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Them dang little SD cards... which one is the best?

Constant Drone

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Which one do you feel is the best SD card on the market for the Mavic Pro?

As far as card readers I find the Micro SD USB reader exceptional. You can by pass the traditional card reader needed for the first type in the photo. The second one (red) bypass the card reader hardware and goes directly to USB.

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I upgraded to a Sandisk Extreme Pro. There is a SIGNIFICANT difference in the read/write speed. Prior to upgrading, I thought they were all the same, and so I went by capacity/price They are NOT all the same. For upload/download speed, pay attention to the read right speed.
I balk at capacity as eventually they will corrupt. So, I go for 32GB with the fastest read/write speed.
 
I don't know which one is best but I sure have one stinker that I'm going to toss in the trash. I headed out with a slightly older 32GB card. I was flying and every 30 seconds the recording would shut off. Took a few min but I finally noticed a ! symbol saying slow card. Grrr. I dialed the video quality down from 4K to 1080p and all was well. But if you fly with an old card you're going to have a bad day. Don't go cheap - make sure to get a nice fast Class 10 U3 from a reputable company like Sandisk or Memorex. The Mavic has a maximum card size of 64GB so I wouldn't go above that. Most people swap out cards every few flights to download the video so you probably won't fill it up. Maybe get two 32's vs one 64? Just an idea.
 
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