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Carson MicroMini 20x LED Lighted Pocket Microscope with Built-in UV and LED Flashlight, Green (MM-280G)

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Color: Green


Style: Microscope


Features

  • The MicroMini is an Easy to Use LED Lighted Pocket Microscope with a Keychain Attachment ; Magnification: 20x Power ; Extremely Lightweight, Portable and Compact Design
  • Field Microscope Contains a Built-In Stand Alone UV and LED Flashlight ; There is also an additional Built-In LED light to be used in Conjunction with the Microscope
  • Great Educational Field Microscope for Multiple Hobbies, Tasks, Learning and Exploration ; Ideal Microscope for Kids, Students and Professional Usage
  • Contains an Extremely Smooth Focusing Knob ; Product Dimensions (LxWxH): 1.5 inch x 1.0 inch x 1.6 inch ; Runs on 3 G12Button Cell Batteries (Included)
  • Available in Orange, Blue and Green Color Options

Description

The MicroMini from Carson is a powerful 20x LED and UV lighted pocket microscope that comes included with a keychain attachment. This field microscope is extremely lightweight, compact and portable. The MicroMini field microscope also contains a built-in, stand alone UV and LED flashlight. There is also an additional built-in LED light to illuminate your subject matter under the microscope lens. The extremely smooth focusing wheel allows for fine adjustment tuning in almost any condition. The MicroMini is a great educational microscope that can be used for a variety of hobbies, tasks, learning and exploration. The powerful 20x magnification is great for examining plant/blood cells, printing pixels, fabrics, hair follicles and anything else that nature has to offer. Use the stand alone UV flashlight for detecting counterfeit currency, nectar mapping and so much more! This pocket microscope is ideal for multiple age groups ranging anywhere from a young child explorer, middle/high school student to your everyday professional. The MicroMini is small enough to fit inside the palm of your hand (Product Dimensions LxWxH: 1.5 inch x 1.0 inch x 1.6 inch). It is perfect to take with you on the run as it can be attached to a keychain, belt loop or packed in any backpack, purse or pocket. It runs on 3 LR43 button cell batteries (included). The MicroMini comes available in three different color options: Blue (MM-280B), Green (MM-280G) or Orange (MM-280O).


Light Source Type: LED


Model Name: MicroMini


Color: Green


Item Dimensions LxWxH: 1.5 x 1 x 1.6 inches


Real Angle of View: 10


Magnification Maximum: 20 x


Item Weight: 0.02 Pounds


Voltage: 220 Volts


Brand: Carson


Objective Lens Description: Achromatic


Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 1 x 1.6 inches


Item Weight: 0.32 ounces


Item model number: MM-280G


Batteries: 3 LR44 batteries required. (included)


