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Carson MicroFlip 100x-250x, LED UV Pocket Microscope with Smartphone Clip, STEM Education (MP-250)

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Features

  • Smartphone Digiscoping - The included smartphone digiscoping clip lets you document your findings, and allows children, students and educators to share their discoveries with ease.
  • High Clarity Imaging - The lens system of the MicroFlip greatly reduces distortion, and provides sharp images, making it an ideal choice for students studying the field of microbiology.
  • STEM Toy - Dive into biology with the MP-250 pocket microscope educational toy. Explore cells, bacteria, and viruses with versatile illumination and magnification
  • On-The-Go Exploration - With its lightweight design, and wrist strap, this pocket microscope is the perfect educational toy for fieldwork, enabling children to explore and experiment anywhere.
  • Magnification & Illumination - Explore bacteria, microorganisms with 100x to 250x magnification, revealing details under various lighting conditions

Features

  • Pocket microscope that contains a unique flip-down slide base with an aspheric lens system for ultra precise image quality.
  • Contains a built-in UV flashlight that is perfect for detecting counterfeit currency
  • Use the smartphone clip to take pictures and record video of your subject matter using the built-in camera application on your smartphone
  • Includes Smartphone Clip, 1 Starter Slide with Cover Slip & Wrist Strap.

Description

See your World in a Whole New WayThe MicroFlip is Carson's most powerful pocket microscope yet, with a magnification range of an impressive 100x – 250x. The precision molded aspheric lens system ensures sharp, clear, distortion-free viewing, allowing you to see a variety of incredible details.The MicroFlip uses a bright LED light to illuminate your subjects and also has a built-in UV LED flashlight feature to aid in inspection. The MicroFlip's innovative slide base flips down to hold your slides in place (we include one blank slide and cover slip to get you started), and then flips back up when using the microscope on objects out in the field. Its lightweight build, ergonomic shape, and thin wrist-strap make it easy to take along with you anywhere you go.The MicroFlip is a great microscope for both beginners and more advanced users alike, as it offers a higher magnification range, but is simple and easy to use. One of the most exciting features of the Micro flip is the included smartphone digiscoping clip that attaches the microscope to your phone camera, so you can document all of your findings and share them with colleagues, friends, and family. The clip is compatible with most smart phone models, including iphone, Samsung, LG, HTC, and more (thicker cases like Otterbox style cases may need to be removed before attaching the digiscoping clip).The MicroFlip is powered by one AA battery (not included), and includes a starter slide with cover slip and an attachable wrist strap.Carson. /strong> The MicroBrite Plus is backed by Carson. Carson will repair or replace your pocket microscope if it is found to have manufacturing defects in the materials or workmanship. Please note that due to the extremely powerful magnification of this pocket microscope that the focal distance is very short. Therefore, you must hold the microscope directly over your subject for optimal viewing clarity. Begin at the lowest magnification (100x) and adjust the focus until you have a clear view, then increase your magnification to your desired level.


Light Source Type: LED


Model Name: MicroFlip


Material: Acrylic


Color: Multi


Item Dimensions LxWxH: 36.61 x 44 x 0.5 inches


Real Angle of View: 10


Magnification Maximum: 1


Item Weight: 0.16 Pounds


Voltage: 220 Volts


Brand: Carson


Product Dimensions: 36.61 x 44 x 0.5 inches


Item Weight: 2.56 ounces


Item model number: MP-250


Batteries: 1 AA batteries required.


Date First Available: September 21, 2015


Department: unisex-adult


Manufacturer: Carson


Country of Origin: China


Light Source Type: LED


Model Name: MicroFlip


Material: Acrylic


Color: Gray


Product Dimensions: 2.5"L x 1.25"W x 4.25"H


Magnification Maximum: 250 x


Item Weight: 0.16 Pounds


Voltage: 220 Volts


Brand: Carson


Compatible Devices: Smartphone


Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.25 x 4.3 inches


Item Weight: 2.56 ounces


Item model number: MP-250


Batteries: 1 AA batteries required.


