Side by Side Comparison of: VUPOINT vs VuPoint Solutions vs SanDisk vs Case Star

Incredible item! Some things you need to be saving for posterity are too big for your printer/flatbed scanner and this wand fills the gap. From artwork, pictures, books, you can scan and save it all. Separately buy a micro SD (which can be used with other things like cameras, computers, etc.) which spreads the cost, since micro SDs usually come with a standard size adapter. When I first tried to use the Wand I was not getting good results: Saw only a small slice of my document. I called the really great customer service and found out I was scanning TOO SLOWLY!. Took about 1 minute to explain and figure out. Thanks, VuPoint. Also you get the really valuable Paper Port software for scanning, searching and organizing documents. I used to work with this type of software before I retired, and I really missed it, but not now. Also included is a USB cable for connection to a computer, a cleaning cloth, batteries, and a storage bag for the Wand. I am impressed, so much so that I am buying two others for Christmas gifts. And, no, I am not an employee of this company LOL. It is just a very good product that meets my needs.

When I got my first VuPoint portable scanner wand as a gift, I wasn't sure what to do with it. It turned out to be excellent for saving documents at work, where I don't have access to a copier or scanner. It was also handy for scanning magazine or newspaper items, since you just roll it over them rather than feed the paper through it, When it wore out after several years of regular use, I had to replace it.

The new VuPoint scanner I have works just as easily, running off two "AA" batteries. It connects via the included cable to a USB port. Scans are saved on a Micro SD card (not included) and I can open them into an image editing program to trim edges. (I use Paint.) I do wish it had the monochrome setting of my older model, which could create smaller files for e-mailing, but it gives excellent results on any reasonably smooth, flat surface.

The scanner, along with its connector cable, fits in the included drawstring pouch, and I carry it in a pack with my laptop for work.
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I bought it thinking that I could go to the clerk's office and copy the genealogical records to put on the computer, but although the clerks at the Smyth County Courthouse in VA can make copies for fifty cents a page, they maintain that a handheld scanner will damage the books. Since then, I've hand copied everything; it's slower but the spite value is tremendous.
I use the VuPoint for scanning old family photos and letters, though, and it works like a dream.

Spent 5 minutes reading instructions and this great little scanner made short work of scanning receipts I needed to email to my employer!! I love it!! I didn't use the software included, I simply uploaded to Windows Live Photo Gallery (created a "receipts" folder in Pictures first) and magically I had JPG files of my receipts. I rotated to right-side-up the receipt that got scanned upside-down - easy as pie. I didn't use the card adapater, I find the cord easier to handle than taking that tiny little card in and out of the scanner, and no more or less time consuming. I think I'll pop this little scanner into my knitting bag - to have at knitting club to copy patterns. I'm sure I'll think of many other uses. Delighted with this purchase.

GREAT ITEM. BEING IN THE MILITARY AND DEALING WITH ALOT OF HAND RECEIPTS AND DOCUMENTS THIS ITEM MAKES IT VERY EASY TO KEEP ALL MY DOCUMENTS IN ORDER ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS NO COPIER MACHINE READILY AVAILABLE. I USE THIS THING ALOT. I ALSO LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU CAN USE THE USB CORD TO CONNECT TO A COMPUTER OR PULL OUT THE SIM CARD AND PLACE IN A CARD READER. GREAT ITEM, THANKS.

My wand makes my daily email newsletter a lot easier to create. I run the wand over newspaper stories, then easily download it to my Apple laptop, edit, crop and enhance. I'm on my third wand now and I have had a couple of problems though. The first one (after a good year) would only scan by going from down to up, the opposite of how its supposed to be done. I got tired of that, so ordered a second one. That one lasted almost a year, and then, for some reason, it wouldn't download anymore! So I had to order a third one. After that one arrived, I was disappointed to discover that the scanned downloaded pics of newspaper articles were too dark to be useful. After several unsuccessful attempts to have it fixed by the VuPoint techs, they finally figured out how to fix it: they 'recalibrated' it using a gray sheet of paper, rather than the white sheet that accompanies the package you receive. So I give them an 'A' for fixing the problem. Finally, I really, obviously, like this wand and highly recommend it to you.

I got this for my son who draws a lot and posts his drawings online, Easy for a 13 year old to operate, and it's easy for him to import his scans into computer. My only problem is the USB that comes with it doesn't fit in the case provided. I absolutely hate it when manufacturers won't spend the extra 10 cents or whatever to make the case a tiny bit bigger to accomodate required accessories like a USB or power cord.

Other than that, this does what it is supposed to do.

This scanner will not replace a good flat bed scanner. However, if you need a scanner for genealogical work at a County Clerk's office, this is a good one for the job. The two issues I had are that there is no way to limit what you scan. e.g. if the document you are scanning is 4x6, the area on at least two sides will have to be edited. Also you will have to be very careful how you scan otherwise the resultant image will be not be square. These limits being considered, the images are at minimum acceptable and at most very good.

