Tera Upgraded USB Laser 1D Barcode Scanner Wired Officially Certified Dustproof Shockproof Waterproof IP65 Ergonomic Handle Ultra Long Bar Code Reader Fast and Precise Scan Plug and Play L5100Y

So i needed this because my brand new iphone 14 can't see up close in the Amazon seller app or on ebay and all of my barcodes were fuzzy. This little thing was only a few dollars, so i thought i'd give it a try. It works quite well -- the provided manual gives you EVERYTHING you need to make this scanner work like you need it to. You can set it to do carriage returns, power off times, buzz vs beep or both. It's very well laid out and easy to reprogram this scanner to do exactly what you need.The scanner itself is great - just have to be directly in front of the barcode, but it's got a good strong laser and is able to penerate clear bags, some glass etc. I'm enjoying the heck out of it as am able to scan faster than i was before.

My initial review, I'll add more 6 months from now;Overall *very* good scanner. Does it scan from longer distances, no 2 to 16 inches it works greatdo the batteries last a week. No if you're doing non stop scanning you'll need to recharge after about 4-5 hours. But it works great. Think of the size of the thing. Not enough room to put huge batteries in it. It reads all barcodes and QR codes and reads them quickly it also reads 'on screen'. And it actually reads better than my Zebra DS22's. and has 4 ways to connect! onboard bluetooth, dongle bluetooth, 2.4 wireless, corded. Pretty impressive for something so small.After I've used for some time I'll update here. But for now, it's a great product. Especially if you're not a heavy scanner.

Our school uses a program where we can give students points for positive behavior. The app always gave me trouble so I bought this Bluetooth scanner to scan their name tags. I love it! Now I can open the app and then scan it so easily. The battery life is great as I’m only using it sporadically throughout the day. Sometimes it’ll take a few seconds to respond at first, I just have to check my screen to see if the point actually went through.It is very easy to keep in in my waist pouch and the sound is appreciated in this case to let me know their ID is being scanned.

I have purchased scanners from other brands and this is the easiest to set up and use.

Really liked the form factor for this scanner, but it has three major flaws.One: it is bright. Could literally hold the button and this would just be a regular flashlight with a little optical/laser reader of some sort. Could probably be used as some sort of self-defense device if the reader was laser based along with the flashlight.Two: turning off the light means it can't read ANY barcodes. There's a way to turn off the light by finding the online manual for an older revision of this device. However, doing so means losing the scanning ability in dimmer rooms or places with a little less light. I'm not talking about a pitch black room, but if there's any chance of being on the wrong side of the room where something is partially casting a shadow; good luck scanning anything in this mode.Three: just refuses to scan even with the flashlight mode is turned on. I think each attempt took maybe 3-7 times just to get a scan. I find that I have to hold the scanner maybe 5-8 inches away from a barcode before it scans (can't be too close) and sometimes I have to hold down the button until it reads something (most times it won't). However, I needed this device to scan every time on good barcodes no matter how close I got to the barcode.The only saving graces for this scanner was that it was very small, it didn't need much setup, and would sometime scan digital barcodes on monitors/phone screens (detection was slightly better than on physical barcodes, but still needed distance). I just wished it worked better than it did.

Title says it all. Works with my square app for easier checkout at craft shows, which is all I could ever hope it would do for me. Also, the way it works with my PC makes me think it would also be great for taking inventory, though I haven't tried that yet. Love how long it stays charged.

I've been communicating with tech support at Tera and they have been somewhat responsive and helpful, but I'm still having issues.Let me begin by saying that when this thing works, it is great. A nice size, not too small to handle easily or too big to put in my pocket. It has both audio and tactile feedback (each can be turned off separately) when it successfully scans a bar code, which is a nice feature.The biggest problem is that it does not work properly in wired mode, with a USB cable plugged into the scanner and the computer. In all modes it operates like a computer keyboard as far as the computer is concerned. In wired mode, however, it holds the shift key down too long, the result being that if it scans a character that needs the shift key and the next character does not need the shift key, the next character gets the shift key applied anyway.So if you scan "Hello" you get "HEllo". This is critical if you scan a QR code with a link, which starts "https://", but in wired mode scans as "https:?/". The colon (:) character is semi-colon (;) plus shift key (look at your keyboard). The slash (/) does not need the shift key, but if you hold down shift and press the slash key, you get a question mark (?).So you cannot use this scanner in wired mode for codes that include shifted characters. Now a lot of codes do not, for example UPC codes are all numbers, so you can use it for that. But not QR codes that contain URLs.The next issue is that most of the bar code types that can be scanned can be turned on or off, which itself is fine, but when they are all on, scanning can take a long time. It can take several seconds for it to figure out which kind of bar code you are scanning (although it seems to remember what you scanned last time, so if you scan the same type again, it's not so slow). That is why you can turn them off. They recommend turning off all the ones you do not need, which is fine if you only need to scan 1 or 2 types of codes.Some kinds of codes are easier to scan than others. Despite repeated trying, I have never been able to get this to scan Maxi code (mainly used by UPS) or Code 32 (mainly used in Italian pharmaceuticals). I have great difficulty getting it to scan MSI or Plessey code. If all the scan types are enabled, the various kinds of 2 of 5 can be very difficult for the scanner to tell apart and recognize.On the plus side, it is very good at reading QR code and Data Matrix code. Aztec code depends on the size, apparently the samples I was trying were too big.Although this does recognize 2D codes, unlike any of the other scanners I've seen at this size, it does not claim to, and does not, read the 2D parts of composite 1D/2D codes like GS1 Composite or EAN-13 Composite. It does, however, read the 1D part of those codes.

