MicroSD Cards

[Casey Cheung]

Don't mean for this to be a downer...buuuut...

Over the many years I've been using Sandisk memory cards, I have had at least 4 or 5 Sandisk brand micro-SD cards fail on me for no good reason. The cards simply don't work any more and are not recognized in either my computer nor any devices. Reformatting a non-responsive card doesn't work either. I've used the cards for various devices including car camcorders, digital cameras, tablets, etc. So you might ask, why do I keep using Sandisk memory cards if I've had several fail on me over a number of years? For the simple reason that Sandisk is so prevalent in many local stores that I shop and they always offer sales. So I keep buying them knowing that one day any one of these cards might no longer work. It's a total mystery to me. Anyone else have this experience?

 

[me just saying]

I still cannot get over the prices and sizes of storage. I still remember getting a 20 meg harddrive for over 300 bucks. the same with some of the first usb drives.

 

[waqqas31]

I still cannot get over the prices and sizes of storage. I still remember getting a 20 meg harddrive for over 300 bucks. the same with some of the first usb drives.

We got a 30MB Seagate 5.25" HDD for about USD 250 to boost our 3.2MHz XT screamer (so we could get away from floppies for the essential stuff.) The good ol' days.

 

[anon(7901790)]

We got a 30MB Seagate 5.25" HDD for about USD 250 to boost our 3.2MHz XT screamer (so we could get away from floppies for the essential stuff.) The good ol' days.

Ummm... I had a TRS-80 Color Computer with 32KB of RAM as a kid. The original gray one with a chiclet keyboard.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Don't mean for this to be a downer...buuuut...

Over the many years I've been using Sandisk memory cards, I have had at least 4 or 5 Sandisk brand micro-SD cards fail on me for no good reason. The cards simply don't work any more and are not recognized in either my computer nor any devices. Reformatting a non-responsive card doesn't work either. I've used the cards for various devices including car camcorders, digital cameras, tablets, etc. So you might ask, why do I keep using Sandisk memory cards if I've had several fail on me over a number of years? For the simple reason that Sandisk is so prevalent in many local stores that I shop and they always offer sales. So I keep buying them knowing that one day any one of these cards might no longer work. It's a total mystery to me. Anyone else have this experience?

I have not had any problems with Sandisk or Samsung cards. The ones that went bad for me were PNY brand.

All cards were purchased from Amazon itself, not from resellers on Amazon.

 

[stevenjb2020]

I still cannot get over the prices and sizes of storage. I still remember getting a 20 meg harddrive for over 300 bucks. the same with some of the first usb drives.

Reminds of when I got the first HD for the computer I built in 1988 - a 20Meg 3.5inch disk form factor Seagate - the first 3.5 inch design to come out.

 

[me just saying]

Ummm... I had a TRS-80 Color Computer with 32KB of RAM as a kid. The original gray one with a chiclet keyboard.

I remember trs 80s too. learned basic and cobol on them.

 

[me just saying]

I have not had any problems with Sandisk or Samsung cards. The ones that went bad for me were PNY brand.

All cards were purchased from Amazon itself, not from resellers on Amazon.

no problems here either. I think unless you got a counterfeit, you have to watch out for corruption caused by pulling them out too early while they are still writing.

 

[Casey Cheung]

I have not had any problems with Sandisk or Samsung cards. The ones that went bad for me were PNY brand.

All cards were purchased from Amazon itself, not from resellers on Amazon.

I currently have a dead Sandisk micro-SD card sitting on my shelf. I've already discarded more than a few Sandisk micro-SD cards in the past few years cuz they mysteriously don't work anymore. I should qualify by saying I've never had a problem with full size Sandisk SD cards, only the micro-SD size. Maybe the tiny cards are more fragile? I've had at least 2 that maybe got fried using them in a couple different car dashcamcorders. Maybe the excessive heat inside the car windshield and direct sunlight fried the cards? Again, don't know. Just know they don't work anymore no matter what I try. It's almost impossible for a solid state memory card to fail, at least from my experience of shooting with high end digital camera gear for the past 18 years, dating back to the days of my Nikon D1x and D2x. Each of those camera bodies cost over $5,000 at the time, crazy, I know. The only other time I had multiple memory cards fail on me was using the ancient/defunct IBM Microdrive CF memory cards in my Nikon DSLR cameras. I give you props if you ever heard or owned/used an IBM Microdrive CF card! Those cards were expensive and prone to failure because they had a spinning physical hard drive internally to save the images...they were not solid state. The first 1GB solid state CF (Compact Flash) card that came to market many years ago cost nearly $1,000 if I recall correctly!! Anyway, my point on this is that solid state memory cards are nearly indestructible, so I don't know why I've had more than a few Sandisk micro-SD cards go bad on me. I suppose out of dozens and dozens of Sandisk cards I've had over many years, a few bad apples should be considered okay? In the past, I purchased all my Sandisk cards from Best Buy stores (plus some local retailers that went out of business years ago). I rarely purchase memory cards from Amazon. I prefer to go to a "real" store like Best Buy to see/touch/sniff/grope the product before buying, haha!

 

[Laura Knotek]

I currently have a dead Sandisk micro-SD card sitting on my shelf. I've already discarded more than a few Sandisk micro-SD cards in the past few years cuz they mysteriously don't work anymore. I should qualify by saying I've never had a problem with full size Sandisk SD cards, only the micro-SD size. Maybe the tiny cards are more fragile? I've had at least 2 that maybe got fried using them in a couple different car dashcamcorders. Maybe the excessive heat inside the car windshield and direct sunlight fried the cards? Again, don't know. Just know they don't work anymore no matter what I try. It's almost impossible for a solid state memory card to fail, at least from my experience of shooting with high end digital camera gear for the past 18 years, dating back to the days of my Nikon D1x and D2x. Each of those camera bodies cost over $5,000 at the time, crazy, I know. The only other time I had multiple memory cards fail on me was using the ancient/defunct IBM Microdrive CF memory cards in my Nikon DSLR cameras. I give you props if you ever heard or owned/used an IBM Microdrive CF card! Those cards were expensive and prone to failure because they had a spinning physical hard drive internally to save the images...they were not solid state. The first 1GB solid state CF (Compact Flash) card that came to market many years ago cost nearly $1,000 if I recall correctly!! Anyway, my point on this is that solid state memory cards are nearly indestructible, so I don't know why I've had more than a few Sandisk micro-SD cards go bad on me. I suppose out of dozens and dozens of Sandisk cards I've had over many years, a few bad apples should be considered okay? In the past, I purchased all my Sandisk cards from Best Buy stores (plus some local retailers that went out of business years ago). I rarely purchase memory cards from Amazon. I prefer to go to a "real" store like Best Buy to see/touch/sniff/grope the product before buying, haha!

I don't have a dashcam and only use microSD cards in phones. Heat and cold aren't issues for my usage.

 

[anon(7901790)]

Sandisk cards are on sale.

$250 for a 1TB Sandisk Extreme A2.

https://www.phonedog.com/2019/12/08/sandisk-microsd-cards-sale-today

 

[Casey Cheung]

Sandisk cards are on sale.

$250 for a 1TB Sandisk Extreme A2.

https://www.phonedog.com/2019/12/08/sandisk-microsd-cards-sale-today

I'm brave, but not THAT brave, LOL!

 

[anon(7901790)]

I'm brave, but not THAT brave, LOL!

Says that it is "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com."

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P9W5HJ...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU6703631

I'm not going to get it, because I just got two Samsung EVO Select 512GB microSD cards last week.