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Card Readers

tmelotmelo Registered Users Posts: 50 Big grins
edited January 2, 2012 in Digital Darkroom
Hi Everyone,

I've had a number of card readers recently. The internal CF reader went bad, the two external readers I bought to replace have stopped also. They were both mid-range or so i thought, but only lasted a couple of months.

Looking through reviews on Newegg and Amazon I continuously find that most card readers fail between 6 months to a year.

So I wanted to post a question here to see if A) the average life span is less than a year no matter what or B) anyone have a card reader that's lasted longer than year? If so which one?

tony

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    PupatorPupator Registered Users Posts: 2,322 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2012
    My external readers last that long but none of my internals have. I've replaced the card reader in my desktops multiple times.
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    pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,698 moderator
    edited January 2, 2012
    I have several card readers over 3 years old that are still working just fine.

    Lexar makes a very nice USB 3.0 dual slot card reader for CF and SD format cards.
    Pathfinder - www.pathfinder.smugmug.com

    Moderator of the Technique Forum and Finishing School on Dgrin
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