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IOGEAR GFR304SD USB 3.0 SuperSpeed SD/Micro SD Card Reader / Writer

IOGEAR GFR304SD USB 3.0 SuperSpeed SD/Micro SD Card Reader / Writer

4 reviews

Nov, 2024

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usability (1)
design (1)

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portability (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 4 reviews of IOGEAR GFR304SD USB 3.0 SuperSpeed SD/Micro SD Card Reader / Writer. The average rating for this product is 4.8/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other Camcorders for all reviews. Some have doubts about the portability, whereas views about the usability and design are different.

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Faster than any card I own

I wish IOGEAR would publish the SD card interface spec for this reader. If anyone tries it with a faster card, please share your results! In case you were wondering, the user manual does note that you cannot use both ports at the same time.

The fastest card I own is rated at 30MB/s read and in testing with this reader I hit 33MB/s. It would be safe to assume that it will handle at least 35MB/s or 233x speed cards, and possibly faster ; The dual slot design is nice. It means you don't have...

My only gripes about the physical design are that it is a bit difficult to handle the reader with an SD card sticking out the side and that there is no cover to keep dust out of the card slots. We'll see if that becomes a real issue at some point

Feb, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Worked but cheap flimsy plastic

I'm used to carrying my older Kingston microSD/USB adapter on my keychain; this one wouldn't work there, due to flimsiness, larger size, and there's no place to hook it to a keyring. Eventually someday someone will make a tiny, rugged USB3/SDXC reader.

Did read my new SDHC card at Super speed on a USB3 port, though Linux complained about short transfers on the control port and such

The plastic housing is not well secured to the circuit board that holds the chips and connectors. The first time I tried to get it out of the package, the two plastic halves of the drive popped open, revealing the bare circuit board. It was...

Feb, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

XLNT!

Fast, Extremely Fast.. can't believe how fast it transfers jpgs from my camera SD card to the computer through the USB 3.0 port

Extremely fast on a new USB 3.0 port. Will handle many different card types

Jan, 2012

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Consumer review (rakuten.com)

Andy

I used this with a SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-1 SD Card and was seeing 60-70MB per sec transfers!!!! Iogear has some great products. I have always been pleased with them.

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