Doxie Flip – Cordless Flatbed Photo & Notebook Scanner w/Removable Lid

Birthday present. Great product. Saves having to carry lots of loose, fragile photos or documents or heavy, fragile books from my parents' house to scan at home. The "stitch" software is amazing. For the first time, I have a high resolution scan (rather than a blurry photo) of the family Bible, which I can share with relatives. The Bible is too big & heavy to fit on an ordinary scanner, even if it were not too heavy and fragile to move. It took 8 scans to cover the page, which I uploaded to the software (which has to be downloaded onto your computer), "selected" them - and the software blended them back into a single image for me. I can't see the join. Also tried on a large old photo, with equally impressive results. Accidentally highlighted an extra scan which was not part of the photo, & the software simply told me that it was unable to include that scan! If the edges of the multiple scans don't match exactly, you get a blank area at the edge, which you can then decide whether to crop off or to leave.I already had an old tablet bag which fits the Doxie perfectly - you definitely need a bag, as the rear window (which is just to allow you to see what you're scanning when using the Doxie flipped upside down) has no protection, & the scanner lid doesn't latch closed. The supplied batteries did about 100 scans, then said there was insufficient charge to perform another scan - though my battery tester claimed they were still "fully" charged ... Already have some rechargeable batteries, so will try it with them next.The scanning area is tiny - about the size of a small postcard - but the whole scanner is about the size of a tablet: 10 1/2 inches x 6 1/2 inches x 1 1/4 inches (26cm x 16 cm x 3cm), which makes it very easy to carry round with you. If you need to scan something larger, the "stitch" software will reassemble it for you later.The big green "scan" button is easy to use. Too easy, perhaps - I've taken half a dozen scans of my thumb / the distant ceiling / the table top when moving the Doxie into position for the next scan! There is no facility to delete the scan until you put the SD card into your computer. However, the supplied memory card has plenty of room, so unless you're taking thousands of scans (literally - even at 600 dpi, it will hold almost 2,000 scans) & don't have a spare SD card, then it is not a problem.I've been raving about my new toy. Some people have said dubiously that it is very expensive compared with a "normal" flatbed scanner. It is, but I assume that is at least in part because of the software. And it hardly performs the same function. Portability, plus the ability to produce large scans, are invaluable to me as a family historian!Very pleased with my Doxie Flip so far - and it is considerably cheaper than the more widely advertised rival make. Wish I'd had it years ago!Customer Service is excellent. I filled in a review, not believing it would actually be read, and mentioned one niggle - and they immediately contacted me, and quickly sorted my fairly minor problem, for free! They were so so quick to respond, so friendly and helpful; I can't praise them highly enough. Thank you!

When my Mother died a couple of years ago she left me a collection of paintings made by my Grandfather. I have been looking for a way of scanning these for some time. I wanted to make some high resolution copies so I could make some full size prints for other members of the family.I had tried photographing the paintings but I just couldn't get a good enough copy, it was either distorted or the lighting was off, or I was getting reflections or the resolution was too low. I even tried using a standard A4 scanner but getting this to work was just too difficult as the paintings wouldn't lie flat and I was worried about damaging the paintings. I bought this Doxie Flip scanner in the hope that it might work and allow me to get good high res copies of these paintings.I have already done a couple and I am astonished at how good it is! So far I have only used the 300dpi setting but this produces remarkable scans of excellent quality. I have also scanned an antique (John Speed County Map, 1610) map which required 20 separate overlapping scans which took me about 5 minutes to do. The stitching software took about 60 seconds to stitch these into a big (20MB+) 300 dpi jpg file which is so good that I cant find a join line anywhere, even when zooming in 400% in Photoshop! The stitch software also worked perfectly on the painting I tested it with (9 scans stitched together). This painting was quite soft and impressionistic without any hard edges so I was impressed that the software had no trouble with this.For large format images, paintings, maps etc this scanner works superbly well. I reckon I can scan all my grandfathers paintings in under 2 days. I will then be able to digitally repair (in Photoshop) various bits of damage and produce top flight full size prints!I can already see lots of other uses for this scanner, scanning quilts, maps, documents etc.I really like that the scanner comes with everything you need to get started. Includes batteries, SD Card (which holds over 2000 300dpi scans) and sd card reader for USB port. Its really easy to use. The software has to be downloaded from a web site but this also is simple to use and works very well.

What a brilliant product! I am so pleased with my Doxie Flip Scanner, and have successfully scanned photos very speedily, stitched 3 scans together easily and loaded scans onto my Computer. This is going to be such a help with my Family History - I have hundreds of photos to scan, and have just scanned 30 Polaroid photos, which I didn’t really know what to do with. It’s user friendly, and the Customer service is second to none. Nothing is too much trouble, or too trivial to answer, and the answers come so quickly. I’ve also scanned very old negatives, which I’ve then gone to invert (using another program) and edit on my Computer. One negative is 82 years old and I’ve never seen a print of it. Such great results!!

Excellent little scanner. Extremely easy to set up and use. Stitching app works well and the ability to flip it over really helps when scanning larger items. Have only used the 600 dpi setting, the quality of scans is pretty good and it's still quite fast. Handles 6" x 4" photo's with ease but the 7" x 5" prints that were common in the late 90's need stitching which slows things down considerably.Only downside is the lack of rechargeable batteries or a mains adaptor. For the £127 paid that feels like a bit of a cheat. We're getting around 200 scans from a set of alkaline batteries but after 1200 scans/6 sets of batteries we've invested in a set of NiMH rechargeables which are working well.

Excellent pour scanner un paquet de photos ou les photos qui sont dans un album sans les décoller. Le scan est beaucoup plus simple et rapide qu'avec un scanner d'imprimante.

