MUNBYN Portable Scanner, Photo Scanner for A4 Documents Pictures Pages Texts in 900 Dpi, Flat Scanning, Include 16G SD Card, Wand Document Reader Uploads Images to Computer Via USB Cable, No Driver

The scanner is well-worth investment. It is intuitive and clear, producing an image that is more than sufficient. For the price, it is exactly what I need to scan individual pages as well as books and periodicals.

This works great. It takes a couple of practice scans to get the hang of it. The price is right, and it is very simple to install and use.

I never got to try out the scanner because software activation requires a serial number that does not come with the product. Evidently, you can go on line to their website, give away your info and gather all their cookies to join their club in order to activate the software. The instructions to use the scanner are vague, at best, written in typical botched English. The instructions do not tell you how to format or how to set the time stamp. Worst of all, they don't tell you about the serial number issue until you have loaded the software and you think you are ready give it a try. Then you have to activate the software. Carefully read the Eula. Item 11.1 says something to the effect that they are allowed to do with what they want with your documents - at least that's how I read it - and somehow they can see them. The scanner is made in China, but I think the software is Russian. A recent "60 Minutes" episode told about how the Chinese would like to get all our data. And you know what the Russians do. I was very suspicious of the entire process to join their website and chose not to. I returned the product promptly.

First of all… I really love this product, and I like to make all my reviews succinct! Keep in mind that any of my “cons” will not be cons for everyone!REASON FOR PURCHASE:My aunt has a bunch of my grandparents scrapbooks, and she’s been too worried about them leaving her house, so that I can scan them for other family membersPROS:-Lightweight-GREAT quality (even set to the lowest resolution, the quality surpasses the photo and/or document quality)-Easy to use and easy to get the pictures transferred.CONS (for ME):-I have MS, so keeping the wand steady so I get. a clear scan can sometimes be an issue—But hell—the thing golf so much, and is so easy, you can just take 50 more.MY CONS: (Was thinking about getting one for my mom, but…)-Would be difficult for people with ZERO knowledge of technology. My knowledge is REALLY basic, and I was able to figure this out with minimal effort!RECOMMEND?! ABSOLUTELY!!! It’s cheaper than the other things you’ll find, the quality will surprise you (because if the price), and you don’t have to dismantle books to scan them!**I don’t write reviews this long, but this product really deserved it! 100% of my issues were “user error” (as I assumed they would be). But, when I finally took the time to figure it out, voila! Hope this helps people who are looking for the same reasons I was!

I received the scanner, it requires a SIM, the SIM is not included. I do not remember a SIM card being needed in the description.

This is a review of the Magic Wand Portable Scanners for Documents, Photo, Old Pictures, Receipts, 900DPI, Scan A4 Color Page in 3sec, 16G Memory Card Included, MUNBYN Photo Scanner for Computer, Laptop.I am an author and I got this scanner to scan in almost 20 years of handwritten journals that contain the basis for many of my books. This is my first time using a portable scanner, it really doesn’t take long to get up to speed with it, though.This little wand scanner is not heavy, and not difficult to work with. It produces clear, good quality scans. I am using the medium resolution setting, and the scans are very clear.Here are the important points I have noticed:1. Your document needs to lay flat when you scan it. This necessitated me taking all the pages out of each journal in order to lay them flat.If you try to scan from a book, the scanner will cut off much of the inside margin and sentences. I could not find a way around this.In the YouTube video (search MUNBYN on YouTube) that shows how the scanner works, you will see the two markers on the scanner that mark the edges of the scan area. The quick start guide included with the scanner gives the URL to download the free scanner software to your laptop and the instructions say NOT to update it during the installation. A mini-CD came with mine but I have no drive for it, so I was glad to find that link. And for whatever it’s worth, I am running Windows 10 and that software integrated seamlessly without any further configuration on my part.2. You must move the scanner slowly. If you move it too quickly, the red light comes on to warn you. I have had to rescan a number of pages due to this.3. If you are scanning many pages that need to be in a particular order like I am with my journals, scan them in that order and download the images from the scanner all at one time. Like most scanners, this scanner names the scans IMG0001, IMG0002, etc. and there does not appear to be a way to override or change this. If you download some of them and then start scanning again before you have all of one project (or journal in my case) scanned, you will have to rename a bunch of them. In retrospect, I wished I had numbered my journal pages before starting, and I plan to with subsequent journals, so I can tell when a page is missing and if I have them in the right order. Have plenty of AA batteries on hand if you are scanning a large project. I scanned maybe 50 pages before I had to change the batteries. It could be those first batteries I put in were not fully charged, (the scanner did not come with any batteries) I did not test them before using, or maybe I am just slow and that created the drain on the batteries. I will update this review if I get a good feel for how many pages I can consistently scan on one new set of AA batteries.All said, I think this little scanner is a very handy tool and I’m glad I purchased it. Highly recommend.