Omni Directional Barcode Readers   

The retail environment has made these omni directional barcode scanners popular because they provide a hands free mechanism to scan barcodes without a clean read. In other words, the barcode can be on the side of a bag or rounded product and the omni directional reader will scan the barcode without a problem. A user can scan many items very fast and accurately with this devise.

You will find these scanners imbedded in a counter top, or sitting out free standing. Many of the big box hardware stores use them and most of the self checkout grocery stores are using these scanners allowing the shopper to scan their own items without a problem. Very easy to use and very reliable, this is the choice of retailers in a mass checkout process.