GiiNii GN-5LS NuLife Full Page Picture Scanner with 2.4-Inch LCD Screen-Black

great

This little scanner is amazing. Ive been using it for photos and pamphlets. Everything scans clearly. The view screen makes it easy to know you got it right. Will be easy to take along.

This thing was totally non functional. We sent it back.

To be fair in this review, I have not used the scanner as much as I thought I would. What few times I have used it it seems to work okay. Documents are ok- fair quality. It could be a user error but it seems a little complicated to transfer straight to the computer, had to use USB card which was an extra step when I needed the documents on the computer. It is not something I would be able to use quickly and everyday. I think someone with time and patience may enjoy it more.

A great product. Works great copying old family photos. Its fast too.

I bought the GiiNii NuLife Full Size Photo Scanner in 2012 and scanned only about 100 photos right around that time and the scans were fine. I recently pulled the scanner off the shelf to do some more photo archiving but immediately noticed a problem with the scans. After scanning several photos and getting the same type of results, severe banding/striping, I looked in the front feed slot and saw that top of the inside looked like there were some bubbly protrusions hanging down; see the blue circled area with the two most noticeable bumps (most of that top feed area has some wavy bumps). I know this scanner is outside of the warranty period but I thought folks should know how little use its had and how poorly its performing now. Based on the customer service response from GiiNii support they claim that the problem is due to how the scanner was stored... without knowing how it was stored. It was stored properly on a shelf in a closed container, not too: hot, cold, wet or dry. Based on the poor quality and limited lifespan of the product (seriously, if you buy it, be sure to finish all the scanning you ever need to do right away), I would discourage anyone from buying this.

Easy to use and move from office / computer to office / computer. I also travel w it! Great quality.

Ive never had a scanning product like this one, so I dont know how it compares to others presently on the market in terms of useability and value for price, but I can tell you what I think this would be fabulous for. The old photographs that this scanner is designed to scan are in the possession of our elders--those beloved grandparents and great-grandparents who know the stories behind those old photos and are at a time in their lives when its beneficial for them to sit down with family--fascinated grandchildren if not their harried parents--and tell those stories. This product seems to be ideal for just that kind of activity. The scanner does not require a computer to operate, so you can just tuck it in a bag and go. It does, however, require a memory card to be installed before it will work (not included), so keep that in mind if planning to give this scanner as a gift. Its simple enough to use (too simple for those accustomed to flatbed scanners connected to computer software), and I only had difficulty with full 8.5x11 sheets if I started them feeding in too crooked. (I stupidly tried scanning a stapled booklet of about 12 pages by laying it open flat, and I wouldnt recommend doing that because the staples keep the scanner from pulling the sheets through smoothly. Knock on wood, I dont think I ruined the scanner when I did this, but learn from my mistake and dont do it. Remove the staples first!) A plastic guide-slider adjusts in 1/4 increments from 8.5 down to business-card size. Anything narrower than a business card could probably be fed through, but the guide wont slide any further to the right. The visual feedback of the LED screen is an important feature that sets this portable scanner apart from others Ive seen. Although you probably would want to wait to do any serious cropping in a computer-based program designed for that purpose, the ability to nudge the scan in all four directions as well as rotate it is useful. You can delete scans, either one at a time or all of them, from the memory card. Its important to read the manual on how to adjust the scanners features via the Menu button, but just mucking around I was able to find the tools pretty well. Many people are going to want to use this scanner specifically for putting images on the web or sending them via email, and in those cases the print resolution does not have to be that great. The fact that this little scanner can scan in print-quality 300 dpi is a significant feature, however; this makes it perfect for putting together books suitable for printing on paper. Whether scanning drawings for how-to books, childrens artwork for a parent-child or teacher-children book collaboration, or anything at all thats easier to put down on paper than create on the computer, it can be scanned for press-quality printing. If my father-in-law were still alive, I think Id take this scanner and a tape recorder and spend an afternoon or two with him, letting him tell me the stories behind the pictures as we scan each one, speaking hints aloud if needed to help me match up the scans with the words for later transcription and assembly into a book. A book put together in this way through a print-on-demand service like Amazons CreateSpace would make a beautiful, relatively inexpensive gift for family members and a record of hard-won wisdom before it passes into obscurity. I think this kind of activity would be especially valuable (and therapeutic) in cases of early Alzheimers before the dementia sets in as a means of helping capture memories before they are gone. What Im saying is, this little scanner opens up a lot of possibilities for creativity, sharing, and family bonding. Its a neat, neat thing.

It wasnt what I thought it would be because it wasnt as clear as the reviews said. Just disappointed in the product.

This was purchased as a Christmas gift to my wife, she was pleased to see it, as one of her requests. When she started to use it, the scanner produced a white line on every photo scan, in the same place, I made a minor attempt to inspect it without finding any results. We made our return with intention of replacement or repair, they just went ahead with a refund, we would have liked the scanner better. I now have to shop for another scanner that probably wont be Amazon or the same brand. Im out, so you be the judge.