Plugable USB Digital Microscope 250x, 2MP Micro Camera with Flexible Arm Stand - Handheld USB & USB-C Microscope, Windows, Mac, ChromeOS, Linux, Android, iPad Compatible
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- Hobby Focused: Useful and fun for educators, collectors, testers, and anyone interested in exploring the microscopic world. Use as an electronics microscope, soldering microscope, USB coin microscope and more.
- Perfect for Grab and Go Examination: Use with a laptop or tablet, or focused sessions with a desktop. Included flexible arm stand and observation pad can be used for measurement, or use as a handheld microscope.
- Broad Compatibility: our USB microscope uses a webcam chipset and sensor to support nearly any operating system using standard webcam software. Includes connectors for USB and USB-C/Thunderbolt ports for seamless connectivity. ChromeOS 108 or above is required.
- High Definition Microscope With Built-in Lighting: 2.0 Megapixels, 60x to 250x magnification. LED halo light with brightness control. Features 7000K color temperature, 0-38 lumens for optimal light and clarity.
- Lifetime Support: This device has been designed with reliability at its core and was built to meet the deployment demands of IT departments and the ease of use necessary for home offices. Includes lifetime support from our North American team of connectivity experts.
Light Source Type: LED
Model Name: USB2-MICRO-250X
Material: Plastic
Color: black
Product Dimensions: 3.5"L x 1.25"W x 1.25"H
Real Angle of View: 45 Degrees
Magnification Maximum: 250.00
Item Weight: 2.9 Ounces
Voltage: 5 Volts
Brand: Plugable
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 2 inches
Item Weight: 2.9 ounces
Item model number: USB2-MICRO-250X
National Stock Number: 0
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: May 27, 2015
Manufacturer: Plugable
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I've tried a handful of USB microscopes and this one is the best so far. Two things warrant mention. The first is the camera adjustments available under Windows and the other is resolution. The Plugable software (Windows version is all I've used), which requires download, can be set to auto adjust brightness but it can be manually adjusted too. My application requires locking exposure and this microscope can do it. That isn't the case for the other microscopes I've tested. It also isn't a feature mentioned by manufacturers. For my application, autoranging is undesirable. The ability to control exposure makes this scope stand out and why I like it so much. I am baffled by the magnification numbers given by manufacturers. This scope gives equal or higher magnification compared to others claiming 1600X. To change magnification, the scope is positioned above an object and focused. There is no zoom. All the others I've tried operate the same way. I've enclosed results at distances of 0, 20 and 40 mm from the clear plastic guard showing a 1 mm scale. I've also shown a penny's date at 0 and 40 mm. A penny is nominally 19 mm with 1 in the date being about 1.17mm or so. While the scope is great, I am not a fan of the flexible mount when operating at maximum magnification. Touching the microscope to focus or adjust lighting causes annoying movement. It is easy to get in a seemingly endless loop of adjust, move the object, readjust. I have a more rigid stand and find it to be far easier to use due both to rigidity and gears to move the microscope up and down. Circling back to software control, the camera app native to Windows can be used with add-on setting apps to set exposure and other options. Other USB microscopes have most of these setting greyed out whether in the Windows settings or in the apps supplied. They just aren't available.. I find the Plugable app does everything I want to do and does it quite nicely. Still pictures, videos and time-lapse are all available.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2024 by ChemSciGuy ChemSciGuy
Hands down, this is one of the most surprising buys I've ever had on Amazon. I don't think I've ever bought any product off of Amazon with as low an expectation (so many cheap electronics!) and been as happy as I am with this little microscope. I've had this for over six months now, and still love it. I can only vouch for using it on a Mac, but it's plug-and-play as far as I can tell without a problem, ever. Image quality is fantastic, it's easy to use, has great depth of field, and takes great pictures. The integrated light source is awesome too, very bright and adjustable so you can light up a surface and see defects and small details with high contrast. I'm an engineer and use it for taking pictures of small mechanical parts, and this scope cannot be beat for the price. The main reason I've been so pleased and surprised is that I've used a $30,000 microscope (one of the best digital microscopes in the world) and it was not much better at the magnifications I'm using it for. Best of all I don't have to worry at all about breaking this one because it's so cheap. Even then, I've beat this thing up in the field looking at aerospace components, and it is holding up like a champ. The only warning, it only operates at 10x and 250x magnification as far as I can tell, so not many options for magnification in between, but otherwise, it's great. If you're doing industrial machining and grinding, quality control on electronics, you're a hobbyist, a teacher, or you just want to see little stuff big, this is the scope for you. You know how everyone used to have those little science kits with a microscope that was impossible to see anything through? This is the exact opposite of that, and if you have any scientific curiosity at all, or you're a professional of some sort who needs a microscope, you should own this. Just buy it, who knew that looking at your hair or the dust in your vacuum was this fascinating?
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Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2016 by Andrew Andrew
This is a great little microscope for the price. I purchased it to use for my coin collecting hobby and it really brings things and details up close. I also got to playing around with it and looked at some other things up close. I had no idea that my gray hair was transparent!!!! hahaha!!!! Seriously, it is! I could see the background through my piece of gray hair..... Ok, back to the review. The scope is well built and very sturdy. Two things that I had issues with (actually one thing was not really an issue, but more like a recommendation to the manufacturer) were the length of the flexible "pole" (it is actually metal and very well built) and then there was an issue with downloading the required software for it to run on my MacBook Pro. 1- I would highly recommend the manufacturer supply a longer pole so that the scope is further away from the object you are viewing. I cannot get a full picture of even a penny in one frame. I will address this by extending the pole or building a longer tower in order to overcome this one issue. 2- Even though the product description says it is compatible with MacOS, the software would not install onto my MacBook Pro no matter what I did. I was slightly frustrated with this obviously, but after researching the issue, I found that a program called Photo Booth, already installed on my computer, thankfully allowed the camera to work. The Plugable software would download, but it just would not install and I kept getting error issues. Oh well..... I think the manufacturer needs to also address this issue as well. Overall, I would recommend this scope to anyone on a budget. I got the 250x model and cannot imagine what a higher powered model would be capable of doing!!!! 250x is plenty enough magnification for almost any application I would think. At least it is for me and my coin collecting hobby. Hope this helps.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2023 by Greg
I like that this camera microscope allows me to micro-solder for a fraction of the cost of other similar products. Very easy to setup, and the built-in light and focus adjustments are convenient.
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2024 by Brandon Brandon