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> 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 alway
by vardump 7y ago
> 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.
- dkdklk 7y agoBuying 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)
- jagger27 7y agoThe general advice for buying off Amazon it to make sure that it's actually coming from Amazon.com, not CheapMemoryAmerica1999.
- maverick2007 7y agoFrom 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
- jagger27 7y agoI 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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- barrkel 7y agoI'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.