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Summary: Warning: 16-bit adapter cards are OLD TECHNOLOGY! Stick with 32-bit
Comment: I don't know why these types of cards are still on the market--they are old, slow, and obsolete. Instead, search for 32-bit Cardbus adapters such as the ones made by Viking, Delkin, or Lexar, which are many times faster but not much more expensive. And, they fit in the same PC card slot on most laptops made in the last decade. The 32-bit cards I have used are even a bit faster than USB 2.0 and Firewire.
You can spot 32-bit cards by the gold strip at the top of the card. No gold strip? Then prepare to wait an hour or more for your data to transfer, while your laptop is brought to its knees. The old silver cards may be fine for storing and playing mp3s, or may be needed for laptops made more than 10 years ago, but any large amount of data--such as GBs of photos or video-- will take quite a while to copy over. Why would you want a reader that is SLOWER than your flash media?
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Summary: ultra S_L_O_W compact flash card reader
Comment: I bought this card reader to use with my laptop so I wouldn't have a USB reader hang off the side, just waiting to get broken off. To my disappointment, this reader is incredibly slow. Slow enough to make it not worth the money, no matter how little it costs.
Here's some specs on my analysis:
* Test was performed with a Dell Latitude D630 w/ Intel Core2Duo Laptop
* Memory card used was a Sandisk Extreme III 8GB Compact Flash
* Transfer of thirty-six (36) 10.2 megapixel images (~4MB each), total size of ~160MB
** From D630 to Extreme III CF card via PCMCIA, the transfer took approx 5 minutes
** From Extreme III CF card to D630 via PCMCIA, the transfer took approx 4 minutes
** From D630 to Extreme III CF card via generic USB 2.0 reader, the transfer took approx 20 seconds
** From Extreme III CF card to D630 via generic USB 2.0 reader, the transfer took approx 20 seconds
Just consider, this was only 36 photos (~160MB total). If I travel with my laptop and take hundred or thousands of photos and needs to backup or download them, I would most definitely need to bring my power supply. And when you travel, bringing more stuff to weigh you down is the last thing you want to do.
So, with results like these, its clear why I'm in the process of returning this item. I hope you all think twice before ordering this reader.
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Summary: Works well in my 2008 CR-V EX-L with Nav
Comment: I bought this to use with my Honda CR-V's PC Card slot. It worked like a charm with a Sandisk 4 GB Compact Flash card. No Complaints here.
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Summary: Works great in my wife's Honda !!
Comment: My wife's Honda CR-V SUV has a PCMCIA slot for memory behind the flip-out GPS navigation screen. The memory is used to store and play MP3 music files so I ripped a few hundred songs onto a spare 2GB CF card that I had lying around. My wife is now able to call up her favorite MP3 tunes via the GPS touch screen, voice commands, or steering wheel controls.
The SanDisk SDDR-64-768 Compact Flash to PC Card Adapter works great in this application so I plan to get a much larger Compact Flash card for her in the near future. I know that her car MP3 player will support at least 8GB so we'll try that next.
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Summary: Works well with Vista
Comment: I use Windows Vista - Home Premium, and this has worked fine with my 512 MB Compact Flash card.
Summary: Warning: 16-bit adapter cards are OLD TECHNOLOGY! Stick with 32-bit
Comment: I don't know why these types of cards are still on the market--they are old, slow, and obsolete. Instead, search for 32-bit Cardbus adapters such as the ones made by Viking, Delkin, or Lexar, which are many times faster but not much more expensive. And, they fit in the same PC card slot on most laptops made in the last decade. The 32-bit cards I have used are even a bit faster than USB 2.0 and Firewire.
You can spot 32-bit cards by the gold strip at the top of the card. No gold strip? Then prepare to wait an hour or more for your data to transfer, while your laptop is brought to its knees. The old silver cards may be fine for storing and playing mp3s, or may be needed for laptops made more than 10 years ago, but any large amount of data--such as GBs of photos or video-- will take quite a while to copy over. Why would you want a reader that is SLOWER than your flash media?
Customer Rating:
Summary: ultra S_L_O_W compact flash card reader
Comment: I bought this card reader to use with my laptop so I wouldn't have a USB reader hang off the side, just waiting to get broken off. To my disappointment, this reader is incredibly slow. Slow enough to make it not worth the money, no matter how little it costs.
Here's some specs on my analysis:
* Test was performed with a Dell Latitude D630 w/ Intel Core2Duo Laptop
* Memory card used was a Sandisk Extreme III 8GB Compact Flash
* Transfer of thirty-six (36) 10.2 megapixel images (~4MB each), total size of ~160MB
** From D630 to Extreme III CF card via PCMCIA, the transfer took approx 5 minutes
** From Extreme III CF card to D630 via PCMCIA, the transfer took approx 4 minutes
** From D630 to Extreme III CF card via generic USB 2.0 reader, the transfer took approx 20 seconds
** From Extreme III CF card to D630 via generic USB 2.0 reader, the transfer took approx 20 seconds
Just consider, this was only 36 photos (~160MB total). If I travel with my laptop and take hundred or thousands of photos and needs to backup or download them, I would most definitely need to bring my power supply. And when you travel, bringing more stuff to weigh you down is the last thing you want to do.
So, with results like these, its clear why I'm in the process of returning this item. I hope you all think twice before ordering this reader.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Works well in my 2008 CR-V EX-L with Nav
Comment: I bought this to use with my Honda CR-V's PC Card slot. It worked like a charm with a Sandisk 4 GB Compact Flash card. No Complaints here.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Works great in my wife's Honda !!
Comment: My wife's Honda CR-V SUV has a PCMCIA slot for memory behind the flip-out GPS navigation screen. The memory is used to store and play MP3 music files so I ripped a few hundred songs onto a spare 2GB CF card that I had lying around. My wife is now able to call up her favorite MP3 tunes via the GPS touch screen, voice commands, or steering wheel controls.
The SanDisk SDDR-64-768 Compact Flash to PC Card Adapter works great in this application so I plan to get a much larger Compact Flash card for her in the near future. I know that her car MP3 player will support at least 8GB so we'll try that next.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Works well with Vista
Comment: I use Windows Vista - Home Premium, and this has worked fine with my 512 MB Compact Flash card.