What make of SD Card is reliable?

[harry66]

People keep talking about not buying Cheap SD memory - but when I look at some sites like Ebuyer.com - most of the brands of SD card they sell are nearly the same price - give or take a few quid.
e.g. Viking, Kingston, Kingmax, PNY, Memorex and Lexar are all between £22 and £28 (+VAT) - so does this mean that Lexar is OK cos it cost £28 but Kingston isnt because it only costs £22 ??

Then you have places like http://www.valuemedia.co.uk/SD_card.htm selling High Speed SD Cards - are these really faster or is it just marketing hype? Is it worth paying the premium for a High Speed card? Will it make my TomTom run faster?

Any advice appreciated - as I dont want to buy end up with crap memory and then come on here complaining that my iPAQ keeps locking up!

[lbendlin]

Anything manufactured in Japan seems to be working nicely. Panasonic, Lexar etc. Stuff manufactured in China is more prone to lockups and slow performance.

(Note: This statement is exclusively for SD cards!!!)
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[harry66]

Ebuyer.com are doing a Fuji SD 256MB card for just £33.65 including delivery. The free delivery option shows it can take a week but I got mine within 2 days by Citylink courier.

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I checked the packaging and it is definitely made in Japan - so should be OK with PDAs.

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