Fake CF cards name and shame thread
 

Just tested some of mine CF cards with h2testw and found 3 fakes. Sandisk extreme III with speed of 7 mb/s and Transcend with 4 mb/s. In comparasment to Maxell 79mb/s. Not good.
Will post pictures later, typing this from IBrowse.

nice idea this will help :great

Fake: 8mb/s write
http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/v...ps4568358f.jpg

Could be real but slower than no name ebay CF 4mb/s write:
http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/v...psc5c46ead.jpg

Yes, but how to distinguish fake chinesse cards from real Sandisks? Impossible imo.

maybe serial number and "made in china" should be more to the right? Does anybody got real with that label to confirm that?
ESP technology logo silver on fakes, gold on genuine ones?
Like that:
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...ImSnfB2ryHJGhw
also: http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/FAKE-SanDi...1456526/g.html

http://www.ebay.com.au/gds/FAKE-SanD...1449653/g.html

http://www.ebay.com/gds/All-About-Fa...7553258/g.html

The amazing thing is its not just the speed,its the capacity.

If you think you have 64GB or 128GB,you better check. The system may format as 64GB and may even read back as 64GB or higher,but is it?

Read links I posted above carefully.

I gave up on eBay for memory cards and mobile phone batteries after having far too many fakes :bash As long as it's paid with Papal thou I have never had a problem getting my money back. It's a real pain and a waste of time thou :banghead