Scanner Bin Pro - Phone Scanner Stand for Photo and Document scanning (Also Used as a Document Camera, Invented & Produced in The USA)

I had the idea to make a cardboard light box, for photographing documents with my phone. But for the price of the two LED strips, these guys include the box. For its simplicity, price, and effectiveness, I highly recommend it. Here's some details. It's easy to put together, the pieces pop out from a few cardboard sheets. The lights are bright and adjustable, as pictured. Lighting from the side avoids glare from a glossy surfaces, awesome. The height of the top piece is also adjustable. At the upper limit, my modest android phone captured more than a full 8.5x11 document at 200dpi, lowering the top gets the phone closer, so I can do photos at 300dpi. The limitation is that it is not a full box, it's three sided (as pictured). This allows easy access to the interior, to get docs/photos in and out quickly, and to arrange the lights. But it is not strong, it'll hold up your tablet just fine, but not your cat. I'm glad I got it, saved me the effort of chopping my own box and rigging lights.

This works really well. I regret spending hundreds of dollars on a scanner camera system I previously purchased. Pros: I can use the camera on my phone which is getting better with each new model. The inexpensive price. Weight is light and can be dissembled to store flat if needed. Comes with LED lights. Cons: Flimsy and wobbly. Too many pieces to assemble - the instructional YouTube video is necessary, not optional. Overall: This is more like a DIY project you can make with a cardboard box. If want the convenience of cardboard pieces already cut at a reasonable price, then this is a good option.

I don't write many reviews because I am usually disappointed with gadgets. I was about to spend $200 to $400 for a photo scanner, when I saw this on Amazon. I thought I'd give it a shot and even added the extra dollars for the LED strip. Shocked! It worked really well in combination with my iphone (11). When I was using the phone on its own the pictures of the pictures suffered from glare and shadows. This solved that problem. I tested it out on 8x11 and smaller. Works really well with the LED. I recommend adding that. It was still good when I had the strip turned off, but better with it. The LED improved the balance in lighting. You can then use Photo on your Mac or the iphone app to fix up the new photo. Saved a ton of money. Maybe not quite as fast as a scanner. You could use to take a photo of an album page if it fits in the box. You can then crop to size for each individual picture. I think that is part of what I like - this lets me get a bit more creative. Well done and I recommend it. I noticed some wrote reviews that the USB cord for the LED strip is short. See my picture. I used a USB charger battery. Worked great. LEDs don't draw much power. Box seems a bit flimsy, but I added some tape to firm it up. Clever that they recommend to use it as a document or storage box until you are ready to scan. The bumpers are handy, don't miss that part of the set up. Makes it quick to get the phone right back where you want it.

I am all for supporting small business and this a good idea, but, regretfully, it is falsely advertises that you can take beautiful flat pictures of your 12" x 12" layouts. As you can see in the picture, the black cardstock is 12" x 12" but the sides do not appear in the picture. The white cardstock in the middle is 8.5" x 11" (US letter size) can barely make in the picture's width. The top panel it set up at the highest possible level. Based on my calculations, you can roughly get a width up to 9.25" visible in the pictures. Since I already glued the LED lights I cannot return it and this was a waste of money for me. I would gladly pay more money if they can make it wide and tall enough to take true pics of 12" x 12". For more stability and precision, they could use balsa wood for the main body instead of corrugated cardboard. Keep the corrugated cardboard only for the LED lights flaps. I find it very unstable and the smallest wrong move can change it's position or knock it over.

I have several boxes of old photos and documents to scan, so I thought this would be a handy way to set up an assembly line. I could set the phone on top and shuffle the papers in the bottom section: click, click, click. Nice premise. But after struggling with the setup for an hour or two, I gave up. Putting the stand together took too long. I understand that some folks are happy to watch a video for setup instructions, but I am not one of them. Give me a clear manual with pictures and diagrams! Once I got everything assembled, I found that the stand is flimsy. A minor bump makes the whole thing teeter. And by "minor bump," I mean, "I pressed the button on the phone to take a picture." After another hour of experimentation, I gave up. I'm bummed. I like the idea a lot! (I'm giving it an extra star just for "good idea!") But the execution isn't workable. Fortunately, it's inexpensive, so I don't feel too bad about throwing it out. Because that's the fate of this failed experiment. Bummer.

I recently got into genealogy after my dad’s death. Going through his things I’m finding a ton of things I want to put up on Ancestry. I’m able to photograph books, certificates and pictures and they turn out looking great. So far, no glare on any of the pictures. Lowering is a huge pain; the pins should be made of plastic, because after about 10 times of messing with them the cardboard is starting to fray. Update: I’m on my fourth hour of “scanning” and the pegs are starting to fail. I’m going to return it because I think it should last more than 4 hours of continued use, but if you’re only planning on using it sparingly then I think it’s a great thing.

This product excellently and elegantly solves the problem it was designed to address: turning one's cell phone into an efficient scanning mechanism for books. It was very simple to assemble, with well-labeled parts and clear instructions. The accompanying LEDs are sufficiently bright to illuminate the item to be scanned, and can be positioned either from above or from the sides. It is slightly wobbly, and while it is in no danger of falling down, it is easily bumped when turning the pages of large books, and takes a moment or two to stabilize. (There is no obvious solution to the problem unless the product was expensively redesigned out of plastic rather than sturdy cardboard.) Although I'm sure the $500+ dedicated book scanners would do a superior job, for the price of a cell phone I already own and this product, the quality is more than sufficient. If you need to scan books and have a capable cell phone, this product inexpensively provides the necessary accompanying tool.

The LED lights sort of shine on the bottom of the page but I could use the camera flash, if using the clear page to keep stuff flat the camera flash then causes a reflection on that, but for flat pages you don't need it. I liked the idea of storing my scans in the box before using it, and portability (take it downstairs when I'm watching TV?) might be a big selling point I haven't used. The image is a bit backed out, but who cares when you are just saving stuff for future needs (car insurance docs, or vet items, receipts, etc). I was sort of sick of my scanner (and scanning software), I just used my phone's camera app, not even the scan software they link to for the phone, and I'm happy so far. The assembly was easy and nice (so the overall design is nice), the directions could have been a bit better, but it is rather simple. I'd buy one again. The tape on the LED strip was easier to peel off the led strip than separate the tape and backing, so you need to be a little careful there, but it went right back on.