SD to SD backup device?

[mikexbarnes]

Shortly I'm going to be cycle touring for 6-12 months with infrequent access to computers. Last time I was away I copied photos from my camera directly to my Ipod with a cool little interface device, it worked really well. Though I did have trouble with the ipod and it does risk being stolen.

This time round I was thinking that since sd is so cheap now I could just clone my camera card each day on to a backup card. That way the photos are stored in two places, so if my cam gets stolen I may still have my photos and also if the card fails I have a backup.

Does anyone know of a small light device that I could copy photos from one sd card to another?

Cheers

[nathanbarlow]

if you're going to be buying more cards, it would be better just to have lots of small ones, then if disaster hits a card, only a few images are shot.

ALternatively, a cheap netbook might be a better idea. You can get one for like $300 which would be good enough for backup, albeit a bit slow to copy (low CPU and ram usually). Bonus is you can see the images on a larger (yes yes, its still small though) screen than on the camera, and maybe even do some simple editing and upload to net if you can get a connection via mobile or hostel.