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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spb_stan" data-source="post: 680063" data-attributes="member: 43545"><p>They do fail a lot, everyone I ever talked with who shoots a lot and does file transfer from a card reader has had card failure, either mechanical where the case separates and the locking tab breaks or a data loss problem with either contact or the memory die itself fails.  CF cards fail with bend pins and occasionally pins get stuck in the socket so inserting a new CF ruins that one also. They work well in set and forget applications where only pulled out rarely, by doing cable transfers. That latter option is slow.  It was a bad enough problem that the manufacturers pooled resources and designed a pro-rated system that overcame the frequent problems with SD and the well-known CF pin alignment problem that could cause an expensive body repair.  The XQD has resolved the problem, although it is more expensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>