Sandisk cards incompatible with Dazzle readers?

[christopher_newkumet]

Just a heads-up for those of you using Sandisk Ultra cards and Dazzle

readers. The other day one of my Sandisk cards went belly up on me,

so I contacted the company. Very gracious treatment, and they

promised to replace the card. In the course of my conversation with

the tech guy, however, he noted that Sandisk has seen a dramatic

increase in reports of corrupted Sandisk Ultra cards used in tandem

with Dazzle readers. He couldn't really explain why, just that they

felt it had to be more than a coincidence given the numbers and that

I'd be taking an unacceptable risk by continuing to use the

combination. His advice was to dump the dazzle reader and replace it

with, of course, a Sandisk reader. Actually, he said any other reader

would be fine. Given that a USB reader costs about $15, I'll probably

follow his advice. I also note, with interest, that the Lexar

Jumpshot reader simply does not read anything other than Lexar cards.

Please don't tell me we'll get to the point where I'll need a

different reader for every type of card I own. Sounds a little

sinister.

[digitmstr]

I have a cheap multi-card USB reader which worked flawlessly except it is soooo slow! I upgraded to a Lexar Firewire reader and I am flying! I use only Lexar card though so, I don't know if it works equally well with others.

[godfrey]

I've had no problems using Sandisk Ultra II CF cards with both a Lexar FireWire CF or a

Belkin USB 2.0 8-in-1 card reader. The Dazzle readers are the only card readers that have

persistently been mentioned in user problem reports that I've heard.

 

Godfrey

[joe hewes]

I use Sandisk UltraII cards in a dazzle reader all the time with no problems, but maybe my number will be up soon....