Pick by site scale. The S20 ($7,999) is a 1 kg handheld for interiors, as-builts and spaces up to 70 m range — ideal where you're walking tight spaces all day. The S100 Series is the heavy-lift option: a backpack-mounted 16- or 32-channel scanner with 120–300 m range, up to 640,000 points per second, a 1 TB SSD and 3-hour runtime, built for mines, tunnels, large facades and full-site capture. If most of your work is indoors and under 70 m, the S20 does it for less money and less weight.

Channel count and range. The S100-16 runs 16 LiDAR channels at 320,000 points per second; the S100-32 doubles that to 32 channels and 640,000 points per second — both range to 120 m. The S100-32 PRO extends range to 300 m and upgrades imaging from two 16MP cameras to four 20MP wide-angle cameras with a dedicated image processor, for wider coverage and finer point cloud colour. More channels means denser clouds in fewer passes; choose the 16 for budget, the 32 for production density, the PRO for big open sites.

Anyone scanning things they can't walk up to: open-cut pits, stockpiles, quarry walls, tall facades, bridge spans and large industrial structures. At 300 m you capture from the ground what would otherwise need a drone flight or a tripod scanner — and because it's still SLAM, you keep walking while you do it. If your sites fit inside 120 m, the standard S100-32 saves you money.

By the time SHARE's direct price converts to Australian dollars and clears shipping and import GST, you've spent close to the local price — and you own a scanner with no Australian warranty, no training and no one local to call. Buying from us gets you a GST tax invoice, Australian Consumer Law protection, hands-on handover from our Melbourne team, and support from the engineers who set up your unit.

Fair question. The headline RTK (0.8 cm + 1 ppm horizontal) and absolute accuracy (better than 5 cm) specs match the S20 — what changes is the cloud itself. The S100 holds point cloud thickness within 5 mm (vs 1 cm on the S20), captures up to 640,000 points per second across 16 or 32 channels, and reaches 120–300 m instead of 70 m. You're paying for density, cleaner surfaces, range and coverage speed — not a different accuracy class.

Not for georeferencing when you have an RTK fixed solution (AUSCORS NTRIP corrections). Where you do want control, the S100 has a trick the S20 doesn't: visible laser control point acquisition — aim the laser dot at a known point and capture it, even on rough terrain like mine benches and caves where placing targets is impractical. For deliverables with a stated accuracy spec, independent check shots remain standard QA.

The S100 supports PPK processing as well as RTK. Log raw GNSS data against your own base station or a cloud PPK service, and georeference the scan in post-processing — no live corrections required. Fully GNSS-denied sections (tunnels, underground workings) are carried by the fused SLAM trajectory and tied to coordinates with laser-acquired control points.

Yes. The S100 outputs RTK- or PPK-georeferenced clouds in real-world coordinates, so handheld and aerial datasets register into one continuous model — pit floors and underground sections from the S100, aerial overview from the drone. With 300 m range on the PRO, the overlap zone between ground and air capture gets generous.

A lot — that's why it ships with a 1 TB high-speed SSD as standard, enough for large multi-day surveys. Offload runs at over 1 GB/s, so a full day's capture transfers in minutes, not hours. Processing runs through SHARE PointClouds Studio on desktop, with point clouds exporting in standard formats for CAD, BIM and GIS packages.

You don't hand-carry it — the S100 ships with an ergonomic backpack system as standard, putting the weight on your shoulders and hips rather than your wrist. Operators run multi-hour sessions in mines and on large sites; that's the workload it was designed around. If your jobs are short indoor scans, the 1 kg S20 is the better tool.

Up to 3 hours on the dual-battery system, and the batteries hot-swap — so with spares you scan continuously without powering down. Combined with the 1 TB SSD, the practical limit on a session is your legs, not the hardware.

Yes, in Melbourne. Every S100 bought from us includes a hands-on handover from our Melbourne team covering AUSCORS NTRIP setup, PPK workflow, your first scan and the data pipeline into your CAD/BIM software. Training is also available in other major Australian cities for an additional fee.

A 12-month warranty backed by Australian Consumer Law, with support from our Melbourne team — phone, email, and the same engineers who did your handover.