Carson Microbrite 20X-40X Zoom LED Lighted Pocket Microscope

by Carson

Product Features

• Magnification: 20x-40x
• Weight: 2.7 oz
• Dimensions: 4.5" x 3" x 1.75
• Accessories: Two slides and base stand
• Batteries: 3 LR-44 button cell batteries (included)

Product Description

Carson's MicroBrite is a 20x-40x Zoom Pocket Microscope. Super-bright LED light illuminates your viewing subject to ensure a clear, bright image. View your object at 20x magnification or zoom in to an impressive 40x magnification to see even the finest details. Simply place the MicroBrite directly on any subject to see a magnified view or use the included base to view specimen slides. The MicroBrite is so compact and portable you can bring it with you anywhere. Comes complete with pocket microscope, 2 slides and base stand. For ages 6 to adult.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B003QONGL2
• Item model number: MM-24
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,993 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #27 in Sports & Outdoors > Hunting & Fishing > Hunting > Hunting Accessories > Cleaning & Maintenance Products

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, easy, educational, November 6, 2009

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Jonathon Pile (Foster City, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carson Microbrite 20X-40X Zoom LED Lighted Pocket Microscope (Sports)

Got this based on the blurb on CoolTools. The 20-40x magnification lets you see a surprising amount of detail; more useful and interesting than I expected. LED is well-positioned, plenty bright enough, and nicer white color than the old incandescents that cheap microscopes were always saddled with.

Cheap, unfussy, and very easy to use; enough so that my five-year-old has used it to examine every flat surface and textile in the house, plus hair, paper, her own fingerprints...it's been a stream of "Oh! That's amazing! Look at that!"

No idea on battery life; the momentary light switch (you have to hold it on) is a little frustrating when you're trying to focus on something tricky, but on the other hand it won't be left on either.

Oh! Make sure to look at a "white" pixel on your LCD or iPhone.

Highly recommended. If this breaks, we'll buy another.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool Pocket Microscope, August 9, 2009

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Glenn R. Kangiser (Mariposa, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carson Microbrite 20X-40X Zoom LED Lighted Pocket Microscope (Sports)

I bought this pocket microscope for viewing gold ore samples in the field and general viewing of small objects.

It works great. It is a bit awkward to handle as the light needs to be held on continuously while viewing and adjusting the focus, but this prevents prematurely killing the batteries by forgetting and leaving the light on. I can't say this is not a good feature as I have killed the batteries on my other one and they run as much as $5 each.

Cheaper hearing aid batteries may work in place of the more expensive electronics batteries. They did on my other one. They will need to be the same physical size.

The LED illumination is important to me as the battery life is much longer than with conventional lights.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MIcrobriite is bright, August 25, 2009

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Kerry Lynch (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carson Microbrite 20X-40X Zoom LED Lighted Pocket Microscope (Sports)

For the price, this thing is great. I'm not super worried about damaging it, it's light, and the LED puts enough light on the subject to see things well.

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