Generic 10 in 1 USB 2.0 Memory Card Reader Writer

I wasn't sure what to expect from this device but so far it has worked perfectly. I'm actually using for a much different purpose then most people: as external storage on a modded asus broadband router (running openwrt). If I had one complaint, not that there's much the designers of the device could do about it, it's that it takes up too much space to the point you may not be able to plug in USB devices to nearby USB ports. To get around this I've been using a short USB extension cable. Oh, and the router (RT-NT16 if that matters) recognizes the device with no issues.I'm still a little unclear on where the "10 in 1" part comes in but I guess I'm not as into memory cards as some people. I am actually using this device in combination with 16gig/etc. SD cards in place of USB thumb drives.Since there's a deal-of-the-day on 16 gig SD cards today I figured I'd would buy a another one these and then I saw the price and...well I decided to get two because why not? Wow, these things are cheap. Hopefully they don't destroy any SD cards as some users have reported.I have mainly used this unit with micro sd card-to-SD card adapters and again have had no issues. I did try to use it with a memory stick but it doesn't work (MMC doesn't refer to memory stick, which I think should have been obvious). There's a similar device from sony that should fulfill that requirement. Though it like pretty much any other device is going to cost more than this one.So in conclusion in the few weeks I've had this I haven't had any issues but when you pay this little I suppose you roll the dice.

First things first, this is a reader, NOT a writer for SD cards ( other cards may well fit, but my interest is strictly limited to SD cards ), in direct contradiction to the product's descriptive title. After having said that, what it does is read a SD card, and quite accurately. Though of average construction, it is neither light-weight nor robust, but does the job it is made for well, and that is simply to read a memory card through a USB port. If you need a reader in a hurry, you may well wish to look elsewhere, as the time between ordering this item and receiving it was several weeks, in that the reader came in directly to me from Hong Kong, with the package labeled as a ' gift '. The contents of that package were poorly protected and padded, but it somehow arrived intact, with no damage to the readers ( two were ordered ). With the foregoing in mind, remember that these items sell here for $1.86 including postage ( shipping included ). For what this item does and for what it cost, it represents a very good value with the caveats taken into consideration. After all the foregoing, really, what do want for less than $2?

I ordered this to use on an older Windows 98SE system. Although the description here doesn't mention Win98, the description on other sites says it will work. The reader came in a plain non-padded, paper envelope and was wrapped in a small plastic bag with a self-stick flap. This was from BestDealUSA. Other sites show a clamshell package. There was no documentation or drivers included, not even a link to the company website.I plugged it in, Windows immediately detected it, searched for drivers, said it couldn't find any and aborted. The card reader didn't work. I tracked down the company who made it and contacted them. They insisted that no drivers were needed, even for Windows 98SE and that the reason it didn't work was that I didn't have USB 2.0. Basically they accused me of not knowing what I was doing.I finally got it to work by browsing the list of drivers manually and installing a generic USB flash drive driver. However, I'm not sure if that was provided my Windows, or if it was there because of the drivers for the flash drive that I tried to install. Regardless, Windows was incapable of finding it automatically.Once the driver was installed, I had no problems copying large files in excess of 300MB to and from a Traveler 4GB SDHC card.As for the card reader itself; It's a bit bulky, making it impossible to plug into many recessed front-panel USB ports. It will also block adjacent ports from being used. The plastic body is made from brittle, transparent plastic, which will crack easily. The cap for the USB connector seems to fit fairly snugly, however the cap for the back comes off easily. I solved this problem by putting a small drop of super glue on the underside of each of the two little tabs that the cap slides over and letting it dry. This increases the thickness and makes the cap a tighter fit. The super glue will turn the plastic cloudy, so if you care about how it looks, only put it on the underside. Make sure that the glue is completely dry before you try putting the cap on.

A couple years ago, I bought one of these and it lasted and was dependable for about a year before someone stepped on it. The next time I ordered it, I bought 2 of them, and they both broke within two weeks. It's nothing that I did, the first one I just passed to my boyfriend and it shattered between our hands, and the second one had a similar fate. I ordered one more recently. It looked much different and was blue. I plugged this one into my computer, transferred a 1GB movie to my 16GB SD card drive. For some reason, this one was EXTREMELY slow. When I went to put it in my xbox, it wouldn't read, nor would it read when I plugged it back into my computer. And when I put the cover back on it, it shattered in half!I just stopped messing with these and invested in a portable hard drive...if I kept buying these I could've paid for one anyway! Seems like the demand for these might be higher and they're now cheaply making them. If you decide to get this, you should probably handle them with tweezers and the carefulness of a brain surgeon!