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Carson MicroMini 20x LED Lighted Pocket Microscope with Built-In UV and LED Flashlight - Orange, Medium

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Color: Orange


Style: MicroMini


Features

  • The MicroMini is an Easy to Use LED Lighted Pocket Microscope with a Keychain Attachment ; Magnification: 20x Power ; Extremely Lightweight, Portable and Compact Design
  • Field Microscope Contains a Built-In Stand Alone UV and LED Flashlight ; There is also an additional Built-In LED light to be used in Conjunction with the Microscope
  • Great Educational Field Microscope for Multiple Hobbies, Tasks, Learning and Exploration ; Ideal Microscope for Kids, Students and Professional Usage
  • Contains an Extremely Smooth Focusing Knob ; Product Dimensions (LxWxH): 1.5 inch x 1.0 inch x 1.6 inch ; Runs on 3 G12Button Cell Batteries (Included)
  • Available in Orange, Blue and Green Color Options

Description

The MicroMini from Carson is a powerful 20x LED and UV lighted pocket microscope that comes included with a keychain attachment. This field microscope is extremely lightweight, compact and portable. The MicroMini field microscope also contains a built-in, stand alone UV and LED flashlight. There is also an additional built-in LED light to illuminate your subject matter under the microscope lens. The extremely smooth focusing wheel allows for fine adjustment tuning in almost any condition. The MicroMini is a great educational microscope that can be used for a variety of hobbies, tasks, learning and exploration. The powerful 20x magnification is great for examining plant/blood cells, printing pixels, fabrics, hair follicles and anything else that nature has to offer. Use the stand alone UV flashlight for detecting counterfeit currency, nectar mapping and so much more! This pocket microscope is ideal for multiple age groups ranging anywhere from a young child explorer, middle/high school student to your everyday professional. The MicroMini is small enough to fit inside the palm of your hand (Product Dimensions LxWxH: 1.5 inch x 1.0 inch x 1.6 inch). It is perfect to take with you on the run as it can be attached to a keychain, belt loop or packed in any backpack, purse or pocket. It runs on 3 LR43 button cell batteries (included). The MicroMini comes available in three different color options: Blue (MM-280B), Green (MM-280G) or Orange (MM-280O). At Carson, we strive to make sure our customers are 100% satisfied with the quality of our pocket microscopes. Carson will repair or replace your pocket microscope if it is found to have manufacturing defects in materials or workmanship..

Light Source Type: LED


Model Name: MicroMini


Color: Orange


Product Dimensions: 1.5"L x 1"W x 1.6"H


Magnification Maximum: 20 x


Item Weight: 0.07 Pounds


Brand: Carson


Objective Lens Description: Achromatic


Power Source: Battery Powered


Manufacturer: Carson Optical, Inc


Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 1.2 x 5.12 inches


Item Weight: 1.1 ounces


Item model number: MM-280O


Batteries: 3 LR41 batteries required. (included)


