[geeks] SDHC reviews

[Chad McAuley]

Sandwich Maker wrote:
> passing this on from another list - anyone here know?
> 

Back in June when I bought my new digicam I was looking for the same 
sort of info. The only places I had any sort of luck were a few of the 
bigger digital camera review sites, and even then there wasn't a whole 
lot that I found. I ended up getting a pair of Kingston 4GB class 4 cards.

On this subject, I remember reading a review of SD cards a few years ago 
that included a torture test component. I forget what all they did, but 
some of the tests included freezing them into ice cubes and then letting 
them thaw, sticking them in a jar of peanut butter, soaking them in 
soda, etc. I think they started off with more realistic situations 
(dropping it in a glass of soda and quickly fishing it out, accidentally 
running it through the laundry, repeated drops, etc) and once they got 
done with that decided "okay, let's just go nuts and see if we can MAKE 
these things fail. Only one card (made by ATP) was still readable when 
they were completely done with it.