How fast is the Red Station CF ?

[Michael Notar]

Looking for a fast way to dump my Sandisk CF cards.. will the red station CF work with them? How fast is the Red Station CF ? Im considering it vs a USB 3 reader I saw by lexar/sandisk... Any experience with that one too?

 

[Benedict Heinzl]

I have the lexar USB3 CF Reader. The only limitation in speed is the Card itself.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

USB3, FW800, eSATA, doesn't matter when it comes to CF cards... No CF card is fast enough to saturate any one of those interfaces. Get whichever one fits you the best. The RED Station CF module is expensive, but well made and probably the best one out there if you're happy with eSATA, FW800 and USB2.0 interfaces. The USB2.0 is the only connection not fast enough to keep up with the fast CF cards. Personally, I like the Lexar readers a lot and the SanDisk ones have treated me well too. If I were buying one now, I'd probably go with the Lexar or SanDisk USB3 units. I kinda wish RED had a CF version of their RED STATION MINI reader. But I understand where they probably don't want to go down that road at this point. And CF is on its way out, not just for RED, but for the entire industry.