Smart and Friendly CD Recorders

Pros: Inexpensive, Reliable
Cons: Not quite professional feeling

My experiences with Smart and Friendly have been very good.

First, all of their products from CD recorders to blank CDR discs are among the least expensive that I have found. Though I bought these products with low expectations, I have...

Pros: Very Very Fast
Cons: None at the time

Hello, From the first day I bought this item I knew it was going to be great. I had an 8x cdrw by HP it was great but a little too slow. It took about 15 mins a CDR. With this great piece of machine, it takes about 3 mins. Now that is an gargantuous...

Pros: Very reliable, fast, easy installation, more choice (you can get it without CD-RW)
Cons: The company is out of business, so you can't get any repairs

I got my Smart and Friendly CD burner last Christmas. I didn't think I would need a CD-RW, just a CD-R, so when I saw the Smart and Friendly CD-R 8020 CD Rocket SE, it seemed like the best buy. It was an 8x20x internal CD-R burner (the fastest I had...

Pros: The smart and friendly is reasonably priced and a good solid drive.
Cons: CD-RW's are still a new technology and not yet perfected.

I started my CD-RW experience with a Smart and Friendly CD-RW 226 SCSI. SCSI was new to me as were CD-RW's. It took a bit of trouble shooting with the SCSI card (Adaptec 2910)to get my computer to recognize it. Once the SCSI card was installed...

Pros: Cheap
Cons: System Conflicts, Inadequate Documentation

Ever since I bought the TurboWriter RW from Smart and Friendly, I have had nothing but problems. I am kicking myself for not paying a bit more for a drive that works. The first time that I installed the drive, it had a conflict with my network card, so I...

Pros: Reliable and quick CD-R writing at 4x.
Cons: No packet writing capability; Flip-down front cover.

I received a Smart And Friendly CD SpeedWriter Plus as a birthday gift last year, and I am fairly happy with it. Originally purchased at $110, the price is right. Its plentiful 2-Megabyte buffer can prevent most cases of buffer problems. It comes...

Pros: Low cost, easy to install, easy to use
Cons: could I get an 8 speed for that price please

Do you want a GREAT CD-RW (write/rewrite) burner, that is easy to set up, works terrific, has an EIDE interface and has a low price? Then the Smart and Friendly CDRW 4424A is the burner for you. It has a 4 speed write, 4 speed re-write, 24 speed read...

Pros: Fast, Smart, SCSI, Bus mastered
Cons: Expensive

These are high quality cd burners. THey run on a PCI SCSI card, and are very fast. I was able to talk someone throught the installation of one over the phone. The good thing about it running on SCSI is that it is completely bus mastered this will enable...

Pros: Easy to install, speedy
Cons: Tech Support, software package

I brought the CD TurboWriter RW in December 1999. I did not used the software that came with it. Since, it was an outdated version of Adaptec's Easy CD Creator v3.5 with date June 1999 on it, but I updated it to the latest version on Adaptec web site, I...

Pros: easy to install and easier to use
Cons: CDRW are still expensive but slowly coming down in price

When i bought my new computer I had to have a CD RW as I do a lot of high end graphic work and it eats up hard disk space. When i researched the different brands I found that the old adage what you get is what you pay for is not necessarily true in the...

Pros: Fast, No underruns, good software
Cons: If it breaks in half..you own both halves..support is near non-existent

I own a Speedwriter Plus. The drive did a great job at first. It did not create one coaster out of numerous burns. However, the drive failed within 4 months. It was extremely difficult to get tech support for an RMA. After finally receiving a...

Pros: Makes excellent copies of music CD's and data files.
Cons: Software has limitations not pointed out clearly on the box.

I bought a Smart and Friendly CD Speedwriter RW (Internal 4x 4x 24x CD-Recorder SAF756) last month and have had no real problems with it. The Adaptec Easy CD Creator software that is package with it allows you to copy music CD’s simply by dragging and...

Pros: Create audio CD's, and Data CD's at ease
Cons: none

This is a great product! I purchased the CD Racer because i wanted to make my own music CD's, and make backup copies of my software. It does all the jobs i want it to, and more. No hassle, i even installed it myself. The Easy CD Creator software it uses...

Pros: Everything about the device
Cons: none I have found

Smart and friendly CD-R/RW's are the nicest cd recorders I have ever used because the are easy to use and are equipt with great recording software that is quite easy to use compared to other programs. I purchased a smart and friendly drive a few weeks...

Pros: Good value - works very well
Cons: Kinda slow for those who want to make a lot of copies

This is a 2x/2x/24x CD-ROM Rewritable drive which means it writes CD-R's and CD-RW's at 2x, and it reads CDs at 24x. It is fairly slow for people who want to make a lot of copies of a CD, but those who just want to make a few copies, it is pretty good....