Trust EasyConnect 42-in-1 USB2 Card Reader CR-1420p

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The Trust EasyConnect Card Reader is a USB 2 device which does its job without fuss or fault. It accepts cards via the front panel or the back panel and handles (amongst othersCompact Flash, Mini Drive, SMC, XD (for Fuji and Olympus), MS, MMC, and SD cards. Basically, if you have a memory card for your camera, music player, handheld pc, or phone, the chance are this will access it.

One of the great things ...
...I have laying around) is that is has two lights on the front. A blue one which shows the power is on and a red one which flashes when it is accessing a card. Now these lights are incredibly light and the blue one shines like a beacon.

Once you install this card reader, windows will usually pick it up straight away. I have had no problems with it on Windows XP, XP 64 bit, Vista and Vista 64 bit. It recognises the drive immediately and ... more

I bought this card reader at that famous hit-tech computer store ;) Tesco. So I didn't expect that much especially at the price but it was going to be better than my ultra cheap no name card reader it replaced.

I've been using this card reader now for about 9 months. It cost £9.00 when I bought it so I didn't expect too much. But it surpassed my expectations and has beaten off my attempts to replace it with newer more modern units (usually ones advertising it will read 99 different card types and ones which are much much prettier).

The Trust EasyConnect Card Reader is a USB 2 device which does its job without fuss or fault. It accepts cards via the front panel or the back panel and handles (amongst othersCompact Flash, Mini Drive, SMC, XD (for Fuji and Olympus), MS, MMC, and SD cards. Basically, if you have a memory card for your camera, music player, handheld pc, or phone, the chance are this will access it.

One of the great things about this device (as opposed to the other half dozen I have laying around) is that is has two lights on the front. A blue one which shows the power is on and a red one which flashes when it is accessing a card. Now these lights are incredibly light and the blue one shines like a beacon.

Once you install this card reader, windows will usually pick it up straight away. I have had no problems with it on Windows XP, XP 64 bit, Vista and Vista 64 bit. It recognises the drive immediately and loads drivers automatically. When you look at your my computer screen, you see about six more drives than you had before. Some of them it recognises as being removable memory slots others it recognises as cd disk drives. However, this has happened to me with all the card readers I have used.

The case is a brushed aluminum/steel finish and feels very solid. It measures about two by three inches. Although it is USB 2 it will work on USB 1.1 as well.

It comes with velcro tabs/tape so you can attach it to the side of your computer but I'd advise against it as you don't really get the chance to use both sides. Just stick it on top of a modem or something and it'll sit happily shining its bright blue light until you need it.

I've used it with XD cards, Compact Flash cards, SD and Mini SD cards and it has behaved impeccably throughout. I just bought a far sexier looking one this morning which boasts reading 55 (yes 55!) different card types and had a mirrored case (am I sucker for a shiny toy or what?) but still prefer the old faithful.

I'm happy with this device.... it might not sparkle like a gucci designed one nor read a million cards but it does what it does quickly, quietly and without fuss. What more can you want? 

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