MITSUMI Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal USB 2.0 Internal USB 2.0 digital card reader with Floppy Drive Model FA404M BLK - OEM

Pros: Easy install, all the readers you need!

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: Just to let everyone know, if your installing this on a new machine, or with a fresh windows install, make sure you DON'T plug in the USB2.0 for the readers until after the OS install is complete, otherwise your drive letters may be off. This will add two drive letters along with the A drive, so just be aware! My stuff: Antec Plusview1000 AMD 3500+Newcastle Asus A8V Deluxe 1GB Corsair WD 74GB Raptor ATI X850XT (soon to be something better!) 2 DVD/CD roms, Antec Neopower 480

Pros: Can read most any media and only takes up a single 3.5 external bay.

Cons: None. I have had to RMA one of these drives out of about 10 over the last 2 years (I build systems), that sometimes happens with any device.

Overall Review: The floppy connection requires a FDD cable (not included). The other readers require a single internal USB connection on your motherboard (cable is attached to the drive). Also, you DO NOT want to click on the Windows XP "Safely Remove Hardware" before removing your media with this drive, as this will actually "disconnect" the drive from the system until the next reboot. Just close all programs that access the drive and the remove the media.

Pros: Reads a variety of cards PLUS floppies, because you need to read a floppy about 3 times over the life of the computer.

Cons: Product title implies it's a USB device - this is incorrect, you still need the floppy connection. Directions are non-existent, so if this is your first build (like it was for me), please note, 1) you need a floppy cable to connect it to the mobo (not included), 2) it is possible install the cable incorrectly to the card reader, so if the floppy doesn't read, but the other cards do, reconnect the cable, and 3) you need to connect the power supply to reader. All of these items have been previously commented on, so hopefully you were not like me, and read the comments thoroughly before installing.

Overall Review: If you are building a new system, install this AFTER you install your OS. I installed XP Hone and XP assigned all the media drives and floppy letter names before the HDD. My HDD was labeled F:, and I had to remove the media reader, reformat so XP labeled the HDD C:, then reinstall the media reader. I don't think you will have this problem with XP Pro, not sure about Vista, but why chance it?

Pros: Space saving (uses only the 3.5 bay), lets me keep my needed floppy and lets me use all 3 type of card media I have. I have much faster xfer speeds when I put the cards into this reader than plug the device (camera) in using USB cable. Well worth the bux I spent & I'd buy it agian.

Cons: I'm having trouble with the driver...about once a week I need to un-install the driver & re-install. The 2 drive letters for the media cards just disappear (the a: drive stays), when I un-install & reinstall the driver, everythign is fine agian. I think I might have a conflict w/ my external USB HDD I use for backup. I'm still trouble shooting root cause. 5 stars if I didn't have this issue.

Overall Review: When installing FOLLOW THESE STEPS: 1) Get the current driver from Mitsumi's site, 2) Install the software driver. 3) Install the hardware - drive. Do NOT install the HD 1st, Windoze will find a different driver and it will casue you troubles.

Pros: It's inexpensive and works fine, and the mulitple card readers are a big selling point.

Cons: "hidden" issue with getting the card readers to work in XP SP2 (see below). Also, keeping the usb portion unplugged until all other drive letters were assigned during OS install was discovered too late (not a big deal to reassign in admin tools tho).

Overall Review: XP SP2 recognized the card readers as "removable drives", but it wouldn't see compact flash cards when inserted. After much searching around for a solution, this worked: Go into device manager and select USB controllers. Find USB mass storage device and choose "roll back driver". It should now work.

Pros: floppy works great and card readers do to. i have found you can have a card in every slot and a floppy and open and excess all at the same time! have had for over a year and not one problem

Cons: none that i can think of

Pros: Not expensive. Fast transfer with memory cards. Two devices in one. No problems didn't need the disk. Works w/ Vista RC1

Cons: Not much, floppy is regular cable not usb.

Overall Review: I haven't tried the floopy drive or cards other than SD and CF so I can' comment on that but I might not ever use it.

Pros: Installed without a hitch, wonderful to have floppy and media card reader in one drive...saves space.

Cons: Do not connect this until after you have formatted HD/installed windows. The only reason I say that is because it will use drive allocations, I ended up with the harddrive allocated as "F".

Overall Review: none