Introduction

There are many, many card readers out there, what makes one stand out from the other? How about speed and durability? How about how it looks or it's designed? For me an external card reader is something that I will be taking with me places and needs to be durable and fast. Today for review I have one that looks cool, is fast and is very durable. It's from Nmedia, yep Nmedia, they are known for excellent HTPC cases, so I expected their card reader to be excellent as well and I was right, read on to learn more!

Quick Specs

Model: ZE-C26 (Black) External USB 2.0 All-in-1 Card Reader

Features:
- Aluminum case body with black & silver paint
- Hot - Swappable Supported, compliant to USB 2.0
- Treat each memory card as removable drive
- Directly transfer files between different memory types
- Read/Write any files from PC or Mac
- Self-powered - no external power supply required
- Support Win 98/2000/XP, Mac OS V9.2 or higher
- No driver installation required for Windows ME and Windows XP

Specifications:
- Reader and Writer Support : CF 1/CF 2/Extreme CF/Extreme III CF/Ultra II CF/HS CF/MD/MS/MS DUO/MS PRO/MS PRO DUO/MS MagicGate/MS MagicGate PRO/MS MagicGate DUO/ MS MagicGate PRO DUO/Extreme MS PRO/Extreme III MS PRO/Ultra II MS PRO/HS MS MagicGate PRO/HS MS MagicGate PRO DUO/MS ROM/MS Select/SD/ Mini SD/ Extreme SD/Extreme III SD/Ultra II SD/MMC 1/MMC 2/MMC 4.0/RS MMC/HS RS MMC/SM/XD/T-Flash
- Icon beside the card slots, easy to distinguish
- LED working indicator light

Note it says Aluminum case but it is actually magnalium, what the heck is magnalium you ask, well I didn't know either so I looked it up:

magnalium (magna`lem), alloy of aluminum and about 5% magnesium. Although weak and soft in the elemental state, magnesium alloys with aluminum, manganese, zinc, tin, zirconium, and cerium to produce alloys useful in engineering materials. The strength and hardness of aluminum increases when it is alloyed with such substances as magnesium, manganese, nickel, chromium, zinc, iron, copper, and silicon. Magnalium—lighter and more workable than aluminum—is used in making metal mirrors and scientific instruments.

An alloy of aluminum with significant amounts of magnesium, thereby lowering its density, improving corrosion resistance and fatigue while simplifying processing

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