[sassan]

More than price, I believe it is more important to find out how new your card reader is.

Technology is rapidly growing and a lot of new things are not backward compatible. I got a no name card reader recently at very low price that does a good job for me. Key thing is just to get a few different brands and see which one is made for you, as long as you are protected by "No question asked return policy" to return the rest after the test, that is common here with most major big chain shops.

As for CF and not SD, my other solution is those PCMCIA bus-card adapters that virtually reads any kind of my new or old microdrive or compact flash memories so well and in fact is generally faster that USB connection. I believe they exist for SD too but you may need to research on that.

In reality I prefer CF to any othe kind of memory (Not because I am Canon-ist, but because it is simply better with more capabilities, proven by the test of time). Wish all these companies could agree on one platform for the sake of customers, instead of thinking of their own benifites all the time.