Date First Available: September 21, 2015


Department: unisex-adult


Manufacturer: Carson Optical, Inc


Language: English


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    • Great value, highly recommended! CARSON products
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Unbelievable! After only 10 minutes of use I saw everything I needed to know about this product and was so impressed immediate wrote this review. Objects are extremely clear, extremely close-up giving a scientific view of things at a professional quality and price. Lightweight, quality build, with LED and UV option. Highly recommend this as a meaningful gift to inspire others apart from the learning experience you receive. This products value is well worth it and I get the feeling this was intentional meaning their products are most likely being made by down-to-earth people with morals and ethics. I did not fit the phone yet (pixel 8 pro) so I cannot comment on that yet, but am certain that once I do, it's more to appreciate. Also, as of 02JUL2025, I did not compare any other similar product to this one, but honestly think it would not yield much better results. Highly recommend this exact product and not a similar-looking versions. Thanks to the professional YouTube video review for guidance. Be mindful of the magnification, lower magnifications may be what you're looking for. Images are large and close so if you're looking for close but not too close, chose the next lower magnification. It has a "slide" feature I have not tested yet, but I'm certain it will be perfect for what you pay. Requires 1x AA battery (not included). ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2025 by Karmin = NICE!
    • A fine inexpensive field microscope
Style: Single Pack
It works well, it's easy to use (both my 8-year-old son and my mom figured it out pretty easily), and is powerful enough to clearly see things like spirogyra cells, larger dinoflagellates and other marine plankton, and OMG that's what the fibers of my jeans look like?!?! This is one of my new favorite toys, one that I wish that I had when I was studying biology in school. Back in the 80s this would have cost a few hundred bucks, if not more. Optical tech has improved by leaps and bounds since then, and for the price, the MicroFlip is impressive as heck. The phone option is nice, too, but we don't use it a lot. It's just a clip that centers your phone's camera over the lens, you'll want to use your zoom options on your phone to make it visible. I appreciate the option, it's worthwhile and almost-practical, but you get the best fun from looking in the lens directly (it's great for viewing at home with several people, hopefully fellow nerds. But it's a "field microscope," you want to use it in the field, right? With some twiddling, and care, it works fine for classes and camping if you want to use the phone option.) The slide doen't really fit well on the clip. No slides do, in fact. That's a little annoying for a field instrument. But, overall, the optical quality is lovely, and the price is right, and it's taken a slight beating and survived and still works at 100%. Even if I dropped it and lost it forever somehow, I could still replace it for the cost of coffee, lunch, and gas. Recommended, highly. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2019 by Explorer
    • Great thing!
Style: Single Pack
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Great for a lot of things. Used to check what’s going on when sharpening the knife. It’s pretty hard to make a photos or use it with the phone.
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2024 by Kirill Kirill
    • Difficult stability for young hands.
Style: Single Pack
Easy to focus and zoom, for adults and older children. Being a hand held device, younger children, my 3 year old granddaughter included, may lack the motor skills to keep it level enough on rougher surfaces such as skin. It works remarkably well when stabilized. The clip for a camera was not much use. Phones these days use multiple lens. We also tried the clip with a notebook of my granddaughters, but it didn’t fit closely enough. I’d recommend a unit that uses USB or wifi. The unit seems to be well designed for the price point. The light works well, which surprised me. I do not have an issue with the quality or the brand. Just not very functional for younger hands. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2021 by Rudy
    • A spectacular value and excellent field microscope
Style: Single Pack
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The media could not be loaded. Pictures first to last: Tissue paper at 100x and 250x, a small clover at 100x, a "clear" drop of water from my fish tank at 250x. I didn't expect much for $20. I expected the lighting to be subpar and the magnification to be less than advertised or falsely increased (i.e. just enlarging an image at 100x without increasing resolution) That isn't the case at all. This little plastic rectangle houses some nice, genuine lenses and is relatively easy to use. I think many of the people who say it's difficult to use have never used a microscope before or are out of practice - focusing is about the same difficulty as a much larger table scope. One downside - the included slide has a frosted cover slip. Why? That makes it completely unusable. I'm going to get some more slides but that seems a bit silly. Also, the phone attachment is a little bit unwieldy to use (but entirely functional). ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2019 by Anonymous Anonymous
    • Great for the price, dead simple to use
Style: Single Pack
Surprised by this thing. Ive been using it to inspect edges on chisels, knives, etc and it works great. You have to steady it and get the positions just right but that is no different from any other high magnification microscope apart from having to set it down on your subject. Taking the scope to what you are trying to look at versus trying to fit it into a stand makes it super useful for a lot of things. Saw a review that said it was too difficult to use and didn't come with detailed instructions... gurl it has two knobs and a button, ain't too difficult to figure out unless you thought it was a telescope or something. We let these people breed, are you kidding me? Anywho the lighting works fairly well. Has a little play in the focus knob so you want to avoid jiggling it around after getting it focused just right. Phone mount works fine, have gotten a lot of cool shots of wood. Pro tip: I like to keep the phone clip on it to sorta act as a bit of a dust cover and you can take that to the bank. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2021 by Miles

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