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You can get very cheap ones and very expensive ones, the cheap ones are perfectly fine. The best and worst part about owning one is that you are incredibly limited on what you can achieve with it. I find myself refraining from asking the man in front of me waiting for coffee if I can scan the back of his shirt, or if I can scan the fur pattern of a passer-by’s dog, and so on, but also wishing I could scan un-scannable things like fluids or plants. I definitely wear a new set of eyes when I have this in my inventory. Photographed is a scan I took of a burnt mossy tree stump.
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May 18, 2025

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What an amazing way to see the world I'd never considered this before Fantastic!
May 19, 2025
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a brilliant thought! might you have any particular brands to suggest???
May 18, 2025
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@PARAKLAUSITHYRONIC Regrettably I don’t because mine was a gift and has absolutely no branding on it at all but it’s definitely inexpensive and I’d recommend going that route! it’s so much fun even if the quality isn’t life changing
May 18, 2025
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This is genius, I might just have to get one now
May 18, 2025
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@_KZR_ 10000% do it its so fun to hunt down things to scan and the actual act of scanning in public feels so mysterious like what is she doin ????
May 18, 2025
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