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If you are a fan of the Pixtor Sandisk memory cards, their 64GB Class 10 U3 Extreme Plus SDXC UHS-I with up to 90MB/sec speed is on sale for $35 with free shipping at Adorama and B&H Photo.
UPDATE: B&H Photo has a Lexar 2-Pack SD* sale featuring five 2-packs, ranging from 32GB to 128GB, with prices going from $30 to $120.
A doorbuster for today, ending by Monday 11:59pm ET, B&H Photo is offering the 64GB SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-I SDXC U3 for $35 with free shipping. You can buy multiple units as long as this promotion is live… Already sold out is their other doorbuster a 2pk of 64GB Lexar 633x SDXCs for $28…
Amazon is offering (for a limited time) a FREE 12-month Amazon Cloud Unlimited Everything Cloud Storage subscription when you make an eligible purchase, including camera gear purchases of $50. Details and eligible items through the Cloud Promotion page. This service level is Everything, not just Photos (which is included with a Prime membership).
On the SSD front, the 480GB SanDisk Ultra II SATA III 2.5-Inch 7mm Height Solid State Drive (SSD), model SDSSDHII-480G-G25, is currently on sale for $140 with free shipping, with a limit of five per customer, at Amazon by Amazon itself. This is not part of the lightning deals. The option with the concierge remote installation service goes for +$40.
More memory card discounting. The orange cream soda that is the Samsung EVO element-proof memory card line-up, more specifically the 64GB version is on sale for $19 (was $17.29) at Amazon by Amazon itself with a limit of three per customer. Free 2-day shipping for Prime members or with a $35+ order (eg three of these, or any other combination of items). This is model MB-MP64DA/AM… UPDATED 10pm ET (the price is changing often on this one)
256GB memory cards are in the discounting phase too, for example, at the moment, you can get the 256GB SanDisk Extreme SDXC UHS-I/U3, model SDSDXNF-256G-GNCIN, for $119 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself. Limit 30 per customer. As of the time of writing, it “defeats” all the other cards in terms for $/GB in its sub-lineup (16GB to 256GB).
The 64GB Sandisk Ultra SDXC UHS-I memory card is currently on sale for $21 with a limit of 20 per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual. Free 2-day shipping for Prime members or with a $35+ order (eg two of these) for non-members.
The 128GB Lexar Professional 800x VPG-20 CompactFlash Card, model LCF128CRBNA800, is on sale for a limited time for $88 with free shipping at various authorized dealers. They have quantity limits, so if you need multiple units, you can buy from multiple dealers. The $88 is good at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself.
Speaking of storage, the 32GB PNY USB 2.0 flash drive is on sale for $8 at Amazon by Amazon itself (limit 4) while the 64GB version (limit 4) goes for $15 and the 128GB version (limit 4) goes for $25. The 16GB goes for $4 in black, or if you like to color-code, it goes for $5 in pink or chlorophyll-green. Keep in mind these are USB 2.0.
B&H Photo has a limited time Sony SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card sale featuring 12 different memory card options, ranging from 16GB to 256GB, with prices ranging from $11 to $133. It features three different speeds, the “up to 74”, “up to 94” and “up to 95”. This sale ends 12/9/15 at 11:59 PM eastern.
This promotion is good for everyone, both Prime members and non-Prime member. If you need more than photo storage, they also have a limited time promotion, 1yr of Amazon Cloud Drive Unlimited Storage (not just Photo) for $5 for the first year. The regular price is $59 per year.
Prime members get free unlimited photo storage, but not unlimited everything storage. So if you are a Prime member and mostly need photo storage space, you don’t need this service. On the other hand, if you also need lots of storage space (more than 5GB) for documents, videos, music files (not purchased from Amazon), and other non-photo files, then this might be of interest.
PS: mp3 music files purchased directly from Amazon, or added to your Amazon account because of an AutoRip eligible purchase (CD or Vinyl) do not count towards your storage limits.
If you are not an Amazon Prime member, this promotion is for you. For a limited time you can sign up for 1-Year of Amazon Cloud Drive Unlimited Photo Storage for $1. The $1 price is for the first year. The regular price is $12/year. You also get 5GB to use for other non-photo files.
If you are a Prime member, you already get FREE unlimited cloud photo storage. If you are a Prime member and visit the above website logged to your Prime account, you will not see the offer because you already get this service for free.
For the speed-readers, this offer is for the Unlimited Cloud Photo Storage service. This is different from the Unlimited Cloud Storage (not just unlimited photos).
