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Old 03-22-2015, 01:57 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
Isn't the guts (the actual storage) of a SD card mostly the same as a thumb drive?
I guess so. But the foundries produce different quality chips off the same dies, which is why lexar, corsair etc thumb drives are 10 ten times the price of the popup shop jobs - or is that no longer so?

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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
Are SD's reliable enough as backup media? In my experience no - as always YMMV.
I did use SanDisk cards in my recorder and camera, but they didn't last very long. So I now use popup shop cards and throw them away after a few swaps in and out. As soon as I can I upload to safer storage and I always have a spare card or two in my pocket. Maybe cameras and recorders work SD cards harder than PCs and e-readers

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