Carson MicroBrite Plus 60x-120x LED Lighted Pocket Microscope

I bought this mini microscope for my 10 year old son as an Easter gift. He loved it and was quite pleased that it fit in his pocket, so he could take it with him on nature walks. He found it was especially good for looking at the lichen on a fallen log up close. We also had fun looking at sugar that had been spilled on the table. Th magnification is good and clear, and I thought it was a good purchase for the money.

However, after only using this microscope carefully for three days, it stopped working. Specifically, the light would no longer come on. My husband took it apart and found that the tiny bulb had burnt out, but that it was impossible to replace it as it was a part of the circuitry of the microscope. Unfortunately it seems that Amazon is out of stock of these, because I would like to get another for my son. At the moment only outside sellers seem to have them and they are much more expensive. Very disappointing.

I have purchased over 1000 items from Amazon, ranging in price from $10 to a few hundred dollars. THIS IS THE MOST USEFUL, AMAZING, AND MY FAVORITE, Item out of everything I have purchased. The clarity this shows, along with the magnification and l.e.d. light, is beyond words. I used it to examine trichomes on my plants to determine ripeness. What is not visible, becomes a forest ofClear trichomes that seem like skyscrapers. Unopened it anhour ago, and I have just ordered another one. I can’t put it down.

Das Taschenmikroskop ist für sehr viele Bereiche eine günstige, handliche und sehr brauchbare Alternative zu einem richtigen Tischmikroskop.
Die optische Abbildung ist sehr gut bis in den Randbereich und es hat den großen Vorteil, dass man es frei auf jeder halbwegs ebenen Oberfläche platzieren kann und gleichzeitig die Vergrößerungsleistung diejenige einer Uhrmacherlupe um ein vielfaches übersteigt. Man kann mit etwas Geschick sogar sehr brauchbare Aufnahmen mit der Smartphone-Kamera machen. Als Beispiel habe ich zwei Aufnahmen einer Schneide nach dem groben Vorschliff und nach dem Feinschliff angefügt.

When the picture is clear and adjusted it is amazing, but unfortunately it is extremely hard to adjust this device!
It is not for kids or outdoors. It also cause headache after few minutes of use.
You MUST use it in a flat surface without any movement. The object that you try to view should be a flat and very small (I think the viewable area is like 1mm *1mm). You have to tear the object you inspect to get a very small piece of it to be able to see it.
The image is mirrored, if you want to see a little bit toward the right then you have to move the microscope to the left!
The worst thing is that it is not eligible for return!!

I read some reviews where people were unhappy and couldn’t get this product to work. I don’t know how that could be, since I just tried it and freaked out at how cool it was! You need to remember that since it is so small, it is easy to move around and you can get motion sickness if you do that too much, oops! But, it works with or without the bright LED light (bright sunlight would probably work well). I can see very small things like how shiny my hair is and the pattern of the material in my clothes or the different overlapping fibres in cardboard. Perfect for just looking at small things and easy to use. I am not sure the super zoom works amazingly but it is a neat little thing and works great. Well worth the price! I have included a shot of my couch cover (fibers) and a dog hair on top of a piece of blue printed cardboard. Those are all the little dots of ink. I find this microscope to be better than a printer’s loupe.

I usually rely on a 40X jewelry loupe for magnification. This is much better as I can see more clearly and 60X is way more effective. This work like a true microscope, so up&down seems/feel (spoon reflection effect) reversed as well as left&right. So it’s hard to navigate at first when trying to see and focus at the same time. Not easy to use freehand, better results standing on it’s own self and viewing laying on a flat surface.

I am very satisfied! Better than I thought. Great combo with a loupe.