Review on 📸 Patriot A1 / V30 Micro SD Card for Android Phones and Tablets - 128GB, 4K Video Recording Capability by John Brouillard

(see edit at the end) Original: 05/08/2019 I mostly use Samsung cards. They're usually the fastest, most reliable, but not always the cheapest. After realizing I needed a second 256GB card, having just bought it for $45, I found that the price went up to $50 within 48 hours. Call me stubborn and cheap, but I was looking for a better deal. It cost about $35 and was advertised with the same or similar specs as the Evo Select cards with a price difference of $10-$15 (less). Unfortunately, many reviews say that outages or crashes are common, So I've never felt the urge to buy it because of the idea of data loss. However, I'm using this on a tablet, not my phone, and the data will be swappable, so I thought I'd give it a try. I was using an Anker USB 3.0 adapter on a USB 3.0 port through an Asus Maximus ROG VIII (iirc) mobile device running Win10 Pro and transferring data from an internal mechanical archive drive. Not the fastest drive, but a way to easily reach top speeds in the 100MB/s range. I tested it with 195GB of data to verify the authenticity of the capacity and the average (stable) write speed. Capicity is genuine, the data is not corrupted. The average write speed was 66 MB/s, dropped to 54 MB/s and back (many dips and spikes, mostly unstable at 66 MB/s) with a maximum peak of 102 MB/s for a few seconds early in the recording. Transmission. Considering I get 60-76MB/s with Evo Select cards, I'd say my tests pass with flying colors. I didn't have the patience to test my reading speed or use a testing tool. The information reported by Windows is sufficient for my purposes as I do not verify it professionally. I'm just a consumer looking for reliability at an affordable price and tend to share my insights with others so they can make an informed decision. Now we wait. Some reviews indicate a rejection in the 30 to 78 day range, far beyond the return period. I don't know what Patriot Warranty Service is and I hope I don't have to find out. If the thing still works after two months, I'll report back with a 5th star. I hope I don't get back with an error message. If you're going to pop this into a tablet to watch movies or whatever, go for it. If you use it on your phone where data reliability is important (pictures of kids and family are important to me), read the user reviews here, read some professional reviews and make an informed choice before you buy. Edit: 05/29/2019 I have a 256GB Samsung Evo card and a 256GB Patriot card side by side on Windows (10) and my capacity is listed as 232GB VS 238GB on Samsung, both exFAT. Where are the other 6 gigs? I won't even talk about those card/drive manufacturers who claim that "formatting" is the reason you get 232GB of usable space. not the claimed 256GB (again, where's the other 24GB?!). I don't give a star for that, the card actually works just as well as my Evo card. Just follow the explained options. Don't even start with those card/drive manufacturers claiming that "formatting" is the reason you get 232GB of usable space and not the advertised 256GB (again, where's the other 24GB?! ). I don't give a star for that, the card actually works just as well as my Evo card. Just follow the explained options. Don't even start that these card/drive manufacturers claim that "formatting" is the reason you get 232GB of usable space and not the advertised 256GB (again, where is the other 24GB?!). I don't give a star for that, the card actually works just as well as my Evo card.