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Del Lardo
18-09-2011, 03:26
32GB Class 10 SDHC card for £21 delivered from 7dayshop (http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=111247).

By far the best price I could find and performance seems to be up to spec.
Toby
18-09-2011, 21:33
Wish 32GB CF cards were that cheap! :(
Mondo
18-09-2011, 21:51
I paid £27 for a 16G one only last week :/
petemc
19-09-2011, 09:51
Not sure I'd trust a 7dayshop branded card. That's just me though and photos pay the mortgage :)
Del Lardo
19-09-2011, 12:44
Having never had a compact flash, SD or USB card/drive fail on me in 10 years it's not something I've looked into but what would be the concern or is this like people who won't buy Tesco petrol?
Kitten
19-09-2011, 15:45
I've had 2 cards fail on me, one during a wedding (Dee had the same problen with it) & one at Sinead's do. very frustrating, not sure how much it has to do with brand though or if its,the luck of the draw.
Mark
19-09-2011, 18:32
Flash memory has a limited lifespan. How long depends on the type of memory, the controller, and so on. Any memory can fail, and all will eventually, but some may fail sooner than others.

I've had one SD card fail, but it was very old. I've had none since going all-SanDisk, but they're expensive. :)

I also read speed claims with a very large pinch of salt. Anyone can claim 'class whatever' on an empty card, but a used card might be a different matter. Being burned several times by cards that claimed speed they couldn't achieve was the reason I went all-SanDisk. :)
petemc
19-09-2011, 18:55
What Mark said.

I've had cheaper brands fail on me. My SanDisks are all fine. I can't afford to take the risk.
Mondo
19-09-2011, 20:02
I had a sandisk fail.

Not just fail, but dead, cannot be formatted again in PC, Mac or camerassss.
petemc
19-09-2011, 20:18
Not saying it can't happen, just that for me cheaper brands have so for now I'm sticking with one that hasn't :)
Mondo
19-09-2011, 20:28
Then again, I have no other brand of cards.
Kitten
19-09-2011, 21:16
Mine were both SD cards, not flash.
Mark
19-09-2011, 22:16
Flash memory is the technology inside the card. The same technology behind SD, CompactFlash, USB memory sticks and SSDs, among others.
Kitten
20-09-2011, 00:06
I know, I'm not daft! Was clarifying the type of card it was, is that not allowed?
Mark
20-09-2011, 00:08
I realised that after posting, but decided it was too much effort to remove something you'd enjoy anyway, so it stayed. :)
Kitten
20-09-2011, 10:01
*shakes fist* damn you knowing me too well!