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Model: Lexar PLAY Series 1TB UHS-I microSDXC Memory Card

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Lexar? They used to be top-tier manufacturer, but I believe they were sold to a non-name Chinese brand and are now about as good as any Aliexpress crap?
Several years ago, "Lexar" the brand name, got sold off to Longsys, a Chinese company. It is no longer the same as Micron.

Before the brand name Lexar got sold off, Lexar was a Micron subsidiary. That's where Lexar got its good rep from, because Micron is a reliable, premiere memory manufacturer, as in, they make their own stuff and don't have to source memory chips from anyone else. If reliability is important to you, buy from Micron, Solidigm (Hynix-Intel), Samsung, SanDisk-WD, Kioxia (Toshiba) if at all possible, to ensure you get A-grade memory.

If you buy from anyone else, you don't know where they sourced their memory from. This "Longsys" Chinese company may well just shove whatever is cheapest to buy each week, into their cards, including buying from less-reliable memory makers (smaller Chinese manufacturers).

Basically the big players like SanDisk feed themselves first, and any surplus or B-grade memory (bad batches that got more defects and can't be trusted to run at proper speeds, etc.) get sold to smaller players.

Some non-manufacturers like Kingston do enough of its own testing, and have long-term contracts so as to avoid the "memory roulette" issue where the label is the same month to month, but the memory might not be. So I'd regard Kingston as almost as good as buying direct. Still, it's better to buy from the actual manufacturers directly, to avoid guessing games as much as possible.
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Most Reviews for Steam Deck owners are positive and at 67 its a great price the company ha been around since 96
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05-01-2024 at 11:28 AM.
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Quote from ArgoNavis :
Lexar? They used to be top-tier manufacturer, but I believe they were sold to a non-name Chinese brand and are now about as good as any Aliexpress crap?

Imma have to note the micro center ones test well but things lag in 5 minutes after years of heavy use (I guess maybe I should've stress tested for an hour) . My team group has all but died. An it makes my phone mess up cause it doesn't notify me the storage is faulty ; it just doesn't do anything . I had others die as well. My Samsung cards didn't ever die. So if worried about quality an storing important data; I wouldn't play around
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05-01-2024 at 12:22 PM.
05-01-2024 at 12:22 PM.
Quote from ArgoNavis :
Lexar? They used to be top-tier manufacturer, but I believe they were sold to a non-name Chinese brand and are now about as good as any Aliexpress crap?
7 years ago, Lexar was purchased by Longsys, a Chinese company that's been around for 25 years, so not exactly noname. I've used them myself with no issues, and have not seen anything saying their quality is worse than any other 'top-tier' brand.
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05-01-2024 at 05:44 PM.
05-01-2024 at 05:44 PM.
Quote from ArgoNavis :
Lexar? They used to be top-tier manufacturer, but I believe they were sold to a non-name Chinese brand and are now about as good as any Aliexpress crap?

1 TB card in my switch for over a year, so far so good
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05-01-2024 at 09:06 PM.
Quote from ThriftyIdea6692 :
7 years ago, Lexar was purchased by Longsys, a Chinese company that's been around for 25 years, so not exactly noname. I've used them myself with no issues, and have not seen anything saying their quality is worse than any other 'top-tier' brand.
Thank you for the clarification.
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05-02-2024 at 05:45 AM.
05-02-2024 at 05:45 AM.
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Would this card be appropriate for 4K recording in drones (Avata 2, Mini 4 Pro)?

I wouldn't trust it. That is a lot more sustained writing than it was meant for, being marketed as a game drive. More reads and writes means more heat. Heat being the main enemy of these cards, if it isn't well equipped to tolerate that heat, likelihood of failure goes up.
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05-02-2024 at 07:55 AM.
05-02-2024 at 07:55 AM.
I had a Sandisk Ultra 1tb fail in my Deck. Just didn't respond after about 2 months. I switched to TeamGroup Pro + cause there aren't many choices that size. It's a bit flaky - pauses downloads to keep up, runs hot enough to feel through the deck, slows down a lot, etc. i worry it's going to fail at any moment and take my whole Emudeck setup with it.

