E-waste from the factory: card unusable because faulty designed

Got the card about a year ago half to buy for my Lumix TZ10, where they respect the other reviewers often criticized read / write speed whatsoever solid (read: without the photographing and filming to be a source of error) worked.

Another aspect disturbs however serious: The slider on the side with which one puts the card in the LOCK mode, is designed with so little resistance that he is active when you insert the card in the camera or PC by itself. By pushing the card into the appropriate slot on the device is the controller of the card, which pushed up the UNLOCK mode is downward, that is pushed to the LOCK position. Result: The camera logs correctly, the SD card is write-protected and can therefore not save it. A down-copying the data on the PC is therefore not possible either. For a while, the error could be even avoided if the card has been inserted very gently and with great feeling, but now is also no longer possible because the mechanism - has become even more sensitive and locks at the slightest touch - apparently due to wear.

After less than six months and perhaps use 1000 frames in my opinion more than annoying! For users who are more likely to leave the card in the device and connect it via USB to the computer, it may not seem so bad. For people who like to nocht constantly carry around a USB cable to be true: No buy recommendation! I for one will be final in the mud are now entering the bin.