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: September 21, 2015


Department: mens


Manufacturer: Carson Optical, Inc


Country of Origin: China


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    • Great!
Color: Green Style: MicroMini
Bought these for my grandsons, who love it. Powerful flashlight, too! Love the way the object you're looking at is illuminated. I recently met a mechanical engineer who uses this for inspections! He loves it and keeps it clipped to his keychain.
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2024 by Adriana Hunter
    • I carry it with me
Color: Blue Style: MicroMini
Love it! I carry it around with me. Awesome and incredible, amazing to see everyday things in that magnification. The size is perfect. I feel like a powerful traveling science superhero 🦸♀️
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024 by Justme2019
    • A Mini Keychain Microscope But Functional
Color: Orange Style: MicroMini
Review Image by Brutally Honest Bee Brutally Honest Bee
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This is a fun mini keychain microscope that we were able to view specimen slides we ordered here on Amazon perfectly fine. It’s nice to have to keep kids occupied on neighborhood walks or adventures in the park. It’s small enough to attach to a pocket or purse unobtrusively. Nice little economical tool to have around the house. Really never know when you might have a use for this level of magnification outside of science. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024 by Brutally Honest Bee Brutally Honest Bee
    • CARSON Micromini 20x
Color: Orange Style: MicroMini
This portable micro scope with key loop is A great buy. You can get CARSON Cell & Tablet Camera clip too for photo edit’s. The Microscope is not going into moving cell’s, just more in-depth sight. Thank You
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024 by David Vick Jr.
    • Cheap build and my kid didn't use it much
Color: Green Style: MicroMini
The concept of these are good, but they are built cheap and for some reason, my kid lost interest in it and it was thrown by the wayside. It is cool to look at fabrics and things of that nature under high magnification, but this device was too small to keep the excitement going. Maybe if it was bigger or more magnified, it could have worked better. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2024 by Ricky Robert
    • Perfect size for kids, easy to focus
Color: Orange Style: MicroMini
We originally bought one of these and one of the next level of magnification from the same brand, this ended up being the winner with our kids and we’ve ordered quite a few as gifts now. It’s the easiest to bring into focus, the key ring feature is very handy, the size fits everywhere, and the magnification is just enough that you see really lovely details without losing a sense of what you’re looking at. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024 by JM
    • Tried 4 scopes for kids, this one had the best balance of ease-of-use and magnification
Color: Blue Style: MicroMini
Review Image by Tiffany H. Tiffany H.
You could say I am a microscopy enthusiast. I wanted a scope to use when I'm out with my kids. I wanted something that my 5 year old could use, but powerful enough that we could all enjoy it. I suspect a lot of buyers might be thinking the same thing, so here's my thoughts on using this with young kids. I purchased the following portable microscopes/magnifiers and tried them all out: * Carson MicroMini 20x LED Lighted Pocket Microscope (MM-280B) ** THIS ITEM ** * Carson MicroBrite Plus 60x-120x Power LED Lighted Pocket Microscope (MM-300) * Carson 60X-75X MicroMax LED Lighted Pocket Microscope (MM-200) * Carson 10x LumiLoupe (LL10) I included a picture for size comparison. For our intended use, I expect to get the most use from the MM-280B. The magnification is good enough to suprise you with what you see, revealing details that are still small enough to be unexpected and exciting. Yet it is still easy enough to use that my 5 year old can use it with some help. It's super easy to focus and very small, smaller than expected. It's the smallest of the scopes I tried by a large margin. The LED is bright enough to use it even in the dark and still get a good image. Batteries were included. I found that with the other, higher magnification, scopes it was too hard to focus and share with my kids -- even extremely tiny movements in my hand would consistently cause the image to shift or knocked out of focus. It was too hard to get an image and share it with my kids on those scopes, even at their lowest magnification. The MM-300 in particular was AMAZING in terms of image, but it isn't great for sharing. I will keep that one to myself. :-) On this scope, the 20x magnification was good enough to see plenty of detail and still be able to share it with each other without losing focus. The LL10 was obviously super easy to share since no focusing is required and the field-of-view on that one is HUGE. Unfortunately, the loupes only go up to 10x and that does not seem to be quite enough magnification to impress the kids (let alone adult myself). If there was a Carson 20x pre-focused loupe, I'd try that out, but the off-brand options I could find looked pretty low-quality. I wasn't too big on having UV, but as it turned out this is somewhat useful already. A number of the minerals we have found already are UV reactive. The only drawback is that this thing won't actually survive on my keychain. It does seem very durable, but I am confident it would eventually be scratched or rendered inoperable if it were to become part of my "everyday carry" and endure frequent nicks and bumps. I need to look into some sort of small case or something. A lens cap/cover to protect the optics from my keys would make this ideal. The other scopes were great for other purposes but I think that if you are planning to let your kids use this, this one is a good choice. If you want something that a 5-year old (or younger) can use without any help at all, then the LL10 is a good choice but they probably won't be amazed by the details they discover, it will be more of a "mildly interesting" reaction with the LL10. The others have more impressive magnification, but will be hard for kids to use. This one was a great middle ground. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018 by Tiffany H. Tiffany H.
    • Fun little toy for curious kids, button-cell battery isn't so nice
Color: Green Style: MicroMini
My 5yo son enjoyed this as a Christmas gift. Kinda fun to see all the different textures. The toggle for the light is a bit tricky because the "off" position is in the middle and that can be a little tough for small kids to figure out, therefore they tend to leave it on by accident. I'm not looking forward to when the battery drains because I'll have to find some non-standard button cell batteries. I would've preferred if the whole thing could've been designed to use a more standard AAA or AA battery instead, but obviously that would've made it a larger design. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2023 by Austin

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