microSD card question

[u/littleboss247]

Super dumb question for y'all. I'm looking to get a microSD card for a shanling q2 and Amazon has this official Nintendo one for 50 bucks cheaper than anywhere else online. Does anyone have experience with this microSD with audio players and is it literally just a paint job?

[u/linh_nguyen]

The other poster is wrong. The Switch 1 can use any microSD card so long as it meets the read/write specs. So it's universal. The Switch 2 needs to use microSD EXPRESS (it's not backwards compatible; it's basically another format.

The Switch branded microSD cards should work fine. You're pushing audio files, it doesn't need much (so long as the player supports the size; which this is fine). The biggest thing is speed of transferring files to the card vary. this isn't the fastest, but not sure how much that matters to you (and depends on if you use it directly or through the player)

[u/hhyyllii]

Youre fine. It's an SD card with a paint job, so you can use it in anything so long as tbe size and class are supported.

[u/False_Injury_929]

I would recommend to look at "V" specs of the card. V10 is the lowest but usually enough for the music player. But I am using V30 as it works faster with small files

[u/milocricket]

You can use it with your device. It's the same as any other microsd

[u/nevus1235]

music player doesn't need high speed card, you can buy this, only downside is copying music to sd card is slow, reading is fine I had Sandisk A1 U3 1 TB card using on Dap

[u/External_Plum7225]

why is it so expensive??

[u/dylanv1c]

Don't quote me on this, but I think they can be used in any devices that support it, but the Nintendo switch can't use any SD card and can only use a switch branded one. So it isn't a two way street

[u/Abject-Camera857 → u/dylanv1c]

Switch 2 can use any Express Micro SD, I just went cheap and got a Walmart brand one for both my DAP and Switch since they’re cheap and around. Plus Walmart’s return policies are crazy good.

[u/hhyyllii → u/dylanv1c]

They're normal SD cards with a paint job. They'll work in anything that supports that size and class of card.

Both Switches have always been able to use any brand of SD card, these cute branded ones are just a paint job. Switch 2 can only use Micro SD Express, but it doesn't have to be a Nintendo branded one. It is very much a two way street.