Smart and Friendly CD Recorders

Pros: CHEAP! Easy to install.
Cons: Slow, can't use clone CD

I went out looking for a recorder with very little change in my pocket. All the CD-Rs were above $200! Holy crap! That's a lot for a 4x4x24! The HP's line was over $300 for decent recorders. Then I saw it, the beautifully crafted Smart and Friendly...

Pros: price, quality of cds made, speed
Cons: $35 for customer service(thats kind of dumb)

I purchased the Smart and Friendly CD Rewriter about a year ago. I wanted a burner because I have so many MP3's and I wanted to make my own mixes. Well it was around Christmas and their was a great deal on a CD Burner, it was called Smart and Friendly...

Pros: easy to intall
Cons: out of business

I wanted the cheapest 4X4X24 I could get, and that is what I got. I bought the 4424A not knowing that the company went bust. The installation went flawless and the first time I used it nothing went wrong. The second time was not successful, I got a...

Pros: Lower Price than HP , appears to have nice bundle at first
Cons: Out of box experience failed, unreliable and inconsistent, software is weaker than they claim

I wish I'd bought an HP. Especially since I could have used all the money I have wasted on blank media that sits in the bottom of my trash can to purchase the nicest model on the market.

Smart and Friendly software bundle is slightly out of...

Pros: none
Cons: everything

I'll tell you this much: çrap, çrap and more çrap is what this product amounts to. I have a lot of computer and electronic experience, and this product, the CD•SpeedWriter Plus 4224 just fails. I purchased it last year in October and have nothing but...

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: Excellent performance, software bundle, and comes with a SCSI card
Cons: It doesn't come with packet-writing software like Adaptec DirectCD

If you're looking for a cadillac CD-RW, don't pass up this package. Let me tell you why it was easy for me to get this drive:

First of all, the bundle. It didn't just come with the basics. This package came with 1) The drive, 2) the 50-pin...

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: Hahaha
Cons: EVERYTHING

You are a complete moron if, after reading this review, you purchase a Smart & Friendly ANYTHING. Their products suck. Take this advice from me, a person with a fair degree of computer/electricity knowledge. The company is a complete mess. They are...

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: Good gear
Cons: No tech support because co. went out of business

I have owned a CD Rocket 8X for a little over a year and I have been VERY happy with it. I mean really delighted. BUT...and I do mean BUT, it has been having trouble writing CD's over the last couple of weeks and now I can't write anything on it. The...

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: 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: Good price, easy installation and setup
Cons: Bundled software lacking

I purchased a 6x4x24x last fall and found the installation and setup to be very easy. I did not have to change any jumpers and it was recognized right away by my PC. It has been very reliable for me. I have burned a few coasters but they were due to...

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...