Hey, this works! I'm using it right now to write this review. It is ideal read your own cards and to, if you want to check your own file security and the capability of cracking your personnal informations. It is compatible with Windows but it also works with Linux and Mac. There's no concs at all... Hey, this works! I'm using it right now to write this review. It is ideal read your own cards and to, if you want to check your own file security and the capability of cracking your personnal informations. It is compatible with Windows but it also works with Linux and Mac. There's no concs at all but If I known It was that good I would have buy the onewho write. Looks a bit fragile. Price a bit high but if you compare you win for sure with the other prices. The best thing about this is what you can do with it. Use it for illegal use only if you do try to hack you will loose. Read more

Easy to use, just plug it in and swipe your card. Input is simply done as a USB keyboard. Works perfectly under Windows and Linux. Non-slip rubber feet on the bottom mean the reader is unlikely to fall off your desk. Lightweight and well constructed. Larger than typical swipe card readers you'll... Easy to use, just plug it in and swipe your card. Input is simply done as a USB keyboard. Works perfectly under Windows and Linux. Non-slip rubber feet on the bottom mean the reader is unlikely to fall off your desk. Lightweight and well constructed. Larger than typical swipe card readers you'll see used in shops or security systems. Manual provided in Chinese. I couldn't read it, but have managed to operate the reader fine without it, the use is very intuitive. Output from the reader is usually the card identifier with a bit of padding on each side, this varies slightly depending on the standard used on the card. A very good product, if you're trying to do anything computer based reading swipe cards, this will work well. Read more

Cheap, good for development. plug'n'play. Smooth metal bottom so cards won't wear down the reader or the other way around. visual indicator for powered on (red diode always on), getting ready/installing(green diode blinking) and swipe/read state (green diode on). Audio indicator for successful of... Cheap, good for development. plug'n'play. Smooth metal bottom so cards won't wear down the reader or the other way around. visual indicator for powered on (red diode always on), getting ready/installing(green diode blinking) and swipe/read state (green diode on). Audio indicator for successful swipe(beep). Works out of the box on Linux and Windows It's light in weight. Rubber feet are not preventing movement on table/surface. Swipe-speed should be fast. a gentle swipe won't register Instructions only in Chinese (not required for the USB version though). Could be cheaper If many swipes are needed during the day, this product requires some modification by replacing rubberfeet to something better and/or possibility to fasten to surface. This is a very good product for testing and development. If it is used in a store it needs to be handled with care for it to last a long time. I was spooked by a previous owner who had problems with it on a Mac, but this works just as well for me on Linux and Windows as a device priced as 10x more in a metal casing. Read more

Well built Not Macintosh compatible I was unable to get this card reader to work with a MacBook running 10.6, Windows XP in Parallels on said MacBook, or an eMac running 10.5. In each scenario, the yellow light never stopped blinking and swiping a card never produced any output. I experienced the... Well built Not Macintosh compatible I was unable to get this card reader to work with a MacBook running 10.6, Windows XP in Parallels on said MacBook, or an eMac running 10.5. In each scenario, the yellow light never stopped blinking and swiping a card never produced any output. I experienced the same results with Debian Linux on an Eee PC. By contrast, it worked first try on a Windows 7 box. I expected this to behave as a simple keyboard and am surprised to find it only working under Windows. I'm not sure what it's waiting for, to complete its initialization process. Read more