, MiniSD MicroSD

Product Description

MicroMate for Secure Digital Cards supports SD and SDHC / Compact in design / Perfect as an extra set to carry around in your briefcase, purse, or keychain

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 4.00 out of 39 reviews

Rating :
Still desperately seeking that indestructible portable SDHC reader - C. Scanlon, May 15, 2008

Sorry.

I wanted to find that heavy duty SDHC reader for carrying in a pants pocket everywhere and anywhere without breaking open as the cheaper ones do. Some of the cheaper ones seem to be made of the same plastic they used on small toys hidden deep within boxes of breakfast cereal.

I remember over twenty years ago in the early days of personal computing when PC's were built to last much longer than the usefulness of their electronic design (remember 16k total?). You could run a tank over the IBM 8088 PC or the Apple IIe and not even phase it.

Now we find our electronics built on the cheap and with disposable plastic cases you wouldn't make a bic razor out of. Only Corsair seems to care anymore about life in the real world. It is a jungle out here. See especially their 32GB Flash Survivor Flash Drive USB 2.0 Highspeed Ultra Plug & Play.

I need an SDHC reader that can go anywhere in a back pocket without breaking. Okay, front pocket. It must survive under rugged conditions.

This is definitely not it.

For one thing it is designed to have a cap on the reader end, as you can see in the picture, yet none came with mine in the unopenable retail package. Here in the desert, the dust would quickly plug it up.

The other end has a cap, covering the USB connector, with a tiny hole for your lanyard. As others mention here in their reviews, this is asking for trouble. The unit can slip right off the cap and lanyard and you would never know it.

In any case, the tiny key ring type wire spring which goes into the lanyard hole (and which comes taped to the package next to the store security device) requires the magical skill and power of tiny bionic elf fingers and eyes to install; I cannot.

For this I paid the professional price? Maybe I should go with the Transcend Multi-Card Reader M5 - Card reader ( CF I, CF II, MS, MS PRO, Microdrive, MMC, SD, MS Duo, xD, MS PRO Duo, miniSD, RS-MMC, TransFlash, MMCmobile, microSD, MMCplus, SDHC, miniSDHC, MS Micro, microSDHC ) - Hi-Speed USB instead but I just want an SDHC reader that will last. Any ideas?

Rating :
Great product for the shutter-bug on the go........:-} - Robert H. Conedy, May 13, 2008

Great product for the shutter-bug on the go........:-},Also for one looking for the max space in a flash-drive. Small, compact and works on any PC that has a USB port as well as copy centers that offer instant development.

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Micormate driver - R. Lo, May 13, 2008

until i can figure out how to get the micromate usb reader to work on windows XP, it gets 1 star. It's supposed to be plug and play. Grrrr

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Sandisk MicroMate Reader - Mary, Apr 05, 2008

the sandisk reader works great! the only thing i don't like is the open uncovered end. i carry it in my purse and it gets particles in it so i keep it in a plastic bag.so i recently ordered another that is covered on both ends to carry in my purse and this other to keep handy in my desk. other than that i love it, great little tool. some in my family have borrowed it and love it too. i highly reccomend it.

Rating :
good but fat - Khurram Khan, Feb 19, 2008

It is good, just fat. So if you have to constantly use another USB ports close to it all the time then not good.
Pros: cheap, light weight, comes with a cover, cover can be placed on key ring if wanted.

Cons: Fat, does not effect anything else other than neighbouring USB port

Recommend: Yes

Will I buy again: Probably

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