Other by stefan @ 2013-06-04
The takeMS 32GB microSDHC Class10 Card comes with an attractive sale price, includes one adapter and supplies enough storage space for storing our photos, offloading the applications from the internal memory to external (Android mobile phones, tablets) and more.
At first we would like to thank takeMS for offering a sample of their 32GB microSDHC Class10 for testing and reviewing.
“The ultron AG - business unit takeMS is one of the leading manufacturers of memory products and solutions world-wide. In more than 30 countries the name takeMS stands for highest quality standards and a convincing price performance ratio.
Being a memory specialist takeMS naturally provides standard memory products like memory modules, flash cards, USB drives and mobile external hard discs (HDD and SSD). takeMS has set the demanding German quality guidelines as its standard.
With its millionfold sold products takeMS has received the highest honour a company can receive: the confidence of its long standing customers. Numerous national and international awards for takeMS products confirm the high requirements of this young company.”
Capacity 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB
· Dimensions 11mm x 15mm x 1mm
· Weight 1.0 g
· Dimensions retail packed 125mm x 75mm x 4mm
· Weight retail packed 13 g
· High-Speed Class Rating:
Class 4: 4 MB/sec minimum data transfer rate
Class 6: 6 MB/sec minimum data transfer rate
Class 10: 10 MB/sec minimum data transfer rate
· Operating Temperature -15º C to 65 º C
· Storage Temperature -20º C to 75º C
· Voltage 3.3v
· Specification Std. SD 2.0
· Secure Supports DRM
· Durability : Reliable Data Retention
· File Format FAT 32
· MTBF: 900.000 hours
The takeMS 32GB Class10 SDHC can be found in two variants on the manufacturers' website: with a single adapter and also with two adapters. Our sample has been shipped with a single adapter and the packaging is similar to the LumX USB Flash adapter we have just reviewed from them:
On the back side of the packaging we will find a small product description in different languages, but also a barcode:
The microSD adapter is useful when using the card inside regular photo cameras, DSLRs but also on laptops:
On the top side of the card we will find the format, class and capacity:
The back side comes with the contacts and some product serials:
The testbench was composed from the following hardware:
CPU: Intel I7 Retail @ stock
Motherboard: Foxconn BloodRage with G42 BIOS
RAM: 3x2GB Patriot PVT36G1600LLK 1600MHz
Video: Sparkle GTX 470 with stock and OMNI A.L.C.
Power Supply: Nexus RX-8500 850W modular
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & Patriot TorqX 64GB SSD
Case: Thermaltake Armor+ LCS, stock cooling
OS: Windows 8
ASUS U3S6
Card Reader
The takeMS 32GB microSDHC Class10 comes formatted FAT32:
To determine the flash drive read speeds, the HD Tune v5 utility was used:
To measure the real life performance, I have used the Total Commander application to copy to the flash drive and from the flash drive the same file and recorded the transfer speeds, when they have stabilized.
File Copy
File Read
The 32GB microSDHC C10 Card from takeMS offers a lot of storage space for our mobile phone, Android tablet and also comes with an adapter for using the product in other gadgets which support it.
Regarding the performance, we have obtained very good read results, but the write speed was a bit on the low side, still within the Class 10 specifications.
Users of Xperia phones should be interested that this card did not get corrupted at all during the 2-week test period, while the ADATA 16GB Class 10 had issues only after a few days.
The sample we have just tested has a listed price of about 29.99 Euros, including all taxes; there are a lot of similar products available on the market and we have seen that most of them around this price include only the card, without the adapter so takeMS is surely an option we should take into account.
We would like to thank again to takeMS for making this review possible.