Tag: microsd

MicroSD speed comparison addition – Samsung Pro Plus 512GG MB-MD512SA/EU (WHL #96F1)

Small addition to the pool of WHL #96 and WHL #100 MicroSD card tests – a new 512GB whopper, called the Samsung Pro Plus.

Unlike with the last purchase of a new largest-ever card for me, the 256GB Samsung EVO Plus, this time I’m not running out of space on the largest disk (used for backups). Instead, it’s more down the usage chain for older ones. Specifically, in my camera – ever since I started filming my runs on Tesla Beach Buggy racing, I’ve had the problem of full memory cards at the end of the day, or worse – during the day. […]

29th June 2025 6th July 2025 By Bzzz In 1 Comment

TOMLOV DM9 Max 10.1″ HD IPS HDMI Digital Microscope 1500X 20MP Coin Microscopio Magnifier Soldering Microscopes For Repairing (WHL #100)

Aah. Looks like #100 is finally here.

So why not spend a hundred bucks and buy something nice? Something that I’ve been thinking about for quite some time now, but with the professional options up in the thousands of Euros, and the cheapo versions (for a tenner, or two) making my skin crawl?

Well, here’s my new digital microscope, a Tomlov brand DM9 Max. Apparently pretty new, only released in the last month or so. Couldn’t even find it on Amazon, eBay or (whoa) a regular shop in Germany, so I ordered directly from Tomlov via AliExpress. […]

16th June 2024 16th June 2024 By Bzzz In 2 Comments

MicroSD speed comparison – genuine cards and a Chinese fake (WHL #96)

Since I don’t want to become the BigClive of the text blogging world, I pretty much have to stop rambling about fake flash drives (NVMe, SATA SSD, USB drives and SD cards) from China. Clive himself knows that too much ozone content makes his audience yawn ;)

So, as Easter (read: the couple holidays around it) is a great opportunity to run some backups and digitally clean up the place, here’s a quick speed test comparison on the history of MicroSD cards. It all started with my troublesome RPi4 having high iostat values all the time, leading to a new card for my laptop backup drive, which in return handed down his MicroSD to the Pi. […]

31st March 2024 29th June 2025 By Bzzz In 2 Comments

Samsung USB 3.1 Flash Drive BAR Plus MUF-256BE3/EU – further degradation(WHL #45F1)

Well here’s a first :lol:
I’m about to RMA a piece of hardware, and I needed performance data from when the thing was new. Probably got a screenshot from back then, but searching for it on a machine that is inconvenient to access…just search the interwebs instead. And so I did, and entered the Google image search, and found what I needed. Yeah, turns out I just found my very own website. :unsure:

So, here’s the culprit again:

It’s not used that often, currently holds 110GB of WSUS data and some deep learning test dataset, so almost half of the drive is empty and performance is getting worse. […]

6th February 2022 6th February 2022 By Bzzz In No Comment