USB compact flash reader that doesn't suck?

[xela]

My USB compact flash card reader* has an oversized compact-flash slot. And as of this morning has an irreparable bent pin. I know this isn't a necessary problem because my camera (and other devices I've used in the past) firmly guides the body of the card so there's no way to bend the pins.

I don't suppose anyone can recommend a reader that doesn't have this self-sabotaging design flaw?

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General Electric "19-in-1 Card Reader & 3-Port Hub" model 97962. It has (helpfully unlabeled) slots for three kinds of media, plus 3 USB ports. I'm sure some marketroid stayed up late figuring out how to count that as 19. Arguably I should have known better on account of the conspicuous lie on the label — but every single one of them had a similar lie.

Comments

[crs.livejournal.com]

Don't they give these things out in cracker jack boxes these days? Typing "CF reader" into the search box at Amazon.com lists dozens of likely suspects.

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

Problem is, I want one that isn't going to fail this way. Though I suppose I could just buy two boxes of cracker-jacks and keep a spare around....

[crs.livejournal.com]

Well, at least one customer review I saw complained of bent pins... and some of the others come from pretty reputable companies that I would expect some good quality stuff from.

And I think from the pics you can generally see what kind of physical device each one is, and how much protection they provide...