Why I buy this one ?
- Sandisk ImageMate 12-in-1 Reader/Writer accepts the following memory types - 1. CompactFlash Type I, 2. CompactFlash Type II, 3. SD SecureDigital Card & SDHC, 4. miniSD, 5. MultiMediaCard, 6. RS-MMC, 7. Memory Stick, 8. Memory Stick PRO, 9 Memory Stick Duo, 10. Memory Stick PRO Duo, 11. SmartMedia, 12. xD-PictureCard and xD-PictureCard Type M

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What our customer's say!

"Worked fine while it lasted!", Maybe I was expecting too much, but this product failed after two years with infrequent use. It worked as advertised but then one day I tried to use it, and well - nothing - it was gone!

"Well worth the money!", Very easy to use and very fast at transferring data. So far I have only used the CF reader, but it worked very well. I'm not sure if there is a way, but I just wish the stand was removable.

"UPDATE THE FIRMWARE!! - Extreme IV", It didn't work with my SanDisk Extreme IV Flash Card until I downloaded a firmware update. Now it works great!!

"Very handy... good buy....", item arrived on time... it is very useful.. now i did not have to worry about finding camera cables... i can just simply put in my memory card and get to my pictures...

"A Must Have For All Digital Camera and Music Player Owners", SanDisk is a well known manufacturer of flash memory and associated devices. Memory flash cards are now part of nearly anything electronic that stores user data. From digital cameras to digital music players (even cell phones), the memory flash card is the way these devices record their data.

The SanDisk SDDR-89-A15 is one of the products in their "ImageMate" memory reader line. It is a 12-in-1 reader, which integrates with your personal computer flawlessly. No drivers are needed to connect this device with your Windows PC (assuming you are running Windows 2000 or newer). It is a USB 2.0 compliant device, but is backwards compatible with USB 1.1 (although at slower transfer rates). The drive does come with a driver utility disk, in case you wish to take advantage of the one-touch transfer button, on the top (or side, if you have it mounted vertically) of the drive. This button will allow you to transfer, print, e-mail, or view the contents of your flash card, by simply pushing the button. However, most of us do not have much use for this feature, and therefore adding the extra software to your computer is completely unnecessary.

The SanDisk SDDR-89-A15 ImageMate 12-in-1 Reader is compatible with the follow flash card formats:

1. CompactFlash®
2. CompactFlash® II
3. SD(tm)
4. SDHC(tm)
5. miniSD(tm)
6. miniSDHC(tm)
7. MultiMediaCard(tm)
8. MMCplus(tm)
9. MMCmobile(tm)
10. RS-MMC(tm)
11. RS-MMC Dual Voltage(tm)
12. Memory Stick(tm)
13. Memory Stick Duo(tm)
14. Memory Stick PRO(tm)
15. Memory Stick PRO Duo(tm)
16. SmartMedia(tm)
17. xD
18. xD Type M
19. xD Type H

Some other card formats can still be used with this reader, such as the MicroSD cards, but would require the use of an adapter.

Overall I am extremely happy with this card reader. Simply plugging it into an open USB port, on my Windows XP computer, prompted Windows to detect new hardware, and it installed drivers within Windows and automatically added 4 new drive letters in Windows Explorer. My only complaint is that sometimes Windows seems to lose track of this card reader, after the computer has gone to sleep. The drive letters still appear in "My Computer" and Windows Explorer, but when I insert a card it is not detected by Windows. I can't really blame SanDisk for this problem though, as I'm sure it has something to do with the operating system, or the power management of my PC itself.

For those of you that are still plugging your digital cameras into your computer, using a USB cable, stop wasting the batteries in your camera and simply purchase this great flash card reader. You can then pop out your memory card, insert it in the reader, and you will have instant access to all of your photos immediately. And the transfer rate between this reader and your computer will be so much better than the time it takes to transfer data from your camera to your computer. I highly recommend this reader, and plan to enjoy the convenience of mine for many years to come.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Not As Advertised", I purchased this item to download pictures from our camera using an xD PictureCard which the advertisement cleary states is supported. You could not insert this card into the slot if your life depended on it. The slot is way too small.What gives??? It is going back.

"Totally flaky. Wouldn't buy again...", I have an older version of this card reader so take that into account when you read this review but they look pretty much the same. I bought the SanDisk card reader a couple years ago to use with my compact flash cards from my digital camera. The product worked fine at first. You plug it in through a USB port and four removable drives pop up in your drive listing. You don't need to install any drivers which is really nice so it's very "plug and play" and you can easily swap the device between computers with no effort.

All was fine at first but after a few months of use the reader started getting very finicky about how the card was inserted. I had to put it in "just right." If I pushed it in too far it wouldn't register so I had to put it in "just enough" but not too much. This would cause me to have to spend some time getting it to sit just right every time I used it. Annoying but it was workable.

Then some new problems started happening. When the device would be initially plugged in sometimes the computer wouldn't pick it up so now I had to plug the device in and out of the computer in addition to doing the same with the card in the reader. Then sometimes as you're using it the drives would just disappear. Now just recently it's started being super funky with the cards that are inserted saying sometimes they're corrupted or they're not formated while the cards still work in my camera just fine. It's pretty much unusable at this point.

So I might have just gotten a bad unit with some faulty wiring or poor construction since this card reader seems to have a pretty good review here from other people. However I personally tend to be wary about other similar products of the same brand when I get a poorly constructed unit so I'm going to trash this and try out the Sony 17-in-1 Memory Card Reader ( MRW62E/S1/181 ) and see how that works.

Even if there weren't the connection problems, there are still some issues with the device in terms of its form factor that would discourage me from trying out future iterations of the device. The vertical orientation of the device makes it really wobbly and it tips over easily which is annoying. I've used other card readers at work with the horizontal orientation and while I guess they take up a little more desk space, at least they're not constantly tipping over. Also the CF cards didn't slide in very smoothly. Overall the product just feels really clumsy and cheap.

After I've tried the Sony reader out I'll try to remember to add a review for it to serve as a counter point.

"Card reader", Works great and priced right. Recently bought an 8GB SDHC that didn't work for the purpose I bought it. I was able to use this card reader and the SD card on my older PC as extra memory. The reader is fast.

"12-in-1 Card Reader works like a charm-great price & delivery!", Great price and reads most memory cards. Plug-n-play - great device. Don't know how I lived without it so many years! One device for all my cameras, videocams, digital photo frames, etc... This device replaced a tangle of USB cables for all these devices!

"great if you don't already have a built-in card reader", I owned the Imagemate 8-in-1 and needed to upgrade because it didn't support many of the newer, higher density formats like SDHC and xD type M. Sandisk has managed to squeeze every popular form factor into 4 slots for the new 12-in-1 and keep the same footprint. In fact, my new reader fits into the old stand no problem. The combination of size and supported formats make this stand out from the rest because 1. it's pretty compact compared to the rest and 2. it supports CF as well as the smaller-size memory cards. I was considering the smaller readers from Sandisk but the 2 alternatives were either solely CF or everything except CF.

It's been a lifesaver at family gatherings when people have 3 different memory card types. We collect all the photos using the reader and then burn a disc for everyone. The reader separates from the stand and there's an included short USB travel cable in the package.