The device itself feels sturdy, the base is grippy on any of the surfaces I've placed it, and the buttons feel durable and clicky-with the exception of the little plastic WiFi mode switch. It would be nice if an AC adapter were included, since Epson's official power adapter costs $30, but the headline feature of this device is battery-powered portability. Out of the box, you get the scanner, a USB cable, and some cleaning accessories (a 'wet' cleaning sheet, single-use, and a 'dry' cleaning sheet).
PORTABLE DOCUMENT SCANNER FOR MAC REVIEWS PORTABLE
So when I found an Epson DS-40 on sale for $89 (normal price is $119), I decided to take the plunge and see if these little portable document scanners were finally to a point where the convenience was worth the price. Bonus points for never having to use a computer to do any of the scanning. upstairs at my desk, or at the kitchen counter, etc.), and it would upload a scan to Dropbox (or some other location). But ever since the NeatReceipt scanners were introduced, I've pined for a device that would be let me stick any kind of flat medium in it, wherever I wanted (e.g. I've always had a scanner of some sort-most recently an all-in-one inkjet or laser printer/copier/scanner-and the convenience has been nice. Scanners have advanced quite a bit since then-instead of waiting 5-10 minutes for one color scan (the scanner had to make one pass with each color filter, then the computer would assemble the scans into a single RGB image), you can scan hundreds of documents per minute with the best 'document workstation' devices. It took over a minute per scan-and much longer at 'photo' resolutions. My very-old 3-pass color scanner connected to a PowerBook 180c. I've always been fascinated by digital scanners my Dad worked in an industry that allowed him access to some of the newest tech in terms of computing, so I was able to use a full-color (16-bit!) digital scanner hooked up to an early Mac IIci running Photoshop when most people still used computers with 8-bit displays.