Pretty good little scanner. I used it for about 50 scans on some very old pictures and letters. It does a pretty good job and isn't too sensitive to movement. Very portable and great to use on the go. I would recommend. If you want super terrific quality, you should look to pay more, but for the price, this does the trick. Also used it to scan my kid's art projects etc, so we don't have to keep them around forever :-). Only real con that I see, is that it would be great if it would crop the scan to the actual image area. All scans are 8.5" wide.

I bought this for school, as I am terrible about losing important paperwork that I end up needing later. Being able to scan without being connected to a computer is extremely handy. Even on the lowest DPI scan, it produces sharp images of a black and white handouts, with each page taking about 2 seconds to slide across. At the highest setting, you do need to slow your roll some and take 5-7 seconds per scan, but I have found I only needed high settings for the smallest of text (and for color of course). It doesn't recognize the edges of the paper however, so you may end up with scans that need to be cropped in order to remove the edges that have a nice scan of the desk you were working on. Not important to me, but if you needed more professional scans for a presentation or something it may be something you need to think about. I would hate to scan 100 things and have to edit each one to remove it.

The device itself is nicely portable, it actually has the same width as my MS Surface Pro, so it fits easily into the tablet bag I use for the Pro. The scanner came with a sleeve to protect it.

My only complaint about the scanner is that you CAN'T hook it to a computer to instantly see your scan. You have to scan first, then connect it, and then it works like a removable drive with the files listed. It So if you are scanning a ton of pages, instead of being able to glance at each one on the PC as you go, you have to wait and do it all afterwards.

The software that comes with it is helpful, but not perfect. It converts JPG scans into Word, Excel, PDF, and Emails, but it cannot do anything with a PDF scan. This may be a limitation imposed by Adobe, or a ploy for you to upgrade to their professional edition ($90 at the time of this post), I am not sure. I do see the professional version gives you the ability to convert PDF files.

I like that this scanner is portable and you can scan large amounts of photos quickly. However you need a really steady hand or your pictures end up with waves in them. You also have to crop out the background (like the table you scanned them on). It worked okay for the project I needed it for, but it's been sitting in the drawer ever since.

I like the product, but I ordered it before I realized that it is an older model.

The concept of this is pretty nice, but it picks up the scan and every little move your hand makes shows. This should be expected. So, if you desire really nice, perfect scans, you will be disappointed. It would be a good product to just have on hand if you need to make a quick scan of something on the go.

This scanner will work but it isn't easy. I would do better with it if I had someone to hold what I'm scanning firmly still. I will be getting rid of it soon as I now have an Epson scanner/copier/printer/fax machine. Of course, it will not fit into a drawer as the VuPoint Scanner will!

The good:
- It's small and portable. Battery life on two cheap alkaline AAs from IKEA seems to be decent.
- It is fully standards-compliant and requires no driver installation whatsoever, it simply writes files to a microSD card and then acts as a standard card reader when plugged into a computer.

The bad:
- It deals very poorly with even slight wrinkles or creases in what you're scanning. Even if it's an otherwise perfectly crisp piece of paper that's been unfolded from a standard business envelope, the resulting image will have some kind of a glitch in it. I tried to remedy this by buying a small rectangle of clear acrylic to provide a flat surface over which to scan, but this resulted in a blurry image instead of a glitchy one. A standard copier transparency helps a little if you're trying to scan a smaller item such as a receipt.
- There's a large dead zone on the scanner's margins, this makes it useless for scanning pages from a book of any size.
- Holding both the scanner and thing you're scanning as you try to swipe the scanner along its length at an even rate of speed can be awkward. Using a surface with some grip to it can help with this.

In summation, the concept is kind of neat, certainly not the worst piece of technology I've ever used, but for practical purposes, at this point I think I'll just invest in a standard flatbed or automatic-feed scanner.

very difficult to work. foggy appearance on the scanned page near the center.

Could not use this due to the fact that if your item to be copied wasn't flat, it would catch under the scanner as you rolled over it. You could , of course put your item to be copied in a plasic envelope or sleeve, but I felt that to be too much trouble to make this an efficient item.

I like the idea but it is not scanning properly. the green light comes on to scan and stops before i barely start. will have to return it. i did email VuPoint but have not received a response yet.;

Does not scan images as seemlessly as you would imaging. Works good if you have no other options for scanning.

Yes, it is easy and convenient, but it is impossible to scan anything without getting obvious distortion of the image. It is okay if all you want is a record of a receipt or something, but it is worthless for any kind of precision work, such as scanning photos.

I won't buy or recommend this to anyone

The first problem was not finding out that it needed and did not come with the micro SD card. The second problem was that no matter what I tried, after calibrating, reformatting and so on, I could not get it to go into scan mode. My theory is that this has something to do with the fact that the same button is used for Power (hold 2 seconds) and Scan (supposedly press once). I bought it several months ago and have not had a chance to use it until now so I am really hoping I can send it back.

This was just hard to use and with smartphone scanning the way it is, this seems obsolete

It does not work without the external memory card which is over $40. Too flimsy. It some times turned on an off on it own. I would not but it again.

Bought the Magic Wand portable scanner. Box said it came with software but when I opened the box there was no software. Contacted the Company and they denied even making the scanner, said to go back to who I bought it from. Wouldn't buy again.