REALINN USB 2D QR Barcode Scanner: Fast, Accurate, Automatic Handheld Code Reader

Tony Polichetti: for the money, you won't beat this item

United States on Sep 27, 2023

dbm347: great value and arrived very quickly

United States on Jul 18, 2023

Sean Murphy: If you are reading basic barcodes, this is fine. However, this fails with non-printable characters, small barcodes with a lot of data, ANSI MH10.8.2 encoded barcodes, and barcodes on Digikey product bags.

Some barcodes have non-printable characters embedded in them. E.g. the "group separator" and "record separator" characters. There's no keyboard key combination that corresponds to these characters, but they are necessary for properly reading some barcodes. I asked customer service, and this reader does not support those characters or any way to escape them to make a printable representation. This means that this reader won't properly scan ANSI MH10.8.2 barcodes including the Data Matrix codes on Digikey bags (which was why I bought this reader).

And even if it could handle non-printable characters, it tends to have a lot of errors when reading small Data Matrix codes with a lot of data in them. I tried it right now by reading the same barcode four times in a row and got four different results. I've also found it to be inconsistent with some QR codes.

United States on Sep 05, 2022

Mark D: This scanner works great! So far, I have used it to scan DVD bar codes (over 500), ISBN numbers (so far, just under 100) and some QR codes, but it has been 100% flawless. It also scans really fast (under 1 second). It can store scanned codes locally (up to 10,000 codes supposedly, I have only tested this with a few codes so far and it worked) and later dump all the scanned codes to your computer, or it can transmit them immediately to your computer either wirelessly via Bluetooth or directly via a USB (and charging) cable. I've had it for 4 months now, and it is still working great. Excellent scanner at a great price!

United States on Feb 10, 2022

S. Shogrin: We are changing over ordering in the dental office I work for. They use a tag ordering system with barcodes. The scanner they were sent didn't work well (apparently), so I wanted to try something different. So far, this works like a charm, I can scan things from quite a distance, in another room, or a couple rooms away, and by the time I get back to the computer, the item I need to order is on screen.
I will say the manual is incorrect about the indicators for charging...mine just had a steady red light while charging, not alternating red/blue. It would also be nice if they had a website to be able to download the manual directly from, and maybe use a QR code in the manual for the URL link...

United States on Aug 12, 2020