I was looking for a new SD card recently on amazon and came across this for £16 something.
The price was really tempting. But before checking out, I decided to go through the reviews and found out that the product is flaky. It fails in couple of months or the total size of storage is (considering the notorious mislabelling of sizes) is lesser than expected.
If anyone has bought one of these could you share your views?
pavel76 to rand0m
29 Mar 171#5
Total storage lesser than expected is typical for fake cards which usually comes from unknown ebay or amazon's marketplace sellers. Bought same 64GB version last year directly from amazon and it's working great in my father's LG G3. Shop at Amazon(directly), Mymemory, Base, 7dayshop, Picstop to avoid fakes...
gtabuyer to rand0m
30 Mar 17#8
pavel76 is right, these reviews come from people who ordered from unknown/dodgy sellers. Some people overlook the fact that even though there is one listing of a product, there are sometimes multiple sellers.
huangxq2
29 Mar 17#6
It is the slowest U3, barely make U3 or sometimes below.
Nevertheless, good price for a U3 card.
bankbandit to huangxq2
30 Mar 17#9
Which U3 MicroSD do you recommend, and link?
Ronin38
29 Mar 17#7
Ordered one thanks
huangxq2
30 Mar 17#10
None of the fast U3 are at this price.
This slow U3 can still have a sequential write speed between 25-30 Mbps which may be sufficient for most of use. I have the 128GB version which I paid £24.99 about 1 year ago. Sequentail write/read speeds are 30/82 Mbps.
I normally use Sandisk Extreme U3.
urgurinder
30 Mar 17#11
Thanks, ordered
ahmcag
30 Mar 17#12
Be aware, few years back, MY Memory, Kept me waiting for 3 weeks and then said it was out of stock!. Eventfully they refunded my money back. What a hassle.
Pacman786
30 Mar 17#13
Is this the perfect card for a pi3? Mainly for emulators and stuff.
BulletRizz
30 Mar 17#14
Is this currently the cheapest 64GB micro around?
Could have done with some 128gb but they seem a bit expensive at the moment.
KingMidas
31 Mar 17#15
Expired
gx3k
31 Mar 171#16
Just ordered a 256GB Samsung Evo+ micro SD and this code worked. 5% off + 4% Quidco gave me £11.60 savings! :smile: The down side is I spent £125 :disappointed:
SammyTSquib
31 Mar 17#17
Argh. Gone up to £21.99 now.
SammyTSquib
31 Mar 17#18
Next best I can find is Amazon at £16.59. Not in stock until 6th of April however.
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The price was really tempting. But before checking out, I decided to go through the reviews and found out that the product is flaky. It fails in couple of months or the total size of storage is (considering the notorious mislabelling of sizes) is lesser than expected.
If anyone has bought one of these could you share your views?
Nevertheless, good price for a U3 card.
This slow U3 can still have a sequential write speed between 25-30 Mbps which may be sufficient for most of use. I have the 128GB version which I paid £24.99 about 1 year ago. Sequentail write/read speeds are 30/82 Mbps.
I normally use Sandisk Extreme U3.
Could have done with some 128gb but they seem a bit expensive at the moment.