Product DescriptionAs digital technology continues to expand in today's market, there will be more and more devices utilizing digital media. Digital cameras, MP3 players, mobile phones and PDAs all now use either CompactFlash, IBM Microdrive, SmartMedia Card, MultiMedia Card/Secure Digital, or Memory Stick media. With the Dazzle 6 in 1 Reader, you can read them all.The compact, dual slot design allows CompactFlash or IBM Microdrive to work concurrently with the SmartMedia, Memory Stick, and MultiMediaCard/Secure Digital. As a stand-alone reader, this offers an alternative to the cumbersome process of connecting digital data devices directly to a PC or Mac, which uses up precious battery life.
Dazzle is perfect (Rating: 5 out of 5) The Dazzle 6-in-one is perfect. I have used it to transfer photos/files from my husband's camera (Sony Memory Stick), from my camera (ComapctFlash), from my Ipaq (SD card), and will try it with my new camera (SD card). It's is way easier than bringing the USB cord and each camera with me. This is one of the best purchases this non-techie has ever made. (I have had this for over 2 years with no problem.)
Stopped working after an year (Rating: 2 out of 5) Bought this from amazon. Worked well for compact flash cards. Always complained that i should format the card whenever i used multimedia card (from kodak camera). so i was never able to use it to transfer pictures from a kodak camera. And all of a sudden, it died on me. Had to throw it out.
Excellent Product and Price (Rating: 5 out of 5) Simply plug and play. Additionally Dazzle Reader shows up as a separate drive under Window's. Easy to move files back & forth to the reader. Only glich is the stand -- very flimsy.. wish they had a better stand but the product is great and excellent price too .....
Works good (Rating: 4 out of 5) This is a great product. I would recommend people to buy dazzle card reader. I had this for over 3 months or so. Have not have any problem. I would say, but this one when a deal come by! DL
No fuss (Rating: 5 out of 5) No installation necessary with Window XP; reads CompactFlash and SmartMedia, the two formats that I have, without any fusses.
But note:
- There are only two slots (or drives) for all six formats. One slot is for IBM Microdrive and CompactFlash, the other is for four different formats: Smartmedia, Memory Stick, Secure Digital, and MultiMediaCard. So you cannot, say, copy data from MicroDrive to CompactFlash, or copy data from SmartMedia to Memory Stick.
So it's something to consider if you plan to copy data from one format to another. Some other brands provide up to four slots so they may be more versatile.
- The flimsy stand is a joke. I wonder why they bother to include it.