Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

I bought this unit before I got my UDMA card and it was plenty fast in displaying and downloading my pictures. When I purchased my UDMA card the difference was fairly significant. I shoot RAW files typically around 12MB per shot and this thing pulls them off the card really fast. I am totally satisfied in the investment in this card reader.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

I've got a bunch of these and They Are The Greatest!!! I use them professionally and wouldn't be caught w/o them.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

This product failed to recognize my cards. After three months of good service it just decided to stop recognizing some CF cards and not others with inconsistent behavior. I called Lexar tech support to try to resolve the issue. FAIL! Lexar tech support is horrible! Even if you have better luck with the product than I did, if you ever have to call tech support...good luck to you.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

It was imposible to read any card. My PC does not work whith these card (SIIG)

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

I'm so pleased with this reader. It improved a lot my transfering times with big cards.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

After pushing the eject button it is a little bit hard to get a grip on the card to remove it if you have fat fingers.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

Gift for a grandson who tells me the image transfer is great!

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

Transfers photos safely and quickly.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

This reader is VERY fast, especially when used with the Lexar Pro 300x cards. I'm downloading 8gb with this faster than I can get 4gb of data from my older USB reader. I don't have any scientific numbers to use here, but it's fast.

On the downside, it's pretty bulky, frankly ugly, and it doesn't seem especially well-made. The door that protects the port when it doesn't have a card in it looks cheap and there is a ton of resistance when putting the card in. You have to push very hard to get the card seated properly and it's very easy to think you've done it right only to have it not read the card - so you have to push harder. But you get used to it.

The pro of the speed overcomes the con of the construction for me. It hasn't damaged my memory cards (to my knowledge), so it's OK. I'd give it fewer stars, but it's so darn fast and saves me a lot of time, so I just can't.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

Design could be improved on to make it easyer to anchor in place. It is so light and small, it does not stay in one place.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

I've been using this with sevreal 300x Lexar CF cards and the transfer speeds have been great, incredibly fast. I was previously transferring directly from my camera, needless to say this is a huge improvement.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

This reader works exceptionally well and is very fast. Card recognition on the Mac is almost instant and the card contents are transferred at good rate of speed. This is definitely my preferred CF card reader. I highly recommend it.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

Nice that it comes with both a short and long Firewire 800 cable. For travelling, I just bring the short one. Very fast. Nice for the bigger RAW files from my new camera.

On the con side, the only problem I have is that it is considerably bulkier than the older Firewire 400 reader that it replaced. Basically twice as big all around. I wish this newer one was smaller.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

Fabulous product. Sooooo much faster than my USB reader and takes the place of my card reader on my old Mac Powerbook G4. I am using it on a new MacBook Pro and connecting to the 800 firewire port....it screams....

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

This is a great product. even with the non udma cheap cards it read and transfered them about twice as fast as my usb 2 reader. and it is extremely fast with the lexar udma compact flash cards. about the only con i have found is that you have to hold the card reader and use a little force to get the card to go in alll the way and when you press the eject button the card just barely pops out far enough for you to pull it the rest of the way out. and so far it has worked flawlessly on mac pro via firewire 800

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

I purchased this h/w to use with the Lexar UDMA CF card.

Worked fine on Mac and Windows environment and also it's very portable, I carry it on my camera bag all the time.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

This is a great product,super fast with the Lexar 300x cf.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

I use this card reader to download my 4K HD Video from RED ONE Camera on 8 Gig Lexar CF Cards. It does an amazing job of handling the information in a speedy fashion. It will download a full card in less than 3 minutes.

Only drawback to reader is that the insertion of cards is a bit tentative. Not very positive seating.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

Using the Lexar CF card I now download 4 gigs in 2 min. rather than 14 min.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

For reading CF cards, this is the best reader I've used. It is extremely fast and multiple units stack very nicely right on top of one another.

For those not familiar with Firewire 800 ports, they are NOT the same as a standard Firewire port. For most PC's, you'll need to add a Firewire 800 adapter card to uses this reader. However, if you use large capacity CF cards the speed difference with this reader is significant and definitely worth it.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

Very fast transfer of files, great product.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

I love this product. I was using a USB reader and this is soooo much faster. I am a wedding photog so I'm downloading about 2000 images in a day. Of that 2000 there is usually 1 or 2 shots that get corrupted (I guess because the transfer is so fast.) So I double check and redownload those shots. Its worth it for all the time it saves me.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

Blows usb out of the water. Great when moving lots of pictures. Feels tough and pro.

Comments about Lexar Lexar Professional CompactFlash (CF) UDMA High-Speed Memory Card Reader with FireWire 800 Interface:

Coupled with the new 300x cards this reader has cut my 8gig card download time from 16 to 4 minutes! I didn't think it would be a huge upgrade since I often walk away from my computer during downloads but I can now just surt the web for a a minute then get back to work! Awesome!