Are sandisk memory cards garbage?

[ecphoto]

I've been using mushkin almost exclusively for about 2 years. Partially because I've gotten a great deal on their class 10 cards several times. I've never had one of their cards become corrupted, error or die. Most of my mushkin cards are 2-4 years old and they get used a lot.

Here comes in sandisk. While on vacation I went out for a late night landscape shot, setup and ready to take the shot only to find that I forgot my cards in the hotel. So I found an all night Walmart and purchased a 16gig class 10 sandisk card. After six months of barely any use I went to download images off of it and it was dead as a door nail. No signs of it going bad, no warning or anything; it just died.

I'm wondering if I was just unlucky or of others have had an issue like this?

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[KmH]

I used SanDisk and Lexar memory cards almost exclusively because they are high quality cards.

There are counterfeit SanDisk cards in the marketplace.
Counterfeit Sandisk memory cards - Bing

 

[Msteelio91]

I also use SanDisk and have never had any issues. Contact them and they might send you a new one if you have the receipt. I have a 16 class 10 SanDisk Extreme Pro and it's been through hell and has lasted me over 2 years now I think.

 

[Trever1t]

Never ever had one die.. ever never. I suppose it's possible but how is beyond me.

 

[astroNikon]

I've been using sandisk since I bought a digital camera .. going back to a d70, and more recently to their extreme pros. No problems ever.

 

[480sparky]

That's the price we pay for low prices due to mass production.

You just got unlucky. I've been using SanDisk for years with no issues.

 

[Derrel]

I have ALL SanDisk cards, except for one 4-gig Lexar I bought one day when I was out and needed an extra card right NOW! I've long felt (9 years) that SanDisk is the best brand of CF card. My cams use CF cards, and I like their Ultra and Extreme series cards...I have three SanDIsks I bought in May of 2005 that are still workin' well, although my main rotation is made up of 2009-era 8-gigabyte cards.

 

[glun]

I have a SanDisk and Transcend 400x 32GB. Both are working great so far, but yes as above be aware of counterfeit.

 

[vimwiz]

A *very* large % of cheap "Sandisk" cards are actually crappy chinese counterfits

Source: worked for a firm making devices which took SD cards, where we were ordering them by the thousands.

 

[ecphoto]

I used SanDisk and Lexar memory cards almost exclusively because they are high quality cards.

There are counterfeit SanDisk cards in the marketplace.
Counterfeit Sandisk memory cards - Bing

I purchased it at a Walmart that's why I didn't think that could be a possibility.

 

[ecphoto]

Well if that many of you use them with out issues I guess I got a dud. I don't know what pissed me off more, the fact that I paid twice as much for that card or that I lost about 40 images.

 

[minicoop1985]

All I have are Sandisk cards. Never had one go bad on me. They CAN be bad, which could cause your issue. I'd be pissed at both, personally.

 

[snerd]

Sandisk is all I've ever used in anything for over 10 years. Never had a problem. Currently using this one............

 

[Dao]

Most of my CF cards are Sandisk. And I got few of the microSD from them as well.

When I bought few of the Sandisk microSD cards recently, I noticed they have Life Time warranty on them. So it makes me feel Sandisk believe their products are reliable enough to offer life time warranty. Well, at least I do not need to worry about it for few years before it become too small.

 

[danielklaer]

There cf cards have been so reliable that when it came time to purchase an SSD I went straight for Sandisk. I haven't been dissapointed with that either.