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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!!!

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.

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!

3. Add Deal Seeking Mom to your blogroll or add my badge to your sidebar. Make sure to come back and leave the link to your site in a separate comment!

4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

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. Jeanine

    I would scan everything. My son loves taking pictures and we could make a lot of fun projects with this. Also old pictures.. :)

  5. Lisa

    I follow you on your facebook community page, one of the first sites I check when i sign on in the morning

  6. Sarah Worthington

    I would scan a picture of my loved ones 1st!!!! I subcribe to you on FB, Twitter & get emails!!! thanks!!

  9. Lisa

    Joined the visioneer community, they have some great ideas to get people started and nice information about their products

  11. Janet Wright

    I would scan lots and lots of photos, scrapbook memorabilia (ticket stubs, certificates, etc.), kids art work, bills, receipts, anything that will go through it!

  20. Ruth Ann

    I have some old pictures I would love to have digital copies of. So I’d start with those. Thanks for the chance to win!

  22. irene s

    oh where to start!? I think I would start with my piles of old pictures that have never made it into the albums. Then maybe all the loose recipes I have stuffed in my cabinets.

  23. Angela K

    I would scan pictures of my sister who passed when my nephew was 12. He is going to be 22 and I would love to make him a nice photo book to keep for himself and possibly his children. I would like to make an album for my mom and myself as well.

  27. April

    Oh I have been dreaming of this. This would be perfect to scan the pictures I have from the nuns at the convent. I am helping the sisters organized their archives and they have so many photos!

  28. Brian Milholland

    I would scan photos and file papers, I hope everyone that would want to file papers on their computers still keeps the originals just in case, as I know someone who did not and they lost all their files on their computer

  30. Jaime

    I would scan all of our tax records that we need to keep so that I don’t have to maintain the bulky files any longer.