I like the Canon LiDE 110, I'm not particularly technically minded, so you'll get no jargon in this review. All I am interested in with a scanner is, is it easy to use and does it scan my photos well. And the answer to both of those questions in my opinion is yes.

I didn't really pay much attention to the pile of bumf that came in the form of manuals and went to the quick start section. Then I loaded up the software from the supplied disc, plugged the scanner into the USB port and away I went.

I primarily bought this scanner so that I could copy and digitise all of my old photos. I have to say I am impressed with the resolution that you can acheive (which is 2400x4800dpi) and my scanned photos looked as good if not better than my originals. I also found importing the scanned images from the scanner software into my picture software very easy.

In terms of appearance this is a basic flatbed scanner, it's black and has 4 buttons on the front, which are called EZ buttons, they are Autoscan, pdf, copy and e-mail, so pretty straightforward to use. The other thing that is good about this scanner is that it doesn't need to be plugged into AC power to run, it just runs straight from the USB cable and although the one supplied is quite short, I just used an old one that I had and that has worked fine.

All in all I would say this scanner looks good, is easy to understand and use, scans great picture quality and is very affordable, retailing at around £50 if you look around.