What was counted
Totals by bin, by site and by company, live while the count is still running — not assembled afterwards from sheets of paper by somebody with a calculator.
Why this one
The MC9000 line has been the default in the harshest warehouses for over twenty years, and the MC9400 is its current form. It exists for the sites that get through other hardware: freezers, dust, chemicals, constant drops.
Two options matter most for stocktaking. Freezer variants handle the condensation that kills ordinary devices moving between a cold store and a loading dock. Long-range scanning reads a label many metres up a rack, so nobody puts a person on a forklift to count a top shelf.
With Stocktakes Online
How it counts.
Everything about Stocktakes Online works identically here — but two things specific to this device matter on the portal.
Long-range scanning changes how a count is organised: an operator can stand in the aisle and read levels above them, so bins are counted in vertical runs rather than by lifting somebody. And in a freezer, where nobody wants to stand still, the bin lock matters more than anywhere — the operator scans the location once and works the bay without re-scanning it in gloves.
At a glance
What it is.
- Form factor
- Rugged gun-grip mobile computer
- Best for
- Cold storage, heavy industry, long-range scanning
- Scanning
- 2D extended range imager — high racking from across an aisle, and a printed sheet from a few centimetres
- Data entry
- Physical keypad, multiple layouts
- Environment
- Freezer and non-incendive variants available
The close range is the surprise. A long-range 1D laser was hopeless up close — you held the label out at arm's length, half a metre or more, before it would read. We counted a stocktake on an MC9400 in October 2026 and it read a barcode printed on a sheet of paper from a few centimetres, and high racking from across the aisle, with nothing changed between the two. That removes the usual question of which scanner suits which job.
A summary, not a specification. Zebra's own datasheet below carries the detail, and we confirm the exact variant, scan engine and accessories when we quote.
The device
Closer up.
Product photography supplied by Zebra. We will add pictures of these in our customers' warehouses as counts are completed.
What it costs
Two kits, with nothing left to buy.
A scanner on its own cannot finish a stocktake — there is nothing to charge it in and nothing to swap when the battery goes. Each of these is everything one operator needs, working, out of the box. They differ in one part: the scanner itself.
Which one? The freezer model is built to go from a cold store into a loading dock and back without condensation stopping it — a scanner that fogs up or ices over is a scanner nobody is counting with. If nothing you count is below freezing, the standard one is the same device for $479 less, and it has a camera.
In both kits
Every kit below includes all six. The two options differ in one part only — the scanner — and each table still lists and prices the lot.
Standard — extended range, 53 keysMade to order — 12 to 14 weeks
$5,719
inc GST · one complete scanner · hardware only
| Part | What it is for | Inc GST |
|---|---|---|
| Zebra MC9401 scanner, extended rangeMC9401-0G1R6DSS-A6 | Zebra MC9401 Gun 53 Key 2D-ER 6/128 AD/GMS CAM | $5,569.00 |
| Charge cradle and USB dockCRD-MC93-2SUCHG-01 | Zebra Dock Charge/USB for MC93/MC94/MC9450, 1-Bay | $449.00 |
| Power supplyPWR-BGA12V50W0WW | Zebra Power Supply, 12 Volt/4.16 AMP, 50 Watt for Single Slot Cradle | $99.00 |
| DC cableCBL-DC-388A1-01 | Zebra Cable Power, DC PWR-BGA12V50W, 1-Bay, Battery | $19.00 |
| Power cordCAIEC | Power Cable IEC-C13 (CAIEC) 10A, 1.8M, Black, Australia | $9.00 |
| USB cableCBL-TC5X-USBC2A-01 | Zebra USB-A to USB-C Communications and Charging Cable, 1m | $29.00 |
| Spare extended batteryBTRY-MC93-STN-01 | Zebra Battery for MC9300, 7000 mAh, PowerPrecision and Lithium Ion | $255.00 |
| Parts separately | $6,429.00 | |
| Kit discount — 11% | −$710.00 | |
| Complete kit | $5,719.00 | |
Freezer — extended range, 53 keysCheck availability
$6,279
inc GST · one complete scanner · hardware only
| Part | What it is for | Inc GST |
|---|---|---|
| Zebra MC9401 scanner, freezer modelMC9401-0G1M6DCS-A6 | Zebra MC9401 Gun Freezer 53 Key 2D-ER 6/128 AD/GMS | $6,119.00 |
| Charge cradle and USB dockCRD-MC93-2SUCHG-01 | Zebra Dock Charge/USB for MC93/MC94/MC9450, 1-Bay | $449.00 |
| Power supplyPWR-BGA12V50W0WW | Zebra Power Supply, 12 Volt/4.16 AMP, 50 Watt for Single Slot Cradle | $99.00 |
| DC cableCBL-DC-388A1-01 | Zebra Cable Power, DC PWR-BGA12V50W, 1-Bay, Battery | $19.00 |
| Power cordCAIEC | Power Cable IEC-C13 (CAIEC) 10A, 1.8M, Black, Australia | $9.00 |
| USB cableCBL-TC5X-USBC2A-01 | Zebra USB-A to USB-C Communications and Charging Cable, 1m | $29.00 |
| Spare extended batteryBTRY-MC93-FRZ-01 | Zebra Battery Freezer PowerPrecision for MC9300, 5000 mAh - Battery Only | $339.00 |
| Parts separately | $7,063.00 | |
| Kit discount — 11% | −$784.00 | |
| Complete kit | $6,279.00 | |
Fifty-three keys, and the numbers are the big ones. This is the keypad people reach for when the count matters more than the screen — typed without looking, with gloves on, in a building where you would not want to be tapping glass. Stocktakes Online has a keypad-first counting screen built for exactly that: bin, part and count on one form, typed and saved.
Extended range reads the top beam from the floor. If your racking runs high, this is the difference between counting a bay and fetching a ladder to count a bay.
This is hardware. The software is separate. Stocktakes Online is licensed per stocktake, from $110 inc GST — see pricing. Buying a scanner does not include a licence to count with it, and a licence does not include a scanner.
Counting with more than one scanner? Ask us before buying cradles. A multi-bay charger costs less than several single ones and takes up a fraction of the bench.
And then what
A scanner is where a count starts, not where it ends.
On its own, a scan is a beep. What makes a device worth buying is what comes off it — and with Stocktakes Online, nothing comes off the device at all, because it stores nothing. Every scan is a live call to the portal as it is made, checked against your own parts and bin locations.
What was not
Unscanned parts, unscanned bin locations, and the bins somebody marked as empty. On a site where stock sits four metres up or behind a freezer door, that is precisely the stock most likely to be skipped. The long-range engine is what lets somebody count it from the floor. The unscanned report is what shows whether they did.
Who counted it
Every figure attributable to an operator and a device, with the raw scans still behind it. On screen, printed as a document, or straight into Excel.
Ten reports, and the same three rules behind every figure. See what comes out →
Is this the right one for your site?
Tell us the aisle widths, whether it is a freezer, how far the operator walks and how many hours a shift. We would rather send a device that fits than the most expensive one in the range.