Honestly, the Apple camera adapter. It’s more expensive than the generic versions, but it works as it should. I have 2 other cheaper versions that cause issues or just don’t work right most of the time. I use the adapter that has the charging port, usb port, so I can put a multi card reader into it. That way I can access my Sony cards as well as standard as cards.

 

Best one I've use is Bone View.

Bisch

 

I had a Bone View for years, finally got full of dirt, Now I have a Leap Outdoors, looks just like the Bone View

 

I’ve never had much luck with the cheap ones. I had enough of them not work, I could have bought the Apple Card reader 2 times over before I learned. I’ll only use an Apple reader now.

 

what this guy said.....buy the apple and forget it

 

Another vote for the Bone View. Used mine all season this year without a single hickup!!! Great product.

 

Save yourself headaches and get the Apple Card reader! No extra apps required just plug it in and open the import button in the photo app already on your iPhone.

 

One more for the Apple. Do not buy the Moultrie model for sure. Those things are crap, as are most products with the Moultrie name, in my experience.

 

Apple brand, works as it should. Worth the $$$

 

I must have got lucky. I picked up an el cheapo off of amazon last year, plugs right into my phone and will take both micro and standard SD cards as well as having a USB male plug so that I can plug it into the computer if it doesnt have an SD slot or wont accept micro SD's. No app needed, just open up files, then select "Browse", then tap on the card when it pops up under locations.

Zero issues with mine. But its good to know if I ever have issues that the Apple branded one is a solid choice.

 

I have had a couple of readers including Bone View and they all have acted up sooner or later.
I even had one that started corrupting the SD cards.
Eventually I got sick of dealing with them. I either packed the laptop in or changed the chip out.

 

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I have a cheapo reader and an Apple one. The difference is unmistakable. The cheapo works but feels like it is what it is…cheap. The Apple reader is what you’d expect from them and there’s no worry that it will corrupt or otherwise damage a good SD card.

Buy the Apple reader.

 

does your phone or computoer need a signal to use the apple reader?
I keep thinking about getting the Apple reader but if I need a signal to my phone it would not be any better then what I had and have now.

I do need a signal if using a card reader app. So I cannot use it right where I hunt, I would have to walk a hlf mile up on top of a hill to get a signal, even one bar

 

No. It just plugs in and you import the pics you want directly to your phone.

 

If you have a iPhone just use a camera that sends it to your iPhone no more messing with cards

 

that is if you have a cell signal where your cameras are, in which for me is I do not..

otherwise trash your 5 game cameras cause you do not want to spend 15-20 bucks on a card reader. Spend maybe $400-600 on 5 cell cameras, then pay a monthly fee on each camera top of that to get those pictures.

and here you guys complain about the cost of bows..like the Virtue

 

This is what I use and it works great.

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No signal needed or used at all to transfer photos/ videos to phone. Only thing you need is enough battery power to power the adapter. If phone drops to 20% or so, it won’t work and the phone will tell you “not enough battery” to transfer or run the adapter.

 

No signal needed or used at all to transfer photos/ videos to phone. Only thing you need is enough battery power to power the adapter. If phone drops to 20% or so, it won’t work and the phone will tell you “not enough battery” to transfer or run the adapter.

I don't have any experience with that reader but it sounds like Apple's battery saver function isn't allowing it. I would venture to guess that if you turned off battery saver on your phone that it would work under 20% (the point at which battery saver kicks in, when turned on, and basically won't allow power hungry functions to work).

 

Thank you for all the input everyone. I found one of the apple brand SD readers and im going to give that a try.

 

apple card reader is only one that works good for me.

 

Save yourself the headache like many have mentioned and go with the apple card reader. Just know that if you use it like me, pull card and download all pictures to my phone and immediately put the card back in the camera, your photos app will get cluttered. I suggest either downloading all the photos on to a drive once you get home, or sorting through the photos and just keep a few that you want. Either way, do not cheap out on the adapter.

 

HEY GUYS, the OP already said he is buying the APPLE Reader

 

Another Apple reader user.

 

So, I have a question for the Apple Card reader users. I had an Apple Card reader a looooooong time ago. It was worthless because the only way to look at the pics on your phone was to download all of them onto your phone first, then look at them. When I use my phone, I just want to browse and see what's on the SD card, but not download the pics to my phone.

Do the newer Apple Card readers give a person the option to browse without actually downloading all the pics to the phone?

Bisch

 

Is there a limit on card size with the Apple card reader? I've seen others max out with 32gb cards and that makes them useless to me. It doesn't even say on the Apple site, at least not that I could find. I'm a card swapper but this could be useful in a couple spots for me. Had one of the "other" brands years ago and it worked "ok."

 

Got the apple reader, so far so good. Thanks for all the advice.

 

Now you guys have me interested in the apple card reader. I have been using the iBrary app for reading cards. Just wondering if it’s worth the upgrade to the apple card reader?

 

I got mine on ebay for $16. It was labeled opened box but new.

 

I'll ask again. Is there a card size limit with the Apple card reader? I didn't find any specific information even on their site. I know some of the other brands are limited to 32GB.

 

I just plugged in the 128GB card from my Sony camera and it worked fine.