ThePhotoStick 8 GB

Easy to use

First of all, I was very excited to get this item as my pictures are a mess. I had no idea how big to get, so I purchased the small one. I inserted it and it started working immediately it said there were 192 duplicates. I'm sure there are duplicates. I thought fir some reason that the photo stick would put them together so I could take care of the duplicates . That didn't happen. Then the message came up that I needed another photo stick because I didn't have room on the photo stick I had in there to finish. It indicated a small amount, way less than what had already been sorted through. The message said that I needed to order another one which I did. I ordered the small one again which was all I needed. I inserted the new one and instantly, the message came up that it was full and I needed another one. That is where the problem lies. There is no way I need another one. I didn't write down the numbers from the screen on both items. I just know that the first one's numbers were accurate and the second one which is what I ordered from amazon was not. If it continues like I was under the impression it would do, there should have been some sort of ending with some if the help I was expecting. I am very unhappy and I wasn't able to find any phone number to call at The Photo Stick.

Saves space on computer

Tried a cheaper (copycat) version of the Photo Stick. No comparison. I love my photo Stick. This one does exactly what it says. Insert it and go. The cheaper versions are just glorified flash drives where you have to download software to get them to work. What a hassle. Photo Stick is the bomb!

Sorry to say, but it was NOT easy to install or use. In fact, it changed the settings on my computer and I could not restore it. I got help from an experienced IT professional and it then worked only as a regular thumb drive and would not skip duplicates which is the only reason I ordered it. VERY disappointed. Will see if I can still return it.

I love it! It worked as expected. I have shredded box after box of pictures and now they are all digitized.

If you want your hard drives back up, OK. However, since all iPhone photos are sent to iCloud or Google drive, and these are not backed up by the device, it is less than useful, in my opinion. Furthermore, I see no way to back up, clean up original drives, and then copy back to them. Back up, Yes, Dupes left off, Yes, but then you have to hand-go through original drives, know where photos came from, delete DIR and copy back from this device. I am underwhelmed.

Price was important as I needed two of them. Package size allowed delivery to my mailbox rather than leaving them on the porch. Easy to use so I didn't need to block out time for learning. I took standard delivery as there was no pressing need.