This is a simple product that does exactly what is claimed. The info on the magstripe of a swiped card is entered into your computer exactly as though you typed it on the keyboard. It works out of the box with nothing special needed. If you were entering information based on this, you would need to make sure the computer is ready to accept the numbers before you swipe the card... such as positioning the cursor in the credit card number box on the screen. By default it sends all of the track data at once with a prefix and suffix for each so a program could tell which one is which. There's a small piece of windows-based configuration software that's optionally used to config which tracks to send and whether or not to use a prefix/suffix. Note that you would not be able to get it to send just the card number, or just the name on the card unless the card is encoded that way. Typically a card will have multiple bits of information on the same track. Most payment systems that allow one to use a card reader would know to expect the info in this format (which is a standard) and is not exactly as though you'd type it by hand reading from the front of the card. All that to say, you're not going to be able to use this to swipe your card and fill out the checkout form on a typical online store. But if you're using it for a payment system for a business and the payment system works with a card reader, then this will very likely "just work" with no special settings or anything. I gave it a slightly lower rating for accuracy in that if you are not careful about how you swipe, you'll only get track 1 data even if track 3 is present. But if you're careful to insert the card flat when swiping it gets it just fine. It either works or doesn't and doesn't send partial tracks or incorrect info. Read more

Simple and effective, works as a USB keyboard device. Reliably reads cards and can be used in many applications. Read more

Great Product A++++++++++ Read more

Did not work or go online. I just wanted to copy my building swiping card waste of money through it in the garbage and just bought another key the landlord which cost me $100 should’ve done it from the first place Read more

Simple to use and decent value. Does exactly what I need it to. Read more

doesn't work consistently Read more

Worked fine. but before you buy understand that it can only read cards not write. thats why i returned. Read more

WOrks great with health cards. Purchased to use with my EMR for Telus PS, works with ontario health cards Read more