Kingston FCR-HS219/1 USB 2.0 Hi-Speed 19-in-1 Media Reader

• READER, KINGSTON USB 2.0 19-IN-1

convenient:
Works good! I like the fact that I can put in the card from my camera (compact flash), My wifes camera (SD), My phone (Micro SD), etc. I have a CF reader that is faster, but not as versatile.

card reader review:
The ability to read 19 different cards and the price chinched the deal for me. It works as described.

Perfect:
Received this from Amazon quickly. I don't know why I waited so long, other than the fact that local retailers sell similar card readers for up to $30. For half, I got a better one from Amazon. I can't believe how fast RAW files from my CF card upload. The card reader is aesthetically pleasing and much smaller than I thought it would be-it's roughly the same size as my mouse.

De-bunking some of the earlier reviews:
The Kingston Card Reader is a good product. Some of the earlier reviews mentioned that the reader does not recognize cards grater than 4GB. That's not true, I am currently using a 6GB and two 8-GB CF Cards in my Canon 50D and my Canon 40D Cameras and they work/read perfectly in this card reader. I do plug my card reader into a USB Hub that has it's own power source and if I swap-out a card with a different card, I have to un-plug the reader from the hub to get it to read the new card -- but it does read all my cards just fine. Lastly, if you push down on the toggle on top of the unit and slide it forward, you can avoid the pliers as mentioned by one other reviewer.

Awesome little thing!!:
This card reader is the handiest little gadget I have ever bought for reading and transferring files to a variety of different memory cards. I would buy it again, that's for sure.