5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Fingerprint Reader – Fast, Reliable, and Secure!

T.R. · 27 April 2025

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5.0 out of 5 stars Revolutionary

B. · 30 April 2025

Works perfectly with Windows Hello. Perfectly registers fingerprints and unlocks without any issue.One slight issue is that it doesn't work with multiple computers. You can unplug it and plug it back in but the moment you register it, it just forgets your fingerprint.Overall, at £20 it's an utter steal. A much easier way to log in.

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful USB FP scanner

K. · 6 June 2025

I needed a USB fingerprint scanner for Windows Hello on my desktop mini PC.The Arcanite device correctly reads my fingerprint about 70% of the time on the first attempt - not bad, but still not as good as my Android phone and my iPad. Windows 11 recognised it straight away and it works well with Windows Hello. Nice bonus is that touching the scanner wakes up my PC from sleep and logs me in in one hit - super convenient when it works. I have setup one finger for my standard user account and a different finger for the admin account, so when Windows asks for the admin password when installing software or changing settings, I can authenticate using my fingerprint. In summary, a pretty good product, about half the price of the Kensington alternative but still a bit overpriced for what it is.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Fingerprint Reader

D. · 8 August 2020

Windows Hello is a biometrics-based technology allowing users on Windows 10 users to sign in securely to their devices; not only that you also have secure access to your apps, networks and online services with just a fingerprint, or facial recognition. This is considered to be more secure than the traditional password; that’s because to have a very secure password, it has to be long with different characters to make it hard to guess and shouldn’t be reused; with so many complicated passwords to juggle that’s hard to remember, hence folks tend to use easy to guess passwords or write them down.The issue with facial recognition is it automatically attempts to log you in whenever it’s presented with a face; if it recognises your face, it will log you in or unlock your screen, creating a security risk if you wanted your computer locked for whatever reason at that particular time.With a fingerprint sensor, you have so much control, as you only log in or unlock your screen when you want to. Enter ARCANITE USB Fingerprint Reader for Windows 10 Hello.I picked up this fingerprint reader from Bolo for only £22.99, with prime, meaning the delivery was the next day. In terms of looks; I like the way it looks; it complements my PC beautifully. It does protrude a little bit, about a centimetre. However, in terms of looks, it still looks quite nice plugged in at the front; you wouldn’t want it at the back for practical reasons; however, you can get a desktop usb extension, if you do not want it plugged at the front of your pc or you haven’t got a usb port at the front; not all pcs are created equal.Setting up was easy; it was a case of plug it in and windows automatically installed the required drivers; from them on, you go to your settings to register your finger print(s); dead easy. By the way, you can store up to 10 finger prints; the reader also has 360 degrees fingerprint detection, making it easy to sign in at any angle; it’s also lighting fast, with way over 97%+ accuracy rate for me.In terms of durability; I’ve been using this reader on a daily basis for over a month now since I purchased it with no issues; I know it’s too early to tell; however, looks wise, it looks like it was well built; however, only time will tell.In terms of value for money; at £22.99, I would say that’s reasonable for what this thing gives you; valuable protection that a lot of us take for granted; until, one day you’re unlucky and your system or worse still your identity is compromised due to sloppy practises. In my opinion, this little gadget is definitely good value for money.

1.0 out of 5 stars Worked perfectly on win 10 and 11 with hello until died

m. · 5 January 2025

I was using it on win 10 and 11 and I was using just fine. I was using it to unlock my pc and also to log in to password manager. But after 1 year and 10 months it just stopped working causing me some issues. Tried on 2 different machines as it's just dead. I went to support website but it doesn't seem to work so I won't be buing it again, I'm going to give a go another provider.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good and Accurate Scanner

P. · 30 May 2025

I use Three of these ARCANITE Finger Print Scanners. Accurate and easy to set up and not too expensive. I originally bought a more expensive one and it was not so accurate, reliable or easy to set up.

5.0 out of 5 stars Biometrics in the Security Authentication Field is the future

m. · 12 January 2024

This is my 2nd device Fingerprint USB Biometric device which works perfectly fine under Microsoft Windows Hello! ++ authentication, which in turn, now allows me to seamlessly login to my desktop and on OATH type application such as password managers and other Applications/Services which normally would have required 2FA or complicated, MFA and use of 2nd devices to use as authentication.Specifically, I estimate the combination of using a fingerprint as a means to validate login credentials & seemless integration into OS's Platform & Apps has speed up the entire process by a number of minites each day, which cumulatively adds up quickly. Best of all, I'm able to drop from my own brain's memory the countless variations of passwords, i had to remember previously used across multiple Devices and WebApps/Domains. This is really one of those "No-brainers" type solutions to a common problem of Keychain management (via pwd manager).Its sturdy design with metal body housing makes this unit feel robust to last many years of repeated, daily usage! Best of all, if for whatever reason the device should malfunction in the future, you have redundant fallback to either PIN/Password/Facial recognition (if enabled on App/OS) to maintain the same levels of security.. This really is a Win/Win! Simple, Fast (0.5ms) & responsive biometric authentication, all whilst maintaining high levels of secured encryption, without complex passwords. I now own 2 of these fingerprint USB devices, One is deployed onto my main BMC Server and the Second is deployed onto my Desktop machine, I will be acquiring a third for my PVE Hypervisor as a replacement for WebAuth / PAM passkey authentication.

Très bon produit, identification rapide !

C. · 14 June 2025

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El problema es windows, el lector funciona bastante bien.

G.B. · 18 August 2020

Tengo una HP Envy, con Windows 10. Al meter el lector, no reconocía el driver.Después de un rato investigando, descargué el driver "Elan Fingerprint" del sitio del catálogo de actualización de Microsoft.Aunque fue un poco complejo, ahora funciona bastante bien. Y sobre todo quiero aclarar que este problema no es por el lector. Es un problema de Windows.

low profile, works great

d. · 27 May 2025

Probably a combination of windows setup and this device. Works flawlessly.

Works pretty good

S.T. · 14 September 2024

Seems to work well with Windows Hello, pretty fast to register. Only thing to note is that it doesn't seem to work with an extension on USB 3.0 ports, at least for me. Solution was to use the extension with a 2.0 port and it worked fine. If you are getting the exclamation mark on the device when you look at the Biometric devices section on Windows Device Manager try using a USB 2.0 port.

Kolay,güvenli ve hızlı

G.B. · 27 October 2022

Ürün yurtdışından gelmesine rağmen hızlı bir şekilde elime ulaştı. Ama paketlemesi pek iyi değildi. Windows 11 otomatik olarak tanımadı fakat ürünün resmi sitesinden gerekli driveri indirip kurunca hemen tanıdı. 10 parmak izi ekleme özelliği var. Parmağınızı hemen algılıyor ve Windows açılıyor. Facebook,youtube vs gibi daha bir çok site için de yine kendi resmi sitesinden indireceğiniz smart-id yazılımı ile parmak izi ile oturum açma özelliği var. Bu sitelerde oturum açma bilgilerini saklayıp her sistem kurduğunuzda smart-id programına import ederek kullanabiliyorsunuz. Şu an için bir sorun yaşamadan kullanıyorum. Bilgisayarı her açtığımda şifre girme derdinden kurtuldum. Alacak kişilere kesinlikle tavsiye ederim...