When me and my girlfriend moved in together, among the countless boxes of shoes and clothes and shoes (SO MANY SHOES) was a pretty old PC (now about 7 years old, a relic) and in the box was tons of bits and bobs - including this little card reader. Now, this is an old bit of kit and many much better, newer types exist that can be bought crazily cheap (£1-£2 for a top of the range card reader) so this very old, but still does the job. There is not a huge variation between ones like this (about 7-8 years old) and brand new ones. It is not like a phone or PC, the tech doesn't really date. Its a very functional product that does a specific job. ------WHO NEEDS A ...  Read the complete review

My girlfriend and I are both avid photographers and like to take loads of photos when we go on holiday or if we go out and about walking and sight-seeing. When it came to transfering the photos to the computer it has always been a bit of a painful event, my camera which takes an SD memoory card is quite possibly the slowest USB device I have ever encountered. My girlfriend's camera (which uses an XD card) whilst not being quite as slow as mine, is sill a bit of chore when it comes to transfering the photos as it takes a different USB to mine, which some how I always manage to misplace. I decided to get myself a card reader to making it less of a chore. I ...  Read the complete review

The Integral USB 2.0 MultiCard Reader is available on Amazon for a frankly amazing £1.33 and for that you'd be forgiven for thinking it might be a cheaply made or shoddy item. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is a sturdy little bit of kit and it works fantastically. It supports Memory Stick, MS PRO, Microdrive, MMC, SD, SM, MS Duo, xD, MS PRO Duo, miniSD, CF, RS-MMC, TransFlash, MMCmobile, microSD and MMCplus - formats that most casual users would find more than appropriate - it's suitable for use with digital cameras, both modern and older, mobile phone cards, even Sony Playstation memory sticks. It really is a one stop shop for all your memory transfer ...  Read the complete review

I bought this about 4 months ago from a tesco near me due to only having a built in SD card reader in my laptop and needing different types of readers for various memory cards and digital cameras. This has covered pretty much every single memory card i own so thats a plus for me. I managed to pick it up for a few quid so its well worth purchasing, just incase you might need it in the future. One word of warning though, if you do not install the proper software or your system is not compatible with usb2.0 then it will cause your pc/laptop to crash when you put in a memory card. This can be annoying, i tried it on an older computer because i ...  Read the complete review