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[zirk]

There was a statistic, from a couple of years back, that over 90% of branded items on egay were fake.

Still, as the age old saying goes, a fool and his money are easily parted

Ive giving up trying to tell people don't buy cheapo SD Cards on eBay. 

But do they listen, no, there fine they me, they work really well, there a faction of the price in the shops. 

Ticking Time Bomb, springs to mind. 

[Mr Gav]

There was a statistic, from a couple of years back, that over 90% of branded items on egay were fake.

Still, as the age old saying goes, a fool and his money are easily parted

Ive giving up trying to tell people don't buy cheapo SD Cards on eBay. 

But do they listen, no, there fine they me, they work really well, there a faction of the price in the shops. 

Ticking Time Bomb, springs to mind. 

It`s the same with usb sticks, only go for the main reputable brands from reputable shops, I`ve seen ones from people at work that have half the amount of storage available as what they should have and will probably fail prematurely too

[Steve B]

Found durex to be fake too.  Told the seller to refund my money or i will send my 17 sons around to beat him up 

[zirk]

The full strength stuff is good.

[TheBoy]

There was a statistic, from a couple of years back, that over 90% of branded items on egay were fake.

Still, as the age old saying goes, a fool and his money are easily parted

Ive giving up trying to tell people don't buy cheapo SD Cards on eBay. 

But do they listen, no, there fine they me, they work really well, there a faction of the price in the shops. 

Ticking Time Bomb, springs to mind. 

I think its pure laziness, rather than finding a bargain.  Anybody with multiple brain cells knows the old adage, "If its too good to be true..."

Problem comes, with ebay, is sellers know buyers are too thick to be allowed to waste previous oxygen, they can charge high prices for the 50p knock-offs.

[omega2018]

Ive giving up trying to tell people don't buy cheapo SD Cards on eBay. 

But do they listen, no, there fine they me, they work really well, there a faction of the price in the shops. 

Ticking Time Bomb, springs to mind. 

yes sd cards are the worst.  always check them with the free h2testw.exe  .  got so bad i now prefer to pay more for second hand ones from a reputable ebay supplier i found.

re rechargeable batteries the pre charged ones don't  self discharge so much eg eneloop or uniross hybrio.  still i would use lithium non rechargeable for smoke alarms etc.. 

[TheBoy]

yes sd cards are the worst.  always check them with the free h2testw.exe  .  got so bad i now prefer to pay more for second hand ones from a reputable ebay supplier i found.

That simplistic PoS is simply to tell you that it can indeed hold the amount of data it claims, rather than test its quality or reliability.

[STEMO]

yes sd cards are the worst.  always check them with the free h2testw.exe  .  got so bad i now prefer to pay more for second hand ones from a reputable ebay supplier i found.

That simplistic PoS is simply to tell you that it can indeed hold the amount of data it claims, rather than test its quality or reliability.

I would prefer to buy a good one than buy a cheap one that either passed or failed any test I applied to it. Even if this h2test thingy told you it was below capacity, you'd have to explain this to the lowlife seller that you got it from, and hope for a refund, then post it back.

If you had a load of family photos in your dressing table drawer, and someone ripped them all up, how would you feel? It's the same thing really.

And don't think 'good' SD cards are immune from failure either.

[Kevin Wood]

And don't think 'good' SD cards are immune from failure either.

Indeed.

They are prone to getting corrupted both because flash memory doesn't last forever (and, in a PC, it's very difficult to control the number of writes occurring) and because it's very easy to pull them out of a machine in an inconsistent state and corrupt the filesystem. They are also prone to ESD damage due to the exposed connections.

Handy as a storage / transfer medium between cameras and PC, etc. but NOT for archiving / backing up data.

[TheBoy]

And don't think 'good' SD cards are immune from failure either.

Absolutely . Never use for anything other than transfer.

[zirk]

And don't think 'good' SD cards are immune from failure either.

Absolutely . Never use for anything other than transfer.

99% of Mobile and Tablet using SD is being used for storage, which is fine assuming its backed up.

Then again most of the above, upgrade their SD storage because the existing one is full, which begs the question are they really backing up their data.   

[Bigron]

I use Compact Flash cards in my camera, which I've been told are more robust than SD cards, but I also have an adaptor to enable me to use SD cards in the camera, due to their being available in higher capacity and cheaper.
Is that wise?

Ron.

[STEMO]

I use Compact Flash cards in my camera, which I've been told are more robust than SD cards, but I also have an adaptor to enable me to use SD cards in the camera, due to their being available in higher capacity and cheaper.
Is that wise?

Ron.

They're both fine, Ron, to take pictures with and then transfer to a PC/cloud etc. But it's not advisable to actually store stuff you want to keep on the cards.

[Bigron]

Thanks for that, STEMO - I must get into good habits for a change and empty my camera onto better storage media! I sometimes remember and transfer things onto my PC's hard drive, but as I have had failures there in the past, would DVDs be a better idea?

Ron.

[TheBoy]

Thanks for that, STEMO - I must get into good habits for a change and empty my camera onto better storage media! I sometimes remember and transfer things onto my PC's hard drive, but as I have had failures there in the past, would DVDs be a better idea?

Ron.

Most media (DVD, flash, hard disks, tape (probably the most reliable)) is relatively unreliable, so if its important, hold multiple copies