Brand · 6 products · Office & WFH and Tech & Gadgets
Canon
Is Canon worth buying?
Canon earned a buy verdict on 3 of the 6 Canon products we compared (50%), in line with the 50% average across every brand on the site. 1 is an "it depends": right for a specific buyer, not for everyone. We would skip 2: Canon imageFORMULA R40 and Canon IVY 2 Mini Photo Printer.
Verdicts synthesize independent testing and long-term owner reports; we do not run a lab and never take review units. Each product below links to the comparison it was judged in. How we review.
Buy it 3 products
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The Best Laser Printers: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Office & WFH
Canon Color imageCLASS MF656CdwRunner-up
The color all-in-one to get if you need vivid color and scan/copy/fax in one machine.
Best for: Home offices that occasionally need color and want a capable all-in-one in one machine.
$$$ · premium
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The Best Mirrorless Cameras for Beginners: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Tech & Gadgets
Canon EOS R50Runner-up
The friendliest small camera you can buy - superb autofocus and a guided interface in a body that disappears in a bag.
Best for: First-time camera buyers who value small size and simplicity, and who will mostly shoot with one or two kit-style lenses.
$$ · mid-range
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The Best Photo Printers for Home: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Office & WFH
Canon SELPHY CP1500Runner-up
The consensus best 4x6 snapshot printer: dye-sub prints that come out laminated, water-resistant, and built to outlive most albums.
Best for: Anyone who mostly wants durable, true-color 4x6 prints of family photos without fuss
$$ · mid-range
It depends 1 product
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The Best Home Printers: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Office & WFH
Canon PIXMA TR8620a
The best-looking prints of the bunch - as long as you don't print in high volume.
Best for: Lower-to-moderate volume homes that value photo quality and a full feature set over rock-bottom running cost.
$$ · mid-range
Skip it 2 products
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The Best Document Scanners: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Office & WFH
Canon imageFORMULA R40
Excellent black-and-white scan quality held back by USB-only connectivity and an aging design.
Why we skip it: USB-only: no Wi-Fi, no Ethernet, and no touchscreen, so it cannot scan directly to a phone
$ · budget
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The Best Photo Printers for Home: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Office & WFH
Canon IVY 2 Mini Photo Printer
Pocketable and cheap, but ZINK zero-ink prints are the weakest photo output you can buy - washed-out now, faded later.
Why we skip it: Independent testing of ZINK printers consistently finds soft detail, washed-out or skewed colors, and visible banding
$ · budget
Canon in our categories: Office & WFH (5) · Tech & Gadgets (1)