I ordered this rewinder because the idea of it made sense. Why let my camera do the grunt-work? The maxell wasn't the cheapest, but still pretty cheap, and even tho the reviews were not favorable, I tend to have good luck with stuff so I figured, why not me? And I could save $30 over the more expensive rewinders. Upon attempting to use it, I experienced exactly what some other customers experienced: the "rewind" button stuck down, the thing tried to eat my tape, and it never did anything remotely electrical besides niftily remove about $17 from my wallet. If you think you need one of these, send me your $17 and I'll send you a CD I don't like instead. Your chances of being pleased with your purchase is much higher.