The 128GB version has dropped to $40 (was $38), sold and shipped by Amazon itself with a limit of four per customer. It is in the all-encompassing “Temporarily out of stock” status, so keep that in mind if you need it by a specific date… As you can see, both at the SD and microSD levels, we are seeing a wave of price slides of higher capacity cards (as it is often the case – other things equal)…
UPDATE: the 256GB sale for $75 is over as of 12/6/15 re-check… Last week, the 256GB PNY Elite Performance SDXC was “defeating” the other storage options in its own line-up (32GB to 512GB; UHS-I, U3 up to 95 MB/Sec), going for $75 each. Now there is pushback,
This went up too: Meanwhile the 64GB version remains at $20, with a limit of four per customer…
Adorama is running a promotion on a dozen Samsung SSDs). Buy one of those and receive with it a free 32GB Samsung EVO microSDHC card and a digital download of “Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate” (PC Game Download Code). Offer ends 12/6/15.
A PNY memory card sale currently in progress at Amazon (not part of the daily Lightning Deals) includes the 256GB PNY Elite Performance SDXC Class 10 UHS-I, U3 up to 95 MB/Sec, model P-SDX256U395-GE, for $75 with free shipping, with a limit of four per customer. This currently “defeats” all the other cards in its sub-lineup (32GB to 512GB) in terms of GB/$.
To the eBay Deals we check upon where we find:
+ 3TB WD My Passport Ultra External Hard Drive for $100 w/free S&H by Adorama on eBay (limit 5)
+ expired: + 128GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC (C10, UHS-I, SD adapter) for $36 w/free S&H by BuyDig on eBay (limit 5)
UPDATE: there’s also 12 PNY SD and microSD cards on sale at Amazon (including 256GB Elite Performance for $75 [limit 4]), along with five USB flash drives.
On the portable storage and transfer of files front, if you like retractable USB 3.0 flash drives, the 128GB Sandisk CZ48 USB 3.0 Flash Drive is on sale for $25 at Amazon by Amazon itself with a limit of three per customer… In parallel, the 64GB version> goes for $15 (limit 3 as well)… The usual free shipping rules apply… This is not part of the lightning deals…
1TB portable hard drives at $50 or less are a good deal (assuming you want 1TB and no more), so when you can get one for $40 instead, that’s pretty good. One of the Staples doorbuster offers is the 1TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive with Mobile Device Backup, model STDR1000100, for $40. Free ship to store, free store pickup (if your local store has it available), free shipping if you are a Rewards member. They may also have it available at their B&M stores, you can check over there by zipcode. Offer ends 11/28/15 PM or earlier if sold out.
The 2TB My Passport Ultra Portable Hard Drive (USB 3.0) is currently on sale for $65 with free shipping, with a limit of two per customer as the B&H Photo Deal of the Day… Optionally you can bundle it with a case for $72~… For many more new specials, check their latest Black Friday specials…
Storage and backups on the go, the USB flash drives can be. The 128GB PNY Turbo USB 3.0 Flash Drive, model P-FD128TBOP-GE, is currently on sale for $25 at Amazon by Amazon itself. Limit one per customer. If you try to adjust the quantity in the shopping cart, the shopping cart will grab you by the ear 🙂 The usual free shipping terms apply (2-day Prime or with a $35+ non-Prime). This is standard size USB flash drive.
Speaking of PNY, a total of 11 PNY memory cards are on sale at Amazon featuring SD and microSDs. The SDs are 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB.
In other storage related sales, Amazon has a sale of 15 Sandisk products featuring SSDs, SD, microSD cards and flash drives (both regular and wireless). Of the Ultra SD cards, the 64GB Class 10 SDXC UHS-I goes for $25.60 (limit 5) and the 128GB Class 10 SDXC UHS-I goes for $52.39 (limit 5). These go up to 80MB/sec transfer speeds. They are elementproofs with a 10 year warranty.
There’s also the previously mentioned 128GB microSDs for $40. In an ideal world all these would have been rounded up in a single post, but we are now entering the Chaos and Disorder of Black Friday season 🙂
And now we resume our countdown to the madness, posting deals here, while in parallel updating the Black Friday Ads breakdown. We start with a few 128GB microSD memory card sales, of interest for phones, tablets, and some of the newer smaller digital cameras and action cameras that take microSD instead of full-size SD. The Samsungs come with a full-size SD adapter. Both PNY and Samsung are of the element-proof variety.
