Memory Card Readers

[Rob]

Do you use a memory card reader to read fro your digital camera?
I need to buy one as loading from the digi cam takes sooo long.
Theres alot of cheapo ones on ebay, should i just buy one of those or get something better?

[Will.Spencer]

I have never had one not work.

They seem to be commodity items.

I would buy the one that reads all of the memory card formats that I need and yet is as small as possible to preserve space in my laptop bag.

[kidiotb]

Hi,
I have one reader. MMC reader which my brother got for free when he purchased a 256 MB MMC card from china's mart. The other nice thing about it is that its toshiba make and have can be also used as an mp3 player.
It really rocks.It runs on a single battery(AAA) and works too cool.

John

[Rob]

Ok, so looks like i can buy one of those $15 ones and have it work just fine, great!
Thanks guys

[enguy]

someone please tell me what card reader do i need to buy.There are several out here and most of the appear very low in quality. I was using my camera itself to copy the contents but it is eating my batteries like a rabbit. Someone suggest a good card reader.

[Bender]

As others have said you can pretty much buy any memory card reader and they work well, no need to spend big dollars on a name brand one.

[Will.Spencer]

I looked for the one I bought, and found this one instead.

This is the one I would buy if I needed one today:

SanDisk SDDR-103 MobileMate SD+ 5-in-1 Mobile Reader (SD/MiniSD/MMC/RS-MMC/TransFlash)

SanDisk's MobileMate line of Mobile Readers are the smallest readers on the market and unique in their compatibility class (for this product: SD, miniSD, MultiMediaCard, RS-MMC, and TransFlash), ideal for memory-enabled mobile-phone users and photo-travel needs. The flash-memory cards can be plugged directly into the readers. No card adapters are required. Carry it with you so you always have access to your important data.

The MobileMate SD+ 5-in-1 Reader accepts the following memory cards without the need for an adapter:

* 1. SD
* 2. miniSD
* 3. MultiMediaCard
* 4. RS-MMC
* 5. TransFlash

[Rob]

That looks like a good one Will
Nice and small too

There are some on ebay going for 1c! :shock:
But watch out for postage costs on those ones..

[zandyne]

HP computers often come with a memory card reader on the front panel on the computer (it is called a 7-in-1 memory card reader or something like that).

[zeroth]

I had an HP computer, and it did come with a memory reader. I never had a use for it though.

[zemus]

Yeah, I have an HP computer and there is a memory card reader on the front of it.