Hi it's Camille with POSGuys.com. Today we're taking a look at two barcode scanners. We
have the Honeywell 1250g and the Honeywell 1200g. They are both laser scanners and they're
based off some of the older Voyager models that are actually really good as well but
these are the latest and greatest.
So the 1250g here was, it's not officially an upgrade but it's kind of the next step
up from the Voyager GS. So if you have one of these it's a good step up to move to the
1250g.
And the Voyager just the original Voyager is continued on by the Voyager 1200.
Really quickly we're going to compare the Voyager and the Voyager 1200. So this is the
original. A little bit larger, this one is a bit more ergonomic, fits easily in my hand.
The button itself is rubberized, a bit more comfortable because of the texture and its
even got a bit of grip which this one doesn't have any grip. And you can see the bar from
the original Voyager is much thinner than the bar from the current Voyager 1200g which
will give you a better read when you are scanning barcodes.
Now we'll take a look at the 1250g versus the Voyager GS. So they're... scanners, the
1250g is a little bit thicker and when you do the comparison of how well they scan you
can tell pretty quickly
that the 1250g has a much faster scan rate and a much higher, er larger range.
It just takes longer for it to scan and it can't scan much further than this right now.
Taking a look at the two new scanners and their depth of field.
This is the 1200g.
So it has a decent range for a laser scanner. That's about it.
And then for the 1250 it should have a slightly larger depth of field. And you can see it's
a bit faster from the higher ranges of it's depth of field.
For the light testing, these are laser scanners so laser scanners are not recommended for
gardens centers, places where there would be a lot of bright light. So maybe outdoors
you probably wouldn't want to go with a laser scanner because
the laser beam just disapears in the light because it is light itself.
We're going to do a really quick scratch test. Soo
We'll just run a pen through this really fast.
No problem reading it for the 1250 and no problem for the 1200. I'm just going to put
a lot of scratches on this to really reduce the contrast on this barcode. Make it really
messy and scan with the 1200. It still has no problem, it has like a 10% minimum contrast
which is pretty good and the 1250g has a 20% which is still having no problem.
I'm gonna run some lines there vertically and see how it does.
Yeah, that got it. For the 1250g. Let's try it with the 1200. Yeah 1200 is still reading
it even with the vertical lines.
Both of these barcode scanners are great for retail. You have a good depth of field which
makes it easier on your employees because they can scan from really close or further
away. You do still have to line up the barcode with the laser, so you do have to be a bit
more precise with the laser scanner.
The main difference between the two, because they are very similar, is the stand and the
design. So this one has the trigger on the top and it always comes with a stand which
is great for just running items in front of but this one has an optional stand which you
can configure to do presentation mode. It's great for scanning items off of shelves, doing
inventory. It is a little bit more comfortable. I have wrists that get tired easily and so
I prefer this one because of the ergonomic design.
The GS which is the earlier version of the 1250g is still available for sale if you'd
like however we think that this one is probably going to replace it due to the similarity
and the upgrades that have been incorporated into this scanner.
The original Voyager is no longer available.
The interfaces are all the standard ones. It comes with a five year warranty
and if you'd like to buy either of these barcode scanners, the Voyager 1200g or the Voyager
1250g please get in touch with us at POSGuys.com