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Win-It Wednesday: Visioneer Strobe 400 Scanner!

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The following review is from the Deal Seeking Mom project administrator, Mandi Ehman.

Whether you’re a mom scanning old photos into her computer or a business owner trying to digitize your records Visioneer makes a scanner for you. They also have a line of mobile scanners, which are great for business travelers. The Visioneer “Perfect Scans at the Touch of Your Finger” mentality promises that whether you’re scanning documents or pictures of your great-grandparents, they have the scanner for you.

I’m about as type-A as they come, and among my favorite gadgets are my labeler and laminator. It didn’t take me long after opening up the Visioneer Strobe 400 scanner to add it to my list of favorites!

One of my goals for 2011 is to digitize all of my paper records. I’ll probably still keep the originals of things like our mortgage documents and of course birth certificates and social security cards, but I’ll be able to free up space in my office by getting them out of my tightly packed file cabinet and onto my computer. Not only will this eliminate the paper clutter around me, but it will make it easier for me to access the documents I need whenever I need them and wherever I am!

The first thing I noticed when I opened the Visioneer Strobe 400 box was how tiny this thing is. It’s not much longer than a piece of paper and only about 4″ wide and 2″ tall!

I’ll admit I was a little overwhelmed by the other items in the box — installation discs, adapters, USB cords and more — but setting it up took just a few minutes, and all I’ll really need on a daily basis is the scanner itself, the USB connector and the USB power cord.

I’d thought about getting a larger scanner with a feeding tray, but I’m loving the size of this mobile/desktop scanner. It scans a piece of paper in about six seconds flat, and I’m actually anxious to get started scanning my papers now that I know how easy it is!

This week, one lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a Visioneer Strobe 400!

To enter, tell me what you’d scan first with a new Strobe 400. Do you have old photos to digitize? Paper files? Recipes and children’s artwork?

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Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

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Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. Tell me what you’d scan first with a Visioneer Strobe 400.

2. Join the Visioneer and the Deal Seeking Mom community on Facebook for more conversation, additional deals and a peek at the freebies I receive in the mail each week. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!

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Prize:
(1) Visioneer Strobe 400 Scanner

This giveaway ends at 7 p.m. EST on 2/10 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use And the Winner Is to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  2. Lisa

    If I were to win, I would use the Visioneer Strobe 400 scanner to scan the kids homework and report card from each year along with photos from all of the activites and make a memory cd for them each year. Someday when they have kids they will be able to easily share what it was like back in the “old days”, I bet by then this form of digital records will be completely obsolete! One of my tips for anyone who took the time to read this, when the kids bring home a “fragile” project or something that isn’t going to survive years in a tote I take a picture of it, usually with them holding it, then we can look back on the photos and remember everything about it.

  8. Wendy Boyd

    I’m not sure what I’d use this for first. Pictures, school papers, important documents, hmmmm. The possibilities are endless. Thanks for sharing.

  9. Jen

    My husband works for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and he just commented during the past week how helpful one of these would be for his job, but it is far from being within our budget.

  15. cheryl

    Definately pictures and docs that are taking up space but you never know when you might need them!