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| Sima Hitch USB-101 Digital Transfer System | 
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| Brand: Sima
Category: Photography
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $19.99
You Save: $180.00 (90%)
New (4) Used (5) from $18.89
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Color: WHITE/BLACK
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 1 x 3 x 4
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 90 days warranty
MPN: USB-101
Model: USB-101
UPC: 018359183237
EAN: 0018359183237
ASIN: B000F9LRYY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Did exactly what I wanted. July 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have a JVC 120 GB camcorder and it hold up to 10hr of HD quality video. I wanted a way to transfer the file off the camera and onto a portable HD so I wouldn't have to take a computer with me. Here are some pointers for those of you who wish to do the same.
1. The Hitch only puts out 500mAH at each port. Most of the portable HD come with a dual USB cable. One is for data and power and the other is for extra power if needed. The only portable HD that ran on one USB plug was the Maxtor One Touch 4 mini. The other portable HD I tested were Simpletech Black cherry and Western Digital's Passport.
2. Make sure the HD are formatted to FAT32. Every single portable HD came formatted NTFS. The hitch doesn't recognize this format.
The Portable HD of choice is the Maxtor One touch 4 Mini. It only need 1 USB port and it is also the cheapest of all the drives (when I purchased it). The Simpletech did work if both USB plugs were in use and the Western Digital locked up the Hitch.
Oh, one other thing this will be useful for is charging batteries. While it doesn't work with the Zune, it does charge it and it will also charge any other device that charges through a USB port.
While it isn't the most necessary device out there, it did do what I wanted it to do.
 Not reliable... June 25, 2008
I bought a couple of 4GB Sandisk Ultra II SD cards and this to go along with an existing 60GB USB hard drive and my Nikon D40 camera, thinking I'd have enough storage to shoot my vacation pictures in RAW format. I filled up the first 4GB card and set it overnight to transfer to my hard disk. The next morning, I was surprised to discover that not only had it not finished copying (even at USB 1.0 low-speed, it should have taken less than 8 hours...), it had frozen up and was no longer making progress. (I let it sit for a while to confirm...) When I finally gave up on it, I pulled up the hard disk on a computer and found that while the first few images were fine, all of the later images had garbled filenames and were completely unusable.
When you consider the cost of this device, and add on the > $30 I spent getting a place in Paris to transfer my memory cards to DVD, I could have just bought enough more SD cards to get me through the trip.
I am extremely disappointed by this device.
(I will note that for small transfers, it does seem to work. And contrary to previous reviews, it DOES recognize USB hard drives, though you have to make sure they're FAT formated and not NTFS or Mac. Nevertheless, a device like this that cannot be trusted to do its job reliably is pretty much worthless.)
Misleading March 31, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this planning to do some camera/ iPod transfers. I am a Mac user. Nowhere on the package did it tell you what a little slip of paper inside, and later the manual, told you -- that to work with Mac-formatted iPods, you had to first connect to a PC, reformat it, thereby losing everything on it, and then connect to back to Mac. This, of course, is absurd, in that a Mac user probably doesn't have a PC to connect to to begin with. I called Sima, who took my name and phone and said they'd call back. Still waiting. Mac users, save your money.
Not that great... January 31, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I ordered the SIMA Hitch and attempted to transfer data from one 60GB iPod to a new 160GB iPod, it didn't work. I called the customer service and they were not particulaly helpful at all. I ultimatley returned the device.
Sima Hitch Slow and Missing Quality February 16, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
When you hold a Ipod in your hand you can feel the quality built into the unit. But pick up the Sima Hitch and you immeditately get the feeling that they skimped everywhere they could to build this thing.
The first unit I got through Amazon was DOA on arrival in it's sealed box. The vendor took his sweet time to get back to me.
I called Sima and they were very accomodating, I shipped the product to them and they returned it and they replaced it with a brand new unit.
The Unit does NOT work on all USB devices as advertised - USB HARD DRIVES are ignored and unrecognized.
The wheel is cheeply made and I dont think it will be long before it breaks.
The Transfers are SLOW at best.
My Recommendation, wait and see if they come out with a Hitch 2.0
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