SD card backup on the move

Getafix

Does anybody know of a device which you can use to backup your pictures from an sd card whilst on holiday? Something small like an Ipod, where you can just slot the card in and copy to a hard drive?

Does such wizardry exist?

philnicandamy

dunno but this was one option (not cheap though)...I used this for a while on holiday

http://www.palm.com/us/products/handhelds/tungsten-e2/

mostly

buy more sd cards?

Getafix

Yikes philnicandamy! A little expensive.

mostly, the problem is not running out of space on the card, its because of card failure. Last time I was away my card went haywire and I had to format it and hence lost my pics. I'd like to be able to backup daily so if anything goes wrong I don't lose too much.

I remember seeing some device that would back up your phone sim card numbers, so I was wondering if a similar one exists for sd cards.

ManAtHome

The card-to-disk devices are very expensive these days relative to the price of cards. I generally carry spare cards (xD cost more than SD, but even then only £13 a gig) - haven't hit a dodgy one yet, but if I did, would go back into the suitcase for a bit of recovery when I returned home.

Getafix

Are there devices that can copy SD to SD without a pc? That would be a good substitute

WestieFan

Is this any good?

http://www.usbtech.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/203

Or you could just take a laptop with you, if you have one!

Getafix

Spot on WestieFan!

Although that one comes without a hard disk. The whole package is £90 from Storaage Depot

superjaggybunnet

Buy more SD cards

2gb only £9.99

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/memory/Kingston/2GB/SD/Card/(Secure/Digital)

How much space do you need? This size will stores hundreds or thousaonds of photo's depending on the resolution.

cantgetenoughbargains

If anyone is still after a solution i saw this today. Warning: i dont know if this will do what you (and i) hope it will!:
http://cpc.farnell.com/pretec/mega-reader/card-reader-with-usb-interface/dp/CS19456

Its a card reader with a 3 different USB connectors on it (the black wire that has been cropped by the pricture border goes to a small micro and mini USB plug). So it may be possible to stick a spare card in it and then connect it to the the camera (or your phone containing the full micro SD card-obviously not everyones phone takes the same cards) and back it up. Its only a tenner. If i get one ill give you an update.

fwor

Unfortunately this probably won't do what you want it to.

USB has an asymmetrical architecture, and it cannot function without a host device (such as a laptop's USB port). Both the camera and your card reader will almost certainly be slave devices, so if you connect them together, nothing will happen.