Doxie Go SE - The Intuitive Portable Document Scanner with Rechargeable Battery and Easy Software for Home, Office, or Work from Home

SEE EDIT AT BOTTOM:We love this BUT only after you figure it out the finer details. My wife wants to scan all of our old photos pre-digital so I got her this to help with that mission (we have MANY photos). I have 3 scanners or all in ones in my house and I will say the Doxie Plus is the ONLY way to go for mass scanning images that are 8x10 or smaller. That is all you need to know on the positive and now I will address the issues I had. I am a techi so I assume this can be used without any reading but that is not he case.I did glance over documentation and see that it has built in memory but you can add more via the SD slot. So I grabbed a spare 64gb card and stuck it in there. It would not power on and stop blinking like it was supposed to. After digging I find out that it ONLY supports special SD cards (really!!!!) That is absolutely ridiculous, but there is actually plenty of built in memory.So I removed the SD card and it powers up fine. In the process of trying to figure out the bootup problem (having standard SD card in slot), I tried to locate a "Calibration PDF" on their website. This is the sheet you run through the scanner to calibrate it. Can you believe they make you buy that if you lose it! Another blunder in my opinion. My wife had the calibration page but I am letting you know so if you buy a used one you better make sure the calibration card is in there or your will have to buy another one if the calibration is ever needed again (not sure why you would but just letting you know).Once the scanner is turned on the light is green (300 dpi scan). If you press the button again, it goes to Orange which is 600dpi. They should have a simple sticker above the power button telling you this but they don't and they should allow you to set a default setting which they don't.We are doing photos so we did the scans at 600 dpi which still went plenty fast enough. 300dpi is REALLY fast (ie for documents).After you scan all of your photos, you have to open the software to import the scanned photos. BUT, when you click on the "Import" button in top right corner, it has not completed the import process. After you select all the images on the screen, you have to click on the SAVE button down below actually save them to your local drive. Why they do not allow you to just click the import and have the save process as part of that I do not know. It is just one extra step you have to do to save the photos.But even with these problem I still give this thing 5 stars. My wife is having to use our Epson 7510 for the larger pictures and ones already in the scrap book. The speed and ease of using the Doxie Plus is outstanding. I am sure this product is like everything. The folks who design it and package it, and write the manuals, etc, never actually use it so they have no idea on the simple and stupid mistakes they make.Bottom line, buy one, you will be glad you did :)-----------------------------------------------EDIT 05-19-20151) The Doxie does allow the use of SD cards up to 32GB. And it should be formatted in FAT32. They are considering putting a sticker or some other means of letting customers know that 32GB is the max. In my opinion it might be easier and more effective to update the firmware to allow for much larger SD cards since these are the norm, not the exception in 2015.2) After doing some extensive scanning of not only photos, but documents (ie medical records), it is evident that the saving process designed by Doxie is most ideal. We scanned many photos and documents and the documents we saved as PDF's where the photos were saved as JPG's. Also, the photos were separated by child and year. So I found my original thought on this to be a little misguided.3) Doxie has stated that the calibration card has to be the original printed card. It is a heavier card stock and printing on a 8x11 sheet of paper would not work. You can contact them about getting a Calibration card if yours is missing.I take pride in offering detailed and accurate reviews so I wanted to clarify these issues. But nothing changes on the fact that this device is an awesome little scanner and I am sure you will be happy with it.

This scanner is absolutely wonderful. Does everything I wanted and more. I wanted a scanner to keep my receipts so I wouldn't have to keep so much paper and be able to search for a receipt if I needed it.I saved my scans as pdf with OCR. I then had windows index my pdf files. I can search for any word in the receipt and it brings it right up just as I wanted.If I could give this scanner more than 5 stars I would! Very well designed and thought out.

Well designed and built product, lightweight and portable. Surprised that it comes with its own sd card to use. Reluctantly, I have to return mine. Just because I got it to scan old photos but won't have access to photos until later this year. Will eagerly repurchase this scanner at that time.

I am a mobile notary. I meet with buyers and /or sellers and notarize documents pertaining to real estate transactions. Often, I am required to email documents from the closing table. I have purchased 5 mobile scanners in the past 2 weeks, trying to find a scanner that will work the way I need it to. I use an Android smartphone and tablet. I tried one of those wands that just flat didn't work, although the concept of scanning to an sd card which I can then put in my phone or tablet and convert to pdf and email out quickly was what made me want to try it. Too bad it wouldn't scan at all. Then I tried 2 other usb scanners that both worked OK, but neither could be powered by my Android tablet, and I really didn't want to have to lug my laptop around when my smartphone or tablet can do everything my laptop can do EXCEPT power a usb scanner. I ordered the battery powered Xerox Mobile Scanner and found out after I got it that it could not scan a legal size document although their web site states that it does. The customer service lady I spoke to at Xerox apologized for the mistake on their web site, but to date the same misinformation is there. Too bad, it was almost exactly what I needed since it was powered by batteries. I returned that one. I had read about the Doxie Go and was intriqued, but old information stated that the largest paper size it could scan was 8.5 x 11 and I need to scan legal size 8.5 x 14. So I paid little attention to Doxie. Until I stumbled on an article that said Doxie was upgraded and not only can it scan legal size, but it also works on Android devices! Whoo Hoo! Well, I ordered it. I got it today.My impression after testing it out is that it is an outstanding scanner and exactly what I was looking for. I paired the Eye-Fi with both my phone and my tablet. I can switch back and forth between devices depending on which one I want to use. By the time I finish scanning in the documents, they have already populated to which ever device I have it set to send to in direct mode. I may have to wait 10 to 15 seconds for the final document to show up. I then use a third party application to convert the jpeg files to pdf , staple them and email them out.I thought I was going to scan to an sd card and transfer the files that way because I thought it would be faster, but I haven't even tried that yet because the Eye-Fi transfer works so well and so quickly. It took a lot less time to transfer via Eye-Fi than it did to connect via usb to my computer and import the files. That actually took a very long time.I am so thankful that my quest for the perfect scanner is finally ended. Doxie Go delivers great quality scans quickly and efficiently. It didn't take me long to set it up because I did a lot of studying the guide and reviews before it got here. I just followed the instructions and it went smoothly.I can see why there are so many positive reviews for this little scanner. It's awsome and it's cute too!Edit: I called Xerox to ask why they still have incorrect info on their web site THIS time I was told the scanner CAN scan legal size. Who knows what the real story is. Aside from that unknown, I understand you can't scan with it plugged in to either usb or A/C, unlike the Doxie which allows you to scan from the optional A/C adapter which I have ordered along with the case.Edit 2:I decided to give the Zerox Mobile Scanner another try since it is more suited for my business due to the fact that it can send PDF files directly to my Android Smartphone or Tablet. It does scan legal size as well. I was correct in the assumption that it would be better suited for my business needs. The PDF document files look amazing because they are scanned as documents rather than as photos. Doxie scanns everything as photos and those converted PDF files come through looking like a photo of the document you scanned. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but the documents scanned with the ZMS look much more professional. I will not be returning my Doxie Go, however, because the photo scan quality is better than the ZMS. So, for my business, I will use the ZMS, for my personal use, I will use Doxie Go.One other plus for the XMS is that it can scann a multipage document PDF and the Eye-Fi transfer is almost immediate. Doxie Go had to send each page as a photo which I would have to use a third party app to convert to a single PDF file. The last file transmitted by Doxie seemed to hang up and take a very long time to show up on my device.If you have to choose between the two, choose depending on what you need it for. Doxie Go is great for mainly photos and reciepts and misc household use. The ZMS is the best choice for business use IMHO.