--- title: Someone stress-tested just under 300 SD cards over three... description: A Reddit user on r/raspberry_pi ran a three-year endurance test on 284 of their 351 microSD cards and shared brand-level durability rankings. PNY, Kingston,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/someone-stress-tested-just-under-300-sd-cards-over-three-years-and-the-results-are-surprising-pkopsfc0m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Someone stress-tested just under 300 SD cards over three years, and the results are surprising | daily.dev og:description: A Reddit user on r/raspberry_pi ran a three-year endurance test on 284 of their 351 microSD cards and shared brand-level durability rankings. PNY, Kingston,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/someone-stress-tested-just-under-300-sd-cards-over-three-years-and-the-results-are-surprising-pkopsfc0m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PkopSFC0M.png og:image:alt: Someone stress-tested just under 300 SD cards over three years, and the results are surprising og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Someone stress-tested just under 300 SD cards over three years, and the results are surprising **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Reddit user on r/raspberry_pi ran a three-year endurance test on 284 of their 351 microSD cards and shared brand-level durability rankings. PNY, Kingston, Delkin Devices, Lexar, and Samsung came out as the most durable consumer brands, with Amazon Basics as an honorable mention. onn, ADATA, Gigastone, Micro Center, and Silicon Power ranked least durable, with SanDisk singled out as a dishonorable mention: of 28 SanDisk cards tested, only 5 still work, several dying under conditions other brands handled fine. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Which SD card brands are most reliable based on long-term endurance testing? PNY, Kingston, Delkin Devices, Lexar, and Samsung ranked as the most durable consumer-grade microSD card brands, with Amazon Basics receiving an honorable mention, based on a three-year endurance test of 284 cards out of 351 owned by a Raspberry Pi community member. The least durable were onn, ADATA, Gigastone, Micro Center, and Silicon Power/SP, with SanDisk singled out as a dishonorable mention. _Comparing storage hardware before a build? daily.dev surfaces real-world reliability testing like this microSD card study._ ### How did SanDisk microSD cards perform in long-term reliability testing? SanDisk performed surprisingly poorly in a three-year endurance test: of 28 SanDisk cards tested, only 5 were still functioning, and one of those was failing. Many SanDisk cards died under conditions that cards from other brands handled without issue, despite SanDisk's reputation as a trusted consumer storage brand. _Choosing storage for a Raspberry Pi or embedded project? daily.dev tracks findings like this SanDisk reliability data._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I ditched 2TB SSD upgrade plan for a 1TB microSD card, and the speed difference matters way less than I expected](https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-2tb-ssd-upgrade-plan-for-a-1tb-microsd-card-and-the-speed-difference-matters-way-less-tha-do9xmtidn) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site — 12 stills and nine videos have been recovered, but none from the fateful OceanGate implosion](https://daily.dev/posts/tragic-titan-submersible-s-62-sandisk-memory-card-found-undamaged-at-wreckage-site-12-stills-and--ojell2bjd) · Hacker News · 15 upvotes · 3 comments - [Hold on to Your Hardware](https://daily.dev/posts/hold-on-to-your-hardware-9nqouzuov) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#storage](https://daily.dev/tags/storage), [#raspberry-pi](https://daily.dev/tags/raspberry-pi) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/someone-stress-tested-just-under-300-sd-cards-over-three-years-and-the-results-are-surprising-pkopsfc0m) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Someone stress-tested just under 300 SD cards over three years, and the results are surprising","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/someone-stress-tested-just-under-300-sd-cards-over-three-years-and-the-results-are-surprising-pkopsfc0m","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/someone-stress-tested-just-under-300-sd-cards-over-three-years-and-the-results-are-surprising-pkopsfc0m"},"datePublished":"2026-08-18T05:26:13.959Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:42:35.084Z","description":"A Reddit user on r/raspberry_pi ran a three-year endurance test on 284 of their 351 microSD cards and shared brand-level durability rankings. 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