Every traveler should carry a light, well-made USB card reader that handles multiple formats.
Why?
Because you are bound to want some of the photos someone takes of you or for you and that person may or may not ever get around to sending them to you. Granted, you still need to get to a computer in order to upload those photos, but at least you’ll be prepared.
Because you may need to copy data from a computer somewhere and this will let you copy that data onto one of your camera’s memory cards, something you’re likely to have while traveling.
The Scosche USB 2.0 Card Reader is THE find among card readers!
Scosche memoREAD – High Speed Memory Card Reader box
It weighs virtually nothing so its a no-brainer to carry with you daily as I did throughout my trip, and continue to do.
It’s compact and the USB connector and cable are protected within the unit so it packs well.
It’s small — a bit wider than two US quarters side by side and as tall as 7 or 8 nickels stacked (not as tall as a dime).
It has 5 memory slots and these 5 slots read over 40 card types.
Slot 1:
XD, XD Type H, HD Type M
Slot 2:
T-flash, Micro SD
Slot 3:
MS, MS-MG, MS-Pro-MG, HS-MS-Pro-MG, MS Duo 32MB,MS Duo MG, MS Pro-Duo-MG, HS-MS Pro-Duo-MG, MS Pro-Duo-PSP, MS Pro Duo-Gaming
Slot 4:
SD, SD ultra, SD Compatible, SD Pro, SD-ultra 11, DS-ultra 11 plus, SD-Pleomax, SD-Pro Compatible, SD- Extreme111, SD-Ultra X, SD-Turbo, SD-Super, SD Max, Mini SD, Mini SD Pro, Mini SD Pleomax, MMC 1GB, MMC-Pleomax, High Speed MMC, MMC Plus (8 bit), MMC Plus Turbo, RS MMC, RS MMC-Pleomax, RS MMC Speed, RS MMC-Max, MMC Pro, MMC Mobile, MMC Mobile Pro Compatible, MMC Mobile-Pocketnet, SDHC
The transfer speed, in case you care is 480 Mbps max for USB 2.0 and 12 Mbps max for USB 1.2.
It works with “Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7” and “MAC OS 10.2 & above.”
I have used it on Lion, but have not tried it on Mountain Lion yet.
I wish I could tell you it works with the Apple USB connection on the iPad, but well, virtually no USB device is permitted on the iPad.
I was thrilled to have this Scosche card reader with me for my entire year out of the US. It came in handy many times. In fact, I raved about it several times on my segments of Computer Talk Radio, which is syndicated in about a dozen states.