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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?
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.
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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!


kelli
receipts! I have them everywhere.
kelli
I subscribe via RSS and email.
Marie R
I would love to scan my notes for school.
Claygirlsings
Photos of my dad and my wedding day are the two first things I’d have to choose between. I don’t have any of them in digital format and would love to!
Claygirlsings
I’ve subscribed to your RSS feed.
LauraF
i really need one of those. So many receipts!
Andrea
i’d go for the old polaroids first
Andrea
joined visioneer on fb
Andrea
already follow dsm on fb
CLAUDIA
First the kids artwork! It is so hard to let those pieces go–this would lessen the guilt!
Allison
I would scan some of my daughter’s artwork. She just started at a daycare where she does art and I hate throwing it away, but the pile is growing quickly!
Allison
I follow you in my RSS reader!
Carmen
I would first use the Visioneer Strobe 400 to scan in a bunch of recipes I’ve clipped over the years. They’re just sitting in a pile. I’m more likely to make them if I can easily search for a recipe.
Carmen
I’m subscribed (RSS)
Emily
I would scan some very old photos of my dad’s travel adventures when he was young.
tonya bryant
I would give it to my husband so that while he was out of town he could scan all of his business reciepts and email them to me….he brings me a bunh of rolled up reciepts!
Tina Bowling
I would definitely start scanning all of our old photos!
Larena
I would scan old photos!
Larena
I subscribe via google reader.
Amber
I’d scan our newest bunch of family photos
Amber
I’m an email subscriber
Michelle W
Wedding photos!
Michelle W
Email subscriber
Sharon
I would organize my home office to have more space.
Ally
I’d start with the receipts, which I’ve been meaning to digitize for awhile.
Ally
Email subscriber
marna
I would scan old photos!
Kayla A.
I would scan all our birth certificates, tax documents, and other important papers. I worry that those will get lost, or destroyed.
bridget
Pics of my dad and old letters he had writtin
Virginia
I would scan all my old recipes I have cut out of magazines.