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Ideal coin microscope - Take your coin collector interest to a new level of excitement. No more struggling to use a magnifying glass or peer through a tiny jeweler loupe!
Thanks to the remote, the microscope provides much more stable views.
Built-in battery for long lasting use.
Kindle Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2025
I collect coins as a hobby and my eyesight is not what it used to be. For reading dates, this should be great when I have some time to sit down and work with it.
Forrester
Reviewed in Canada on September 10, 2024
So far so good, seems to work well.
Luke Zalvino
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2024
I've bought literally a handful of these from different brands and at different price points. Many of the sub $200 ones are not good and are all the same practically. This one here i got for $66 on sale and for that price it performs perfectly fine. Its cheaper quality and small screen but it works fine. I bought a desk arm and adapters and use it that way. (The adapters to use is a 5/8 female to 1/4 male, as well as a 1/4 female to 1/4 female)
DonPedro
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2024
I bought this product to aid in clock repair. The unit came and the battery would not charge and the side lights would not come on. The imaging was pretty good. Looking at base one could see the chips on the circuit board were sheared off. I returned it and the new unit would charge but the flex on the unit was broken off at the base. I tried to return it again but Amazon doesn’t allow this. It seems the factory shipping and handling plus a lack of quality control there is allowing broken units to ship.I tried a third time and got a complete working and undamaged unit. Apparently the company has implemented some handling improvements as there is now some protective tape over the resistors see image.
Rick Heap
Reviewed in Canada on October 7, 2024
Perfect for looking at coins and stamps
BrianJ
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2023
This microscope is primarily used for coins, and here it excels allowing zoom to easily read dates and mint marks as well as details to grade the coin. Lights are bright when needed, but usually the ambient light is fine. I've also purchased slides of insects for my grand kids to look at. They are age 4 and 9 and were using this microscope by themselves after a quick run through by me. I have not needed to save off pictures yet but feel confident that the extra features are also easy to use. For under $100 this is a very capable device and I hope to get many years of use out of it. Shipping was fast and the vendor followed up shortly after I received it, asking if I had questions.
G.S.
Reviewed in Canada on February 12, 2023
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anne
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2023
UPDATE: I received the new microscope a few days later. I really like the picture and it's easy to focus. All the parts were in the box and it was easy to assemble. I have been using the microscope almost everyday, for a couple of hours at a time. The charge cord is short so I use my 6ft. phone charging cable. It seem to work just fine. Last 5 pics new microscope.(The first microscope I received; The post is too small to fit into the base and the threads don't come close to catching. I tried to show this in some pictures. The base was scratched and item was missing the instruction pamphlet. I did plug it in and tried it out holding the microscope over a coin. The magnified image of the coin was really neat and I can't wait to get my replacement microscope.)
dusty
Reviewed in Canada on January 18, 2021
This is perfect , easy to use and the screen for viewing is perfect . Battery lasts for a long time once fully charged which charged fast .
G Saunders
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2020
I was pleased when I put this little scope together and used it. I've been using a small stereo dissecting scope for years but needed a camera, so I tried this little digital scope. For the low magnification I need it's fine, it's not so good at the extreme 1200X it claims, but it's usable at the higher magnification. It may be a plus that the rig has a rechargeable battery that will power the lamps and the display for at least an hour or so without it being plugged in.The focus is a little bit touchy to use, is not a knob with a rack and pinion like an ordinary scope, is a knurled ring that's turned directly. And it's not a true 'zoom' scope as advertised since it needs to be refocused when the head is moved up or down to adjust the magnification.But, it can be focused sharply and it does have adjustable magnification. I believe it's excellent value for somebody who wants to get good video or photos of biological samples, or the coins in the headline.It didn't work so well for what I need to do this time, which is brushing through samples in a Petri dish looking for microscopic eggs and hatchling worms. I'm spoiled by years of working with a stereo scope and find it's much easier using tools with the stereo and betterdepth of field of an optical scope. I bought the trinocular stereo zoom scope and camera I've always wanted. I had to pay nearly $600+ for that rig.Of course the new scope with binocular stereo and big optics looks and feels better. But, for about $100 I don't think this little scope can be beat for good value if you don't need stereo vision.I sold this scope on eBay after using it for a few days, added an SD card to it, and got back $80 from the happy buyer. It was worth the $20 bucks to see that an inexpensive, digital scope can be this good.I love my new, huge, trinocular dissecting scope that puts the binoculars right at eye level and has an 18 MegaPixel camera. And, I like this little digital scope fine, for 1/6th the price.I'd suggest it's an excellent scope for somebody in school or for somebody with a hobby that doesn't need stereo. It's ideally suited as the 'coin microscope' it's advertised as, is also fine for anything that needs looking at.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on November 3, 2020
I was debating whether to buy this or a binocular optical microscope. Now, the latter is the best if you can afford it. However, I thought I would give this microscope a try at 1/3 to 1/4 of the price. I had a PCB with many surface mount components to solder, including 0.5mm pitch QFN's. In the end, it did the job and the board worked. However, it was difficult to see exactly what was going on due to the lack of binocular vision and the glare from flux (a clean PCB looked great). Managing the soldering tip without 3D took some patience. However, there are two basic levels of zoom (via the keypad) and the ability to focus VERY close so you can inspect a pin at a time (side angle is the best if there is glare). The focus ring is right up front and easy to use. The side lights are a must, don't get a microscope without them for this type of job. It didn't come with a power adapter, so I had to use a USB adapter I had kicking around. The wiring is a bit obscure, so I attached a picture of how I wired it up. Also, the manual proudly states it is a "counterfeit". LOL. In the end, it was a bit of challenge compared to a binocular optical scope but it can be used for even 0.5mm pitch components (though it is pushing it). I think the best would be to have this scope (because it focuses so close) and a binocular optical one if you plan to do more than one board (to keep your sanity).
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