Home > Consumer Reviews > A-DATA 32 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card 32GSDHC6 (Blue)

While this in no way reflects on Amazon.com, which has always provided superior service, I do want to point out that this item should not be sold by Amazon.

I purchased this item to be used in my Canon sd780is. I tested it by recording a 20min HD video and taking several pictures. I transfered them to computer and then back to the card. Appeared to work perfectly.

On the day my son was born I was ready with my new camera and new 32gb Adata memory card(tested). I took several pictures and video which appeared to be stored fine. When I went to access the pics and video the camera message read "memory card error". When I got home and put the card in the computer, the computer no longer reconized the card at all.

I trusted this card and tested it myself. It let me down and lost moments that now are only preserved in my mind. I would have liked to share those moments with others; maybe my son years from now. I would not trust this product nor this company with anything that might be important to you.

I've been sticking with San Disk since and havent had a problem. Now I know why they get a premium.

Took both out and works flawlessly together. Videos came out sharp and did not skip a second. Love it and saved a lot of money by going to this brand of cards instead of other "major" brands. From my understanding, they are a manufacturer, so two thumbs up for both Panasonic and A-DATA.

FOLLOW UP: I tried moving an item greater than 4gb, and I wasn't able to do it until I formatted to NTFS. WORKS GREAT under NTFS if you need to treat it as a storage device. Be sure to re-format again in your camera after converting to NTFS to avoid compatibility issues. GREAT PRODUCT!

When I went to purchase this card I was a bit skeptical on the price - which almost seemed too good. I've been using Sandisk and Transcend SD and SDHC cards for a few years with no issues. However, the price and speed reeled me in.

I used this card for about two weeks without issue. Took some video on a new Panasonic SDR-S26 and was able to move the files to my Vista PC and XP PCs. No problems. The card was fast and I used it approximately 7-8 times over a two week period. I was able to view the video files on my PCs and was starting to feel comfortable with the purchase.

Today I received the dreaded "Memory Card Error" on my Panasonic SDR-S26 and cannot view the files from any of the PCs I own (Vista and XP). Each time the PC just freezes up until I remove the card. I would suggest going with a higher quality product.

card "seemed" like a good value until it FAILED COMPLETELY within 3 days of starting to use. "Memory Card Failure" reported by camera. Data lost forever. Cannot read with camera or memory card reader. CANNOT EVEN REFORMAT CARD!

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Camera was getting warm while shooting video for 20 minutes straight, but camera has never previously had trouble with other cards, even when getting warm.

It is as if the inner circuitry had "melted" or shorted out. Camera will not even boot up if tab on side of card is in "lock" position; or, with tab in usual position so you can write to card, it just says "memory card failure". Cannot even recover lost data or reformat from the computer, let alone from the camera. It is now a useless piece of trash.

My 16.GB card from same brand (but different seller thru amazon) seems ok, but this 32.GB card (from amazon directly) FAILED totally. Pity, it seemed like a good price :(

Normally, people use SD cards for devices like game consoles, cameras & video cameras, cell phones, etc. I am using mine for taking backups of PC files. I find this more convenient and just as reliable an alternative to using a USB flash memory stick. I can back up files on a SD card very easily because my computer is equipped with a SDHC card reader/writer, and luckily I have not yet had a problem processing any capacity card on it. (I have successfully used card reader/writers from IOGear where this convenience is not available.)

The only thing prohibitive uptil now was that the capacities available on USB flash memory sticks are higher than those available on SD cards: you can get up to 256GB in flash memory sticks now but I have not seen higher than 32GB for SDHC cards yet. But this A-DATA 32GB SDHC card that Amazon is offering for $65 (that I got it for vs. all the other 32GB SDHC contenders that were listed in the $70 to $100 range, roughly) compares to any 32GB USB flash memory stick in terms of value. A SDHC card is much more convenient for me to store, because I can effectively slip this into my wallet and carry it around unobstrusively. For a USB flash memory stick, I needed at least a key chain. Not a big deal and I am probably being fastidious, but this is just more convenient.

As far as the performance and reliability goes, at the end of the day, the memory chips being used inside all these devices, whether they are USB memory sticks or SD cards, are mass produced. The main contenders are Kingston, SanDisk and Transcend. My guiding principle is that if Amazon directly sells it (i.e. not through some 3rd party) AND it doesn't have overwhelmingly bad reviews I am willing to give it a try and see.

The transfer average write-speed I clocked was about 5MB/sec. The card's spec says up to 10MB/sec (22MB/sec read), but that may also be because of the type of device and type of operation you're using it for -- that is probably when using it in cameras and the like where the write process can be sustained at one speed (the max); taking a backup of PC files involves a lot of switching vs. writing a single file so the latency of that process should be taken into account in the overall transfer rate. Regardless, for the purpose that I got it for, I am quite satisified.