Buen escáner que está diseñado para ser rápido y con resultados de buena calidad, el software compañero (lástima que no haya versión linux) que se puede descargar, agiliza aún más el trabajo. Lo único, por poner inconvenientes, molesto es tener que andar quitando la tarjeta SD para ponerla en el ordenador, una conexión USB vendría muy bien.

Update:I have to say that I'm really impressed by the company's customer service! I would give their customer service 6 starts if I could. I was contacted very quickly by the manufacturer after my initial review about a defective product I received. They offered to send me a complementary brand new unit to have a chance to re-evaluate it, as well as a pack of Panasonic eneloop pro rechargeable batteries (2550mAh) with a charger to address the short battery life issue. And WOW, what a totally different experience! This time the unit turned on in one easy switch (vs the defective unit sluggish response and eventually refused to turn on), and the rechargeable battery lasted forever-I was too tired to wait until I could exhaust the power, but after 30 scans of 600dpi pictures, the indicator still showed a full charge. At least even after the batteries are gone, I won't have to worry about buying new ones, I could just recharge them. Also what's interesting is this new unit can fit all my different rechargeable batteries without any problem, while my own Duracell rechargeable could not fit into the previous defective unit.In terms of the small scan area in my original review, my feeling is that you have to have a proper expectation to this unit-it is a portable device. I would say it is not meant for replacement of a desktop unit in terms of scale and capacity, but it is superior in other situations like taking it to a library, scanning old album which is a pain to take out each individual pictures. This time I tried the flip mode on my mom's 40 year old album and it was really fun to scan the fragile old pictures without worrying about damaging them!Conclusion: Have the right exceptions and enjoy this versatile and portable little gadget. Also be prepared to spend a little more money on the eneloop pro rechargeable batteries, however, for you to enjoy this scanner, they are actually essential.************************************************************************************************Original review:Not sure if it was because I bought a factory re-conditioned item, it came in with 4 empty alkaline batteries. Not a super big deal, it was $40 cheaper than the brand new one, so I just used my own batteries. But it burnt the batteries like crazy, 4 brand new AA batteries only lasted 80 scan. So I changed it to new set of batteries, but the unit failed to turn back on. So I have to return it. Ordered an Epson V19, no power cord, just USB cable powered, scan much bigger area. I'm way happier with the Epson than the Doxie Flip. Don't waste your money on a hype (tiny little scan area), bigger scan area is much more useful!

Già felicemente in possesso dello scanner portatile Doxie Go, possiedo il modello Flip da più di 2 anni e non ha mai sbagliato un colpo.E' molto pratico, leggero, di facile utilizzo e con un software a corredo (scaricabile gratuitamente dal sito ufficiale) davvero fra i migliori in circolazione.La confezione, curatissima, offre una comoda penna USB completa di lettore di schede di memoria SD per inserire nei nostri computer le scansioni memorizzate sulla SD card (anch'essa inclusa e capace di tenere in memoria 2000+ scansioni a 300 dpi). Doxie Flip è comodissimo per rapide scansioni di qualità di appunti volanti, note su taccuini, piccoli oggetti o vecchie foto, ma il pratico coperchio removibile lo trasforma in uno strumento ancora più versatile.Funziona con semplici pile di tipo AA (fornite) senz'alcun bisogno di collegarlo ad un computer. Consigliata anche la comoda custodia qui in vendita per riporlo o trasportarlo con più ordine. Davvero un ottimo prodotto!++++

Da ich den Scanner vorwiegend zum Zusammentragen von (alten) Fotos für die Erstellung einer Chronik meines Heimatortes verwenden möchte, habe ich ein handliches, transportables Gerät für unterwegs gesucht. Mein erster Eindruck:Das Doxie Flip ist kinderleicht zu bedienen, auch das Speichern der Scans am PC (Windows Vista) mit der downgeloadeten Software aus dem Internet funktioniert auf Anhieb. Die Qualität der Scans ist ausreichend gut (mit 600 dpi), auch die Farben sind akzeptabel. Das kleine, leichte Gerät ist ideal zum Mitnehmen und durch die eingebauten Batterien ohne jedes Kabel jederzeit einsatzbereit. Auch Fotos, die in einem Album eingeklebt sind, kann man damit problemlos kopieren. Der Scanvorgang kann ohne Aufwärmzeit gestartet werden und geht sehr rasch. Etwas zeitaufwendiger wird es, wenn man größere Fotos (gößer als A6) kopieren will, diese müssen notgedrungen in mehreren Abschnitten eingescannt werden. Die Software am PC fügt die einzelnen Teile aber tadellos wieder zusammen. Die Nachbearbeitung der Scans (drehen um 90° oder in Zehntelgrad-Schritten, zuschneiden, korrigieren von Belichtung und Kontrast etc. ) ist ebenfalls kinderleicht und praxisgerecht.Fazit: Wer einen Scanner für zuhause (am Schreibtisch) braucht, ist mit einem "normalen" Flachbettscanner wahrscheinlich besser bedient, dieser bringt vermutlich noch bessere Qualität um etwa den halben Preis. Wer jedoch, wie ich, einen Scanner zum Mitnehmen sucht, macht mit dem Doxie Flip keinen Fehlgriff. Einen Nachteil muss ich jedoch anmerken: Für das Gerät wurde mir erst auf Anforderung eine Rechnung ausgestellt. Ob diese von der Vertriebsgesellschaft "Apparent Corporation" in den USA augestellte "VAT Invoice" auch Vorsteuerabzugstauglich ist, muss ich erst sehen ...