Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Picture Keeper is a great item for anyone not wanting to go through the process of backing up photos. This is basically a flash drive with some programming that makes it easier to do it. Many might say it would be cheaper and just as easy to backup to a regular flash drive, and that might be true for some. However, when I started using this product a couple years ago, I had pictures in many different folders in many different locations on my computer. Some pictures were duplicated in several folders for different reasons, some intentionally, some unintentionally. I had over 10000 pictures, so copying to a flash drive was a huge undertaking initially. Plus, the idea of backing up every time I added new photos to my computer, which is quite often, did not appeal to me. So, I tried one of these. It worked great! It was simple and did not take much time on my part at all...just a few minutes. I used up a 16 on that first go around and purchased another. The actual back up took over an hour, but I just left and come back when it was done. When backing up to the next one, the programming on the PK did all the work of determining which pictures have already been backed up and then only backed up new items. I was thrilled! Recently I purchased a third one and had a bit of trouble with it. It is the version 2, and my first two PKs were version 1. If you have an older version and are buying a new version to continue backing up new pictures, CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE FIRST because there could be some issues with updating all of your previous PKs. Basically, I had to reset all of my previous PKs and re-backup everything. I still had all of my pictures on my computer, so that wasn't a problem for me. Customer service is great though and will walk you through what needs to be done. Do not try to reset before you call though as there may be a simpler way than this. At first I was a bit annoyed, but after it was all done, I am very happy. For one thing, the new programming recognizes duplicates, so it won't back up the same picture more than once. I went from needing three 16s to only using 1.5 16s. So now I have an empty third one to use in the future. Second, it is even easier to use and has some additional features that make it friendlier with other applications. It is snazzy! I would also like to mention, that the estimated number of pictures each PK holds differs depending on the size of your pictures. My PK 16 held 8800 pictures, not the maximum 16000.