Scamdisk SD Cards

[Howard2k]

I've had some bad experiences with Sandisk SD cards, both in terms of reliability and speed.

I had 3 faulty Scamdisk cards before I made the move to Lexar. I've had a 128MB Lexar SD card for just over a year now and just upgraded to a Lexar 32x 256MB SD card. I took the opportunity to benchmark the Lexar 128MB SD card, Lexar 256MB 32x SD Card and a Scamdisk 256MB SD Card.

The Scamdisk card was less than HALF the speed when writing. Less than half!


I'm staggered that they've been releasing such weak products for so long and people STILL buy them.

Anyway, you can see the complete results here:

http://www.achilles-site.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=357


Do they just have NO respect for the consumer?

[Len M.]

See our benchmarks here (and please consider contributing your benchmarks to it):

http://www.core-sound.com/CF-and-SD-mass-storage-comparison.html

You'll see that sometimes even the least expensive SanDisk cards are faster than the Lexar WA "40x" cards, so beware of marketing hype.


Len Moskowitz
Core Sound
www.core-sound.com

[arnage2]

my sandisk 256 sd is fast, and has never given me trouble.

[JustinGTP]

It can seem fast, but in actual reality it is slow - these are the hard facts.

I was arguing with a friend today about SanDisk cards, I showed him this, then he shut up :D

-Justin.