# Big price drops on 128 gig SDXC micro cards **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793 "2015-08-25T00:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/1 "2015-08-25T00:57:03Z")
When I bought one for my camera a while back, it was the biggest card you could get. I think I spent $109. Until a couple of weeks ago, I don’t think I saw a price lower than maybe $70. All the sudden there’s a number of suppliers at Amazon with prices of $40 or less. One of the offered a $21.95 price, and I bought one because … well … I’m skeptical. I got it yesterday. All I can say so far is that formatting was no problem and Explorer says it has the memory its advertised to have. I’ve also moved a bunch of files to and from it without any issues. We’ll have to see how long it lasts, but I’m a happy camper at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/2 "2015-08-25T04:22:53Z")
I think a card this big is very dangerous. I try to stick with 4GB (I have a dozen of them), since they fit neatly on a single-layer DVD. I’d be terrified of taking an entire vacation’s worth of photos on a single card, and then having it become unreadable or losing it. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/3 "2015-08-25T08:37:47Z")
I’m interested in using a card that big, but for more than one purpose. I agree with **beowulf** that you shouldn’t ever rely on one card for many photos, but I’d mitigate the problem by uploading them to a cloud server every few days and keeping the originals on the card. The other purpose I would use them for is storing music, movies, tv shows and copies of passport/ID. The same card could be used in your phone or tablet for long journeys, or just in case the weather closed in and you had a lot of spare time on your hands. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/4 "2015-08-25T09:41:04Z")
I think the prime use for them is not photo cameras but dashcams. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/5 "2015-08-25T14:18:54Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I think the prime use for them is not photo cameras but dashcams. This is why I bought mine. My cam holds two of them. ---
**Author:** ![Khendrask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/6 "2015-08-25T14:38:29Z")
I use the 128GB ones for file storage on my Surface. Haven’t had any issues so far. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/7 "2015-08-25T19:04:02Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > This is why I bought mine. My cam holds two of them. More info please. What camera? What settings do you use? Quality or settings to get that quality? Non-stop run time with your settings? Any recommendations for someone wanting to get their feet wet with this type of camera & recording. Please… 😃 🆒 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/8 "2015-08-25T19:22:01Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I think a card this big is very dangerous. > I try to stick with 4GB (I have a dozen of them), since they fit neatly on a single-layer DVD. > I’d be terrified of taking an entire vacation’s worth of photos on a single card, and then having it become unreadable or losing it. Yah, I wouldn’t put all my eggs into one basket, either. Before I had dual slot cameras, I’d stick with 4GB cards for 12MP cameras shooting raw files as well. Now that I have dual, I do two 64GB cards for about 2500 raw photos on a 24MP body. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/9 "2015-08-25T19:30:00Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Before I had dual slot cameras, I’d stick with 4GB cards for 12MP cameras shooting raw files as well. Now that I have dual, I do two 64GB cards for about 2500 raw photos on a 24MP body. Yeah, dual-slot cameras certainly reduce my anxiety about card failure. I have a 16MP camera, so 32GB cards are fine for most situations. It sometimes feels like a bit of a waste to write every photo to two cards, but if the day comes when a card fails, i’ll be very grateful. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/10 "2015-08-25T19:41:06Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Yeah, dual-slot cameras certainly reduce my anxiety about card failure. I have a 16MP camera, so 32GB cards are fine for most situations. It sometimes feels like a bit of a waste to write every photo to two cards, but if the day comes when a card fails, i’ll be very grateful. Yeah, since going digital, I’ve shot over a million frames. I’ve only had 3 cards fail on me, and, luckily, I’ve been able to recover all my files all three times (though it is possible I lost a frame or two at the end–it didn’t appear like I was missing anything.) That said, now that almost all my bodies are dual slot, I shoot mirrored to two cards for everything that I’m paid for. While I’ve been lucky so far, I know several photographers who have been saved by dual-slotting it. It’s relatively cheap insurance and peace of mind (unless your camera starts writing junk data to both cards.) ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/11 "2015-08-25T20:25:51Z")
My use for one of these would be to expand my storage on my Macbook which only has a 256GB flash drive. The problem is that most of my storage is for my iTunes library and I don’t think it’ll let me split that up between two volumes. (I would have to get a 256GB card to fit all my music.) Also I would want to avoid putting private stuff on the card since it’s so easy to steal or lose. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/12 "2015-08-25T20:36:59Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > My use for one of these would be to expand my storage on my Macbook which only has a 256GB flash drive. The problem is that most of my storage is for my iTunes library and I don’t think it’ll let me split that up between two volumes. (I would have to get a 256GB card to fit all my music.) Also I would want to avoid putting private stuff on the card since it’s so easy to steal or lose. You can set iTunes to not “[copy files to iTunes Media folder](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204668)”, so you _can_ split your music across drives. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-price-drops-on-128-gig-sdxc-micro-cards/728793/13 "2015-08-25T20:50:50Z")
If you have money to burn and data to lose go for it. I think I am more interested in a name-brand 64GB card for $20, that is a good deal!