+ 128GB Samsung EVO microSDXC for $40 (limit 3)
+ 128GB PNY microSDXC for $40
+ 64GB Samsung EVO Class 10 MicroSDXC for $17 (limit 3)
+ 128GB Corsair USB 3.0 Slider Flash drive for $38 (limit 5) or 64GB for $20 (limit 3)
UPDATE: oops, I forgot to add this one to the list, the 200GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC is on sale for $100 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself (limit 5) and also at Adorama. It comes with a full SD adapter. Interesting that they went from 128GB to 200GB instead of 256GB.
These daily deals expired…
The 256GB SDXC memory cards are becoming more and more mainstream in terms of bang for the buck, especially compared to the 512GB which are early-adopter price-levels. So the 256GB PNY Elite Performance UHS-I U3 SDXC, model P-SDX256U395-GE, is on sale for $80 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon herself with a limit of four per customer… It has the same price per GB as the 128GB version which goes for $40, and the 64GB which goes for $20. Use the tabs there to see the different options. This too is one of the “proof” (Reliable & Durable: Magnet Proof, Shock Proof, Temperature Proof, Waterproof) memory cards.
The 64GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Memory Card (model SDSDXPB-064G-A46), with elementproof-ness and up to 250MB/sec Write and up to 280MB/sec read is on sale for $100 with free shipping, while the 32GB version of that (model SDSDXPB-032G-A46) is on sale for $60 with free shipping at B&H Photo. Offer ends 11/25/15 PM or earlier if sold out… For more B&H action, check their pre Black Friday sales…
On the 2.5-inch SSD front, Amazon has a sale on select Sandisk Ultra II SSDs. The 960GB model (SDSSDHII-960G-G25) goes for $200 with free shipping, while the 480GB goes for $110 with free shipping. Limit five per item per customer… Optionally for +$20 more you can buy the SSD with “Concierge Service”, Sandisk customer support will help you install it (more details).
UPDATE: the 960GB SSD is also going for $200 by NewEgg on eBay (limit 5).
With holiday travel and more photo-ops, more storage may be needed. If so, help is on the way at the Trending eBay Deals, where NewEgg’s eBay store is offering the new condition 2TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim USB 3.0 Portable External HDD for $70 with free shipping. It is available in four different colors with a limit of five per customer. If you are fond of color-coded back-ups, it’s a party 🙂 Over 1200 units got sold so far.
This looks like it has been price-matched at Amazon by Amazon itself where it is available in five different colors with a limit of five per color (not sure if it’s five per color or five total)… UPDATE: it looks like it is five per color, I added five of two different colors and it shows a $700 total (ten times $70), however I did not place the order, so I don’t know if there’s a snag there. This is poor blog, can’t be buying things by the ton like Consumer Reports just for testing purposes 🙂
While we are on the topic of storage, Best Buy’s eBay store is offering the new condition 5TB WD My Book External USB 3.0 Hard Drive in the black color scheme for $120 with free shipping with a limit of one per customer.
As of a 11/23/15 PM re-check, the 5TB Seagate is sold out and cannot be ordered at that price…
Speaking of storage related matters, the 64GB Sony Class 10 UHS-1/U3 SDXC, model SF64UZ/TQN, up to 95MB/s, is on sale for $38 with free shipping with a limit of ten per customer.
A total of 25 Samsung SD and microSD memory cards in the PRO* and EVO* designations are on sale at Adorama with storage capacities ranging from 16GB to 128GB. Samsung is color-coding their different kinds, so you get black (PRO+) and grey (PRO) and orange (EVO) and red (EVO+). Shockingly none of them are named Galaxy (yet) 🙂 Offer ends 12/5/15 or earlier for any that sell out.
These daily deals expired…
If you are a fan of the Sandisk Extreme Pro C10 UHS-3 SDXC memory cards, the 64GB version of that line-up, model SDSDXPA-064G-X46, is on sale for $44 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer at Amazon by Amazon herself. You have the option of frustration-free packaging or standard packaging (or you can mix and match by adding different quantities of each to your shopping cart).
Adorama has a new Sandisk Extreme sale featuring mostly CompactFlash and SD* memory cards of the Extreme, Extreme Pro and Extreme Plus designation. There is also a lone Ultra. Capacities range from 16GB to 256GB with a total of 24 cards participating. Sale ends 11/25/15.
UPDATE: there is also a Sandisk Extreme Pro sale of 14 SD and Compactflash cards at B&H Photo with capacities ranging from 16GB to 512GB.
UPDATE #2: speaking of memory cards, B&H has a sale on Delkin storage (15 options).
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