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sd micro, sweet

I ordered both an 8GB micro sd and a 4GB micro sd. I ordered on two separate accounts and with two separate cards. I checked my statement today for the 4GB and I noticed I got charged $0.99, but then apparently that same day I was also credited $0.99, making the 4GB SD card free. The charge for the 8GB card still remains.

Did anyone else get a random credit? I'm not complaining, but I don't really understand what the heck happened here.

Got the 16GB Patriot Class 10. It wont format, and will only read/write at 125kb/s. POS. Not even worth the hassle or returning.

16GB Element 3.0 Drive -- bought one, just tested...so FYI:

Crystal Disk Mark 64 BIT, 50MB Test (run twice) on 1st Gen L701X XPS Laptop (i5 with/USB 3.0)
74.02 14.10
USB 2.0
32.25 10.23

IBM 420T Thinkpad with i3 and USB 2.0
Read 22.67 Write 14.95

Quote from thumper300zx : The 16GB grey is incredibly slow read and write. It seems like I remember hearing the 32 is better, but I can't guarantee that

I CAN guarantee it! I actually posted on Patriot's website and then came searching back to this thread (that I used to get mine). I had the 32gb version previously and love it. I even like the the retractable part which seems to irk some people (I like that when i pull it out of the port it 'trips' the switch and it auto-retracts), it feels crisp and (thus far after 2 months) sturdy.


However:

On my 32gb I have consistent, steady write speeds of around 40mb/sec and never lesss than 32-35ish.


On this 16gb I have consistent, steady write speed of 10mb/sec or less. I'm using the same port on my computer, transferring the exact same files and both are formatted exactly the same (NTFS though i tried it back at FAT32 as well) using the exact same program.


Am I missing something, or does the same model vary that wildly between 32gb and 16gb capacities?

Quote from halusk : I CAN guarantee it! I actually posted on Patriot's website and then came searching back to this thread (that I used to get mine). I had the 32gb version previously and love it. I even like the the retractable part which seems to irk some people (I like that when i pull it out of the port it 'trips' the switch and it auto-retracts), it feels crisp and (thus far after 2 months) sturdy. However: On my 32gb I have consistent, steady write speeds of around 40mb/sec and never lesss than 32-35ish. On this 16gb I have consistent, steady write speed of 10mb/sec or less. I'm using the same port on my computer, transferring the exact same files and both are formatted exactly the same (NTFS though i tried it back at FAT32 as well) using the exact same program. Am I missing something, or does the same model vary that wildly between 32gb and 16gb capacities?

Yeah, that's crazy -- I guess in a way it makes sense, like if the 16 just came out WAAAAY earlier and the new one has updated technology. However, you'd expect a revision numbers or 'PLUS' or something