"Extreme " for a reason (Page 2): Good to know. In the future I will look for those marked as waterproof. But I plan on ALWAYS checking my pockets now.

edstubbs Loc: East Coast; 1st state, Delaware

jerryc41 wrote:

Cards have gone through a wash cycle "naked" and survived. Many of them are advertised as being waterproof.

There have been stories of P&S cameras that were lost at sea for months, and pictures were recovered from their SD cards.

Good to know. In the future I will look for those marked as waterproof. But I plan on ALWAYS checking my pockets now.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

edstubbs wrote:

But I plan on ALWAYS checking my pockets now.

Good idea. I've "laundered money" when I didn't check my pockets.

Geofw Loc: Thornton Cleveleys UK

I got tired of loosing cards so bought a couple of media holsters and attach them to my camera strap, All I have to do is to remember to put spare cards in them! http://optechusa.com/media-holsters.html.

edstubbs wrote:

I use SanDisk Extreme SDHC class 10 cards for my d... (show quote)

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Geofw wrote:

I got tired of loosing cards so bought a couple of media holsters and attach them to my camera strap, All I have to do is to remember to put spare cards in them! http://optechusa.com/media-holsters.html.

That link doesn't work.

Geofw Loc: Thornton Cleveleys UK

Sorry Jerry I just cut and pasted the link.
Try this http://www.amazon.com/OP-TECH-USA-Media-Holsters/dp/B00011CS0S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409488074&sr=8-1&keywords=media+holsters
Geofw

jerryc41 wrote:

That link doesn't work.

jkm757 Loc: San Diego, Ca.

edstubbs wrote:

I use SanDisk Extreme SDHC class 10 cards for my d... (show quote)

It's good to know I'm not the only one to do that. Except that when I did it the card wasn't in the plastic case. That was over a year ago when it happened and the card still works to this day.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

edstubbs wrote:

I use SanDisk Extreme SDHC class 10 cards for my d... (show quote)

One thing to remember about electronics. With small pieces like an SD card, as long as there' no current running through them when they get wet and then are allowed to dry completely there should be no crossing of circuits which causes shorts and thus ruins the workings.

I'd say you're lucky but I'd also say this is pretty normal, wet, completely dry, should work.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Haydon wrote:

You should love this short torture test performed by DigitalRev with the Sandisk Extreme SDHC card.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Zr6YwI8JUvI

I really like that guy :D
Good information, well presented, with chuckles and laughs throughout.

edstubbs wrote:

After I washed my pants and then put them in the dryer I found a card when I took them out of the dryer.
I was very surprised and happy when I inserted my card into my computer and all the photos showed up and the card continues to work. Extreme for a reason or just plain lucky.

My other thought was - perhaps you need a more 'vigorous' washing machine ?? :D

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

redhogbill wrote:

WIFE!!!! I wash my own cloths!!! she puts whites in with colored towels! I finally wore out my last pair of pink boxers!!!

A cup of Clorox will help get the pink out. Of course better not to pink them up to begin with.

Fortunately my wife knows how to wash clothes, clean, iron, sew and cook. But I still know how to do the same things just as well from my mother teaching her three sons years ago. It helps to know how to do chores.

Dennis

cosmo54 Loc: Easton, PA but will travel for photos

redhogbill wrote:

WIFE!!!! I wash my own cloths!!! she puts whites in with colored towels! I finally wore out my last pair of pink boxers!!!

And have you ever thought that maybe she did that on purpose?? :-)

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

dpullum wrote:

If you are traveling light then do not wear pants.... (show quote)

"women always check the pockets of pants for" where did you get that idea? I've been married for 31 years and she leaves coins, kleenex tissues, and pens in both my and her clothing. Luckily no photo filters, thumb drives or SD cards yet. We are both forgetful of "trivia" at times.

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

dennis2146 wrote:

A cup of Clorox will help get the pink out.

Be cautious with bleach, it may dissolve the ink on the card.

JaiGieEse Loc: Foxworth, MS

Nice to know that SD cards may survive a washing. However. a cell phone won't. Ask my step=daughter. From my own experience, hopping into a swimming pool with with a cell phone in your pocket is also not advisable. Generally yields an expensive paper-weight.

redhogbill Loc: antelope, calif

cosmo54 wrote:

And have you ever thought that maybe she did that on purpose?? :-)

hhhmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!

redhogbill Loc: antelope, calif

dennis2146 wrote:

A cup of Clorox will help get the pink out. Of course better not to pink them up to begin with.

Fortunately my wife knows how to wash clothes, clean, iron, sew and cook. But I still know how to do the same things just as well from my mother teaching her three sons years ago. It helps to know how to do chores.

Dennis

It helps to know how to do chores.

I've been single more times that I can count!! but!! I finally found a keeper!!!!!!