Canon CanoScan LiDE 20 > Reviews

Advantages: Slim, quality scanning, bargain price!
Disadvantages: Noise, speed, old model.

...friend. My eyes fell upon the Canon Lide 20 and that's where they remained. This was my Christmas present to myself, and it's certainly been a present for life. But enough of the schmaltz! Here's the nitty-gritty: Price & availability: At the time my scanner was £59.99, but due to a price ticket error, i got it for £49.99. (yay me!) This scanner is available from most electrical outlets, online if not instore, and the current RRP seems ... Read review

Advantages: Very Quick, Very Easy, Very good Value
Disadvantages: Cannot think of any.

When I first bought this scanner I was really getting it just for little jobs like copying writing etc, but I now use it for duplicating 35mm photos and other big jobs because it is so good. Speed = 10/10 The speed of this scanner is definitly one of its high points, it is extremly quick with documents and other black and white things, and is still quite nippy when you scan big memory things such as photos. Overall the speed is ... Read review

Advantages: Slim, small, lightweight, portable
Disadvantages: Little bit noisy

I bought my laptop a few months back and figured id buy a new scanner while I was there. I wanted something small, lightweight, portable and good looking – for a reasonable price. And I found it. The CanoScan LiDE 20 is one of the lightest, most portable scanners I’ve seen - It weighs next to nothing, and I frequently carry it in my laptop bag when im moving around. The scanner itself features three ‘EZ’ buttons – which couldn’t make scanning ... Read review

Advantages: VERY small, usb powered
Disadvantages: mine is very noisy

The canonscan LIDE 20 is one of the smallest and lightest scanners out - my first scanner died on me impressively and seeing as I have to move my entire system every now and then I decided I wanted to find a small compact scanner which would be easy to move AND one which did not require mains power.... so I investigated to see if there were any available which ran from the USB port - and sure enough, this one does! The picture quality I get from ... Read review

Advantages: Slim, small and lightweight
Disadvantages: There arent any

The scanner sits just one inch off the ground, and marks a new era in the design of scanners, no more chunky machines weighing tonnes! There are 3 buttons on the front of the scanner: scan (saves a scan to your documents). copy (copies, then prints). email (sends a copy to outlook). This means you don't even need to use the extensive software which is supplied with the scanner, just touch the button and you're away! Having mentioned the software, ... Read review

Advantages: Slim and compact. Easy to use
Disadvantages: none found yet

The Canon Lide 20 scanner is good value for money. I bought mine for £45 at Comet. Its compact and slim in design, and comes with a small bracket which allows you to stand the scanner/use it on its side, so it will fit into the tightest of spots. It has a very good range of software, from ARCSOFT.. Both excellent in operation, simple and easy to use. Both are really photo programs, but the photo studio will function with text based scan's. Various ... Read review

Advantages: Small, light, easy to use, price
Disadvantages: Long scan time for highest quality

...scanner, we have always had canon printers so we brought it (£24.98 brand new inc P&P). Installation was quick and easy and being USB powered, there is only one cable to connect. The unit is very compact and can be used flat or upright thanks to the detachable baseplate. 3 simple buttons on the front of the scanner can be re programed to you own choice for scanning straight into a folder, direct copy to printer, or all sorts of other things! The ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap & easy.
Disadvantages: New software to learn about.

First things first: Install the software. Well, this scanner comes with a shed-load of software which you can choose to install (or not) to help scan and manage scanned documents, as you require. After skipping a key piece of software - and consequently having to go through the install process a second time - I scanned a photograph into my computer and, in 10 seconds, had a preview on my monitor. 30 seconds later and there was my cousin: Beautiful ... Read review

Advantages: Uses very little deskspace
Disadvantages: None

...is a superb scanner from Canon at a very reasonable price (I paid £55 for mine). The quality and resolution of scans is very good as you'd expect from Canon. It is user friendly with the accompanying software and three buttons on the front allow you to fire up the appropriate software for scanning, emailing or copying to printer. The best thing about the scanner though is the very small footprint. It's not very big as scanners go anyway, so ... Read review

Advantages: Inexpensive, user friendly, attractive & light, name brand
Disadvantages: A bit flimsy

...would have still bought the Canon LIDE 20. This scanner is portable, easy to use, attractive, and the scan quality is wonderful! Another big plus is that this is a name-brand scanner. As I discovered with my last scanner, one should never buy a little-known brand of computer hardware as these companies will often go out of business and the drivers will dissapear off the web. Then you wont be able to use it with any later versions of your OS. Luckly, ... Read review