This is an interesting article about a photographer who has sworn off Sandisk SD cards because of their shoddy construction.
Unfortunately, I’m done buying Sandisk SD cards. and I think you can see why. They seem to be more flimsy than any other memory card (make or model) I have ever had. Inevitably, they split open and spill their memory chip guts.
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Considering that I am now at 5-10 Sandisk cards with the exact same type of failure, I can only conclude that Sandisk cards are significantly less well-made than the other brands I’ve been using.
The article includes several photographs showing SanDisk cards that have fallen apart.
This has been my experience as well. I haven’t bought any Sandisk cards since 2015 because the ones I did purchase would all fall apart in exactly the way shown in the photo above.
I finally gave up and switched to purchasing Samsung cards that have held up much better and seem less likely to fail for other reasons.