It gets dropped, repeatedly
Not once. A scanner on a warehouse floor goes onto concrete regularly, from a forklift, off a bench, out of a hand wearing a glove. The rugged body is the whole reason for the price.
Rugged corded · 1D imager
Zebra LI3608
Built for a warehouse floor rather than a counter. Bars only, on a shielded cable, in a body designed to be dropped onto concrete and keep working.
Two versions, both on this page. The standard range one reads at arm's length. The extended range one reads a label across an aisle, which is what saves the walk and the ladder.
Why this one
Where a counter scanner stops being enough.
The $99 scanners on this site are honest products and will do a great deal of work. These are for the places that break them.
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Dust, wash-down and cold
Loading docks, cold stores and anywhere hosed out at the end of a shift. A counter scanner is not sealed for any of that.
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The extended range one saves the walk
Reading a rack label from the aisle floor rather than climbing to it is the difference between a stocktake that takes a shift and one that takes two.
It reads bars only. If your cartons carry DataMatrix or QR - and more of them do every year - the scanner you want is the DS3608, which is this same rugged body with a 2D imager in it.
What it costs
Part numbers and prices.
| Zebra part number | What is in the box | Price inc GST |
|---|---|---|
| LI3608-ER3U4600ZVW | LI3608-ER Corded handheld scanner CBA-U46-S07ZAR Shielded USB Cable |
$414 |
| LI3608-SR3U4600VZW | LI3608 Corded handheld scanner CBA-U46-S07ZAR Shielded USB Cable |
$333 |
Buying more than one — LI3608-ER3U4600ZVW
Zebra quantity pricing, held until 31 January 2027. Same scanner, same kit — the price per unit drops with the number on the order.
- 2 $381 each $762 the lot — saves $66
- 4 $348 each $1,392 the lot — saves $264
Buying more than one — LI3608-SR3U4600VZW
Zebra quantity pricing, held until 31 January 2027. Same scanner, same kit — the price per unit drops with the number on the order.
- 2 $299 each $598 the lot — saves $68
- 4 $267 each $1,068 the lot — saves $264
Warranty
3 years, return to base — the unit comes back to us for repair or replacement rather than somebody coming out to you. Warranty runs by model rather than by price, so it is worth checking against whatever else you are comparing.
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Ask us before you count on it
Our distributor does not publish a stock figure for this scanner — it is one to check rather than assume. Ring or email and we will have an answer the same day, usually within the hour. We would far rather tell you it is three weeks away than take an order we cannot fill.
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The price is real either way
What is on this page is what you pay when it is available. Checking stock does not change the number, and it is not the opening of a negotiation.
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Tell us the part number and how many
That is genuinely all we need. You get a written quote back with freight worked out to your actual address, because a scanner to Parramatta and one to Port Hedland are not the same delivery and we would rather not pretend otherwise. A new account pays before it ships, and the clock starts when the payment confirms.
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Been comparing online? Send us the quote
If you have a written quote from somebody else on the same part number, we will match it. No haggling required, and no need to pretend you have not been looking.
Documents
Spec sheets and guides.
Not sure this is the right one?
Tell us what you are scanning and where. Thirty-five years of these conversations says the answer is usually simpler, and cheaper, than it looks from the inside.