Understanding Memory Cards

Re:Understanding Memory Cards by vardump on Sunday January 12, 2020 @11:48AM (#22027268)

> Buy a real brand: people have there own opinions on this, but to me this means Sandisk, Samsung or Verbatim. Had a bad experience with Lexar once but as always ymmv.

I've had always bad luck with Sandisk, both CF and SD/microSD cards.

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Re:Understanding Memory Cards by dkdklk on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:13PM (#22027431)

Buying from Amazon? You’re likely getting fakes. Genuine SanDisk memory cards are top notch.

Sure every brand will have lemons, but if you’re seeing consistently bad “SanDisk” cards.. you are pretty certainly not getting genuine product. Find a reputable supplier (which is absolutely not Amazon)

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Re:Understanding Memory Cards by jagger27 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @01:59PM (#22028321)

The general advice for buying off Amazon it to make sure that it's actually coming from Amazon.com, not CheapMemoryAmerica1999.

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Re:Understanding Memory Cards by maverick2007 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @03:04PM (#22028844)

From what I understand, Amazon comingles their own inventory with third party sellers so although the cards they buy might be legit, you're not necessarily guaranteed to get what they bought vs what CheapMemoryAmerica1999 contributed even if you buy the ones from Amazon

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Re:Understanding Memory Cards by jagger27 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @06:33PM (#22030518)

I read that as well. But Amazon does have a good return policy with respect to that, and if you read recent reviews it seems like the problem is mostly over.

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Re:Understanding Memory Cards by barrkel on Sunday January 12, 2020 @01:23PM (#22027992)

I've never had a SanDisk failure in over 10 years. At one point I was recording two hours of 1080p video a day, rotated between three cards, for a couple of years.

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