This is the third barcode scanner I bought from Tera. Connected easily to both my IPad and my IPhone. Battery life has been excellent. The book that comes with it is great. I have never had issues with this brand name.

You get what you paid for I guess. It doesn’t read the barcodes or QR codes as quick as other brand I’ve owned. Also keep losing connection with my phone. I’m returning the product.

Fácil de conectar por Bluetooth o con el receptor incluído, Lee diferentes tamaños de códigos de barra, fácil de manejar

Der Tera Barcode Scanner 1D CCD wurde schnell von Amazon geliefert und war Amazon-like auch gut verpackt.Der Scanner an sich kommt mit einer kleinen Pappschachtel inkl. eines kleinen Benutzerhandbuchs mit vielen Beispielbarcodes.Positiv zu erwähnen ist, dass man für den Barcode Scanner keinerlei Treiber auf dem Computer installieren muss, um ihn zu benutzen. Einfach per USB Stecker an den Rechner anstecken und man kann direkt die ersten Barcodes scannen. TOP!Zum Lesen der Barcodes muss einfach die Taste am Scanner gedrückt werden, worauf hin der vom Laser ausgesendete Lichtbalken heller wird und dann kann der Code anvisiert und gelesen werden. Das erfolgreiche Lesen des Barcodes wird dann von einem doch sehr lauten Piepgeräusch bestätigt. Dieses Piepen kann leider nicht abgestellt oder leiser gestellt werden, was schade ist.Alles in allem ein super Helfer. Der Preis ist m.E. nach aber mit ca. 25 Euro doch sehr hoch.

Zusammenfassung (das Wichtigste vorweg):- Scanner ist leicht und funktioniert wie erwartet (auch an etlichen Design-QR-Codes getestet)- Anleitung (englisch) besteht aus über 40 Seiten Strichcodes für Einstellungen- 1,8 m Kabel (auf einer Seite USB, auf der anderen ähnlich Lan-Stecker)Im Detail:Der Scanner liegt gut in der Hand und wird mit einem 1,8m langem Kabel geliefert. Es ist ein normales Kabel, kein Spiralkabel - vermutlich besser so, da der USB-Stecker ja nicht arretierbar ist. Mit den 1,8m komme ich gut klar. Für die Scanner Seite ist der Stecker nach meiner Ansicht ein RJ45-Stecker (wie ein LAN-Stecker), der in die entsprechende Buchse im Griff geschoben wird. Dieser wird so weit eingeschoben, dass der kleine Hebel für die Arretierung weit im Griff verschwindet und nur mit Hilfsmittel (z.B. Schraubendreher) wieder betätigt werden kann. Ich bin mir hier nicht sicher, ob Vor- oder Nachteil, würde aber jedenfalls nichts abziehen. Wenn der Stecker eingesteckt ist, dann kann er ca. 1/2 mm rein/raus bewegt werden, was ich aber nicht als problematisch empfunden habe.Mit dem Scanner erhält man ein 46 seitiges "User Manual" in englisch. Es besteht im Prinzip ausschließlich aus Strichcodes, mit denen man die Funktionen des Scanners beeinflussen kann (z.B. an/aus von Licht, Ziel-"Laser", Beep, Vibration). Nachdem ich mit Hilfe eines Codes in der Anleitung das Keyboard Country Layout auf Germany gestellt hatte, wurden auch QR-Codes mit Webadresse sofort als funktionsfähige Webadresse in Excel eingetragen. Am Ende der Anleitung gibt es etliche Kontaktmöglichkeiten zum Support (E-Mail, Telefon/Whatsapp, Instagram, Youtube). Per QR-Code kommt man auf deren Website, wo es aber auch nur die englische Anleitung gibt.Nach Anschluss des Scanners an einen PC konnte ich z.B. eine Excel Datei öffnen und munter drauf los scannen (entsprechend ist die Grundfunktion intuitiv nutzbar). Der gescannte Code wurde dann in die aktuell ausgewählte Zelle in Excel eingetragen. Im Anschluss wurde die Zelle 2 Zeilen tiefer ausgewählt (also eine Zeile frei).Ich habe den Scanner an etlichen Codes getestet. Einen QR-Code (weißer logo-QR-Code auf orangem Hintergrund) konnte er nicht Scannen, obwohl mein Handy diesen erkannt hat. Ich habe daraufhin mehrere Design-QR-Codes von einer Website eingescannt, die der Scanner alle scannen konnte (in Regenbogenfarben, mit hinterlegtem Foto, mit Kreisen anstelle von Quadraten, zusammengesetzten Modulen (5 verschiedene Codes), mit Schatteneffekt). Auf einer weiteren Website konnte ich 42 verschiedene Design-QR-Codes einscannen, tie teilweise schon sehr extravagant designed wurden. Insofern hat mich die QR-Code-Scan Funktion überzeugt.Strichcodes konnten ohne Probleme gescannt werden. Getestet an diversen EAN und Codes auf Paketsendungen.Im Ergebnis würde ich etwas abziehen wegen der englischen Anleitung, jedoch reicht dies nach meinem Empfinden in dem Fall ("Anleitung" ohnehin fast nur Strichcodes + Support Kontaktmöglichkeit) nicht aus, um einen ganzen Stern abzuziehen. Entsprechend bleibe ich bei 5 Sternen.