QUICK REVIEW OF CD-RW'S IN INDIVIDUAL CASES (Memorex CD-RW 700 MB 12x)

Member Name: monkey_daz

Product:	Memorex CD-RW 700 MB 12x
Date:	25/06/09 (12 review reads)
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Advantages: Good quality. High speed. Individual boxes preserve surface for re-use.

Disadvantages: Not as big as DVD storage. Much slower to burn than CD-R or DVD.

I got these after I went through a phase of not trusting USB sticks after losing some very important work stuff on one that failed. Since I wanted these for important stuff I thought I better get some that have individual boxes to try and stop the discs getting scratched. I think I would always buy CD-RW's like this anyway as they need to be written to, erased and written to again many times so you don't want them to get too scratched.

I paid £3.63 for the pack of ten discs. So far I have used only about half of them as eventually I did start trusting USB sticks again but remembered to back things up more! The ones that I have used all burnt fine first time and most of those were re-used a couple of times too. They all worked at the full speed they were supposed to and gave me the required capacity. This speed still seems slow though compared to just quickly burning a CD at 48x or a DVD at 16x.

The cases are good quality slim line jewel cases with secure spindle grip for the CD of the type that doesn't break easily- unlike the type used in Audio CD boxes.

Overall these are a good value product for discs with individual boxes. Now superseded somewhat by DVD-RW the difference in price might still make it worth considering these over DVD media. It depends how much you have to backup, but for most work and office applications these will be fine.

Only given 4 stars as there are faster CD-RW available and better solutions out there.

Summary: Good quality re-writeables. Ideal for backing up work on a regular basis.

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