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Review on πŸ’Ύ SanDisk Extreme PRO 32GB UHS-I/U3 SDHC Flash Memory Card - SDSDXPA-032G-X46, with up to 95MB/s transfer speed by Eric Fish

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Nice card but confusing buying process

I am happy with my Sandisk cards so far. Although I wish the process of deciding which card to buy wasn't such a complicated process. For example, why is a 170-hour card cheaper than a 95-hour card? Aside from the faster read times with the 170 card, it looks like they're otherwise the same. So shouldn't a card with faster reading cost more, not less? And why is the write speed displayed on the cards differently than the read time? Isn't write speed more important than read speed? Having to scroll through product descriptions just to find the card's write speed is quite annoying, especially when you have to rely on the seller to provide the correct information. I don't really understand this or why there isn't a simpler naming system to quickly identify which cards are better than others. Those memory card companies and groups that come up with different naming systems should really consider using less confusing jargon. . Figuring out what the different codes mean can take hours of research, comparing different card options and specifications (each brand with their own labeling structure and inappropriate naming systems), reading countless reviews, and conflicting answers (like this one). , and try to make sure you're not buying a counterfeit product (which is common, especially here at Revain). Another oversight is that these companies don't make it clear that maximum card speed is meaningless if you don't have a fast enough card reader. You might think that if tons of fake cards are sold (oddly under Sandisk's own merchant account), the company will do something about it, or limit sales of its products to just its fulfillment center. One would think that they would care more about protecting their brand image and would actually respond to the many customer reviews receiving fakes and claiming faulty and slow cards. There's also conflicting information about the best approach to removing images from maps. . Some say it's best to reformat the cards after each use, while others say it's better to just erase the images. And how long can we safely use the card before we risk the card potentially crashing and losing all our pictures? Some recommend replacing the cards every year, others say they last forever. When a company has released a simple and clear information system (with card reading and writing speeds), an easy way to search for a camera model, to see which card is best for it, a way to stop selling fakes in your own preventing business, a customer service team that really responds to customer complaints and questions, and a recovery app that actually works; I suspect they'll win over a large segment of the photography community (especially newbies) who don't want to spend half a day trying to figure out which card to buy.

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  • Weight
Cons
  • Fair