We recently purchased the DocuMate as well after trying to review many of the less expensive all-in-one units. We have an HP all-in-one and the problem with it is that it scans into jpgs, which you then have to convert into pdf and it just takes too long when doing multiple page scans. With the DocuMate, it goes straight into pdf format and is very fast. If scanning is your main concern, with the output into pdf, it is a great unit.