Stellar performance for a reasonable price
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2016 | Rating: 5/5 | Best Sellers in Camera & Photo Products
this is a review for the microbrite plus 60x120x mm300 from carson opticalthe microbrite mm300 is just the ticket for gardening and exploring its lightweight but substantial and has a nice solid feellike all of the more powerful small scopes you need to tinker with it a bit to get the best magnification and at the highest magnification you will also benefit by being still ive used more expensive scopes and several natural light scopes over the years and this led light scope puts them to shame the results are excellent from full sunlight to darkthe grip is quite ergonomic for such a small device you can use the focusing ring with the same hand youre holding it with and youll need to use your nondominant hand to adjust the zooming dial when needed the led switch is perfectly located for a quick press of the thumbthis handheld is also perfect for those of us who choose to avoid button batteries i wanted an aa battery device because our local stores are often out of the button battery i need the battery compartment opens easily and the single battery can be accessed in a snap aa battery not includedthere is an indent on the top to weave in a lanyard threadits portable but not really pocketsized unless you stow it in a cargotype pocket its about the size of a deck of cards and twice as thick i keep it in my gardening apron pocket in my birding vest pocket or around my neck with a lanyard when its on the lanyard i use it more often just because its there its useful and funwhether youre looking at a praying mantis casing diagnosing spider mites checking herb for readiness or exploring the micro world with kids this is an excellent portable microscope for the moneyif this review was helpful to you in any way i would appreciate it if youd please check yes below thanks