So is this a better card? Price tells me no, but I want something that's 1tb or bigger with the performance I got from the Samsung 256GB Pro Plus that I started with.
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The 1TB MicroSD card is very slow, don't buy it.
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05-02-2024 at 11:20 AM.
05-02-2024 at 11:20 AM.
Not a great price. I've had issues with Lexar in the past so I avoid them. This card is usually $63.99 when in stock. My friend bought it for batocera, and hasn't had any issues.
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05-02-2024 at 11:22 AM.
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Most Reviews for Steam Deck owners are positive and at 67 its a great price the company ha been around since 96
I'd avoid made in China flash drives if I were you
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05-02-2024 at 11:34 AM.

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05-02-2024 at 11:34 AM.
Quote from ThriftyIdea6692 :
7 years ago, Lexar was purchased by Longsys, a Chinese company that's been around for 25 years, so not exactly noname. I've used them myself with no issues, and have not seen anything saying their quality is worse than any other 'top-tier' brand.
Several years ago, "Lexar" the brand name, got sold off to Longsys, a Chinese company. It is no longer the same as Micron.

Before the brand name Lexar got sold off, Lexar was a Micron subsidiary. That's where Lexar got its good rep from, because Micron is a reliable, premiere memory manufacturer, as in, they make their own stuff and don't have to source memory chips from anyone else. If reliability is important to you, buy from Micron, Solidigm (Hynix-Intel), Samsung, SanDisk-WD, Kioxia (Toshiba) if at all possible, to ensure you get A-grade memory.

If you buy from anyone else, you don't know where they sourced their memory from. This "Longsys" Chinese company may well just shove whatever is cheapest to buy each week, into their cards, including buying from less-reliable memory makers (smaller Chinese manufacturers).

Basically the big players like SanDisk feed themselves first, and any surplus or B-grade memory (bad batches that got more defects and can't be trusted to run at proper speeds, etc.) get sold to smaller players.

Some non-manufacturers like Kingston do enough of its own testing, and have long-term contracts so as to avoid the "memory roulette" issue where the label is the same month to month, but the memory might not be. So I'd regard Kingston as almost as good as buying direct. Still, it's better to buy from the actual manufacturers directly, to avoid guessing games as much as possible.
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05-02-2024 at 01:07 PM.
05-02-2024 at 01:07 PM.
Quote from goldchocobo :
Several years ago, "Lexar" the brand name, got sold off to Longsys, a Chinese company. It is no longer the same as Micron.

Before the brand name Lexar got sold off, Lexar was a Micron subsidiary. That's where Lexar got its good rep from, because Micron is a reliable, premiere memory manufacturer, as in, they make their own stuff and don't have to source memory chips from anyone else. If reliability is important to you, buy from Micron, Solidigm (Hynix-Intel), Samsung, SanDisk-WD, Kioxia (Toshiba) if at all possible, to ensure you get A-grade memory.

If you buy from anyone else, you don't know where they sourced their memory from. This "Longsys" Chinese company may well just shove whatever is cheapest to buy each week, into their cards, including buying from less-reliable memory makers (smaller Chinese manufacturers).

Basically the big players like SanDisk feed themselves first, and any surplus or B-grade memory (bad batches that got more defects and can't be trusted to run at proper speeds, etc.) get sold to smaller players.

Some non-manufacturers like Kingston do enough of its own testing, and have long-term contracts so as to avoid the "memory roulette" issue where the label is the same month to month, but the memory might not be. So I'd regard Kingston as almost as good as buying direct. Still, it's better to buy from the actual manufacturers directly, to avoid guessing games as much as possible.
Kingston is in a 50-50 (ok, really 49-51) joint venture with Longsys to market their products in China, so they, at least, seemed to think they were reputable enough to partner with. For what it's worth. I don't really know what that's worth, but seems like something, at least.
Ordering a Lexar from Amazon, I'd be much more worried about the odds of getting a counterfeit Lexar than getting a real Lexar and it being poor quality. (Same for any other company, for that matter)
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If you can't trust Changshanongyanmaoyiyouxiangongsi, who can you trust? Big Grin
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I'd avoid made in China flash drives if I were you
Which ones are not made in China? (Doesn't count if assembled somewhere else from components made in China)
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Quote from ThriftyIdea6692 :
Which ones are not made in China? (Doesn't count if assembled somewhere else from components made in China)
You're probably thinking 'assembled in China' that's not the same thing.
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