Wolverine FlashPac 7040 Card Reader (040074070400)

Pros: Versatile backup of a variety of card formats.
Cons: Very delicate and easily damaged. Card copy a little slow.

Versatile but delicate. Slightly larger than a pack of cigarettes. Some very dumb engineering decisions. Compact Flash cards barely extend into unit. Very easy to dislodge them by bumping. Pins for CF connector are not very rugged or strong. VERY ...

Pros: Accepts 7 cards. Small and light. File types not limited.
Cons: Transfers ALL files from card.

Exactly what I was looking for! It works as advertised on my XP SP2 machine and works with my SD cards. I needed a unit to dump my digital images into - and this is perfect.

There is no preview screen but I didn't want one - I just wanted some easy, inexpensive storage capacity - and that's what I got. Plug in the card and push one button...the cards contents are transfered to the self-powered HD. It has very good speed, and is not limited to any certain file type or extension as some units are.

This is not a product specialized for a particular application - it's an extremely portable hard drive/card reader that can be used for many purposes.

I purchased this unit for $149 with a $40 rebate from an online merchant....$109 (after rebate) for 40GB vs. ~$100 for 1GB card....not a difficult choice.

The unit is well built, is light (8oz), and small - a perfect companion for any week-end to extended vacation outing.