The TC22 and TC27 are the entry point into proper scanning hardware. They look and feel close to a phone, which makes them unintimidating for staff who spend most of their day doing something else — serving customers, picking orders, working a counter — and count stock a few times a year.
What separates them from an actual phone is the part you cannot see: a real scan engine behind the glass, and a trigger. That is the difference between a scan that lands instantly and one that needs the operator to frame a shot.
How it counts.
On a TC22 the whole Stocktakes Online flow happens on the touchscreen. Scan a bin, scan a part, key the quantity on the on-screen keypad. For a stockroom of a few hundred lines that is entirely comfortable.
Where it starts to tell is volume. Typing quantities on glass all day is slower than a physical keypad, and a device this size gets tiring held out at arm's length for hours. If your count runs for days rather than an afternoon, look at the MC3400.
What it is.
- Form factor
- Compact touch computer, phone-sized
- Best for
- Retail back rooms, stockrooms, smaller warehouses
- Scanning
- Integrated scan engine with a side trigger
- Data entry
- Touchscreen; on-screen keypad for quantities
- Environment
- General indoor use
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.
Closer up.
Product photography supplied by Zebra. We will add pictures of these in our customers' warehouses as counts are completed.
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.