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: September 21, 2015


Department: Binoculars


Manufacturer: Carson Optical, Inc


Country of Origin: China


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    • Good as Keychain and microscope
Color: Green Style: Microscope
I bought this because I needed something small I could carry on my purse. I work in a lab and I have several different microscope but too big to carry. It does look like little toy. 😊. I was not expecting much for the value - so my hopes were not high to begin with. And maybe that’s why I like it 🤣
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 21, 2023 by Potato
    • Impulse buy. Great for kids' splinters
Color: Orange Style: Microscope
Fun impulse purchase. Best use so far other than just general curiosity with leaves and fingerprints with kids, getting out splinters. Fun learning toy/tool with a first aid use.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 28, 2023 by JC
    • Neat little device! Something you didn’t know you needed until you have it!
Color: Orange Style: Microscope
It’s great to look at splinter’s or other medical things. Also good for viewing little bugs, like ticks! It works great so far and is very clear for a magnifying device, the light is very “illuminating”, haha!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 30, 2023 by Amazon Customer
    • Works well and very easy to use.
Color: Blue Style: Microscope
This little 20-power magnifier isn't like the other, more powerful Carson mini-microscopes. The other ones, which are more powerful, use a very tiny objective lens together with a bright LED to provide the light needed to make up for the small objective lens. In those other pocket microscopes, the small objective lens makes focusing vastly easier. This little 20x keychain magnifier uses a more conventional lens arrangement, most likely two, one the objective and the other the eyepiece. The objective lens is probably about 13 mm in diameter, which together with the 20x power means that in daylight you could do without the LED. But with the LED, you get a nice bright image regardless. The focusing isn't terribly difficult, owing to the magnification not being especially strong. All in all it is a good solution for a 20 x magnifier that you can easily carry on a keychain, if you want. The most noteworthy drawback is that the sliding switch on the side is very cheap and difficult to use. It doesn't want to move, and when it does, it wants to go all the way from one end to the other. The 'off' position is in the center; the two end positions are for the LED you use when using the magnifier, and the auxiliary LED that serves as a flashlight and gives you a reason to carry it on your keychain. It also has a little UV light, which I suppose is for when you look at rocks that glow under UV light. Or maybe for getting a close-up look at scorpions. To make the switch behave, you have to press down on it firmly and move it in a controlled manner. I'm just not sure how long it is going to last when used this way. But it doesn't cost much so if it eventually stops working it isn't a big deal, and even without the light it is a useful magnifying lens. Recommended with only the weakest of reservation. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2020 by Kaiser Soze
    • Neat little microscope
Color: Green Style: Microscope
Worth the buy if you like looking at things close up. Wish I got the higher powered one though.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 2, 2023 by Carolyn Bulgier
    • Tried 4 scopes for kids, this one had the best balance of ease-of-use and magnification
Color: Blue Style: Microscope
Review Image by Tiffany H. Tiffany H.
You could say I am a microscopy enthusiast. I wanted a scope to use when I'm out with my kids. I wanted something that my 5 year old could use, but powerful enough that we could all enjoy it. I suspect a lot of buyers might be thinking the same thing, so here's my thoughts on using this with young kids. I purchased the following portable microscopes/magnifiers and tried them all out: * Carson MicroMini 20x LED Lighted Pocket Microscope (MM-280B) ** THIS ITEM ** * Carson MicroBrite Plus 60x-120x Power LED Lighted Pocket Microscope (MM-300) * Carson 60X-75X MicroMax LED Lighted Pocket Microscope (MM-200) * Carson 10x LumiLoupe (LL10) I included a picture for size comparison. For our intended use, I expect to get the most use from the MM-280B. The magnification is good enough to suprise you with what you see, revealing details that are still small enough to be unexpected and exciting. Yet it is still easy enough to use that my 5 year old can use it with some help. It's super easy to focus and very small, smaller than expected. It's the smallest of the scopes I tried by a large margin. The LED is bright enough to use it even in the dark and still get a good image. Batteries were included. I found that with the other, higher magnification, scopes it was too hard to focus and share with my kids -- even extremely tiny movements in my hand would consistently cause the image to shift or knocked out of focus. It was too hard to get an image and share it with my kids on those scopes, even at their lowest magnification. The MM-300 in particular was AMAZING in terms of image, but it isn't great for sharing. I will keep that one to myself. :-) On this scope, the 20x magnification was good enough to see plenty of detail and still be able to share it with each other without losing focus. The LL10 was obviously super easy to share since no focusing is required and the field-of-view on that one is HUGE. Unfortunately, the loupes only go up to 10x and that does not seem to be quite enough magnification to impress the kids (let alone adult myself). If there was a Carson 20x pre-focused loupe, I'd try that out, but the off-brand options I could find looked pretty low-quality. I wasn't too big on having UV, but as it turned out this is somewhat useful already. A number of the minerals we have found already are UV reactive. The only drawback is that this thing won't actually survive on my keychain. It does seem very durable, but I am confident it would eventually be scratched or rendered inoperable if it were to become part of my "everyday carry" and endure frequent nicks and bumps. I need to look into some sort of small case or something. A lens cap/cover to protect the optics from my keys would make this ideal. The other scopes were great for other purposes but I think that if you are planning to let your kids use this, this one is a good choice. If you want something that a 5-year old (or younger) can use without any help at all, then the LL10 is a good choice but they probably won't be amazed by the details they discover, it will be more of a "mildly interesting" reaction with the LL10. The others have more impressive magnification, but will be hard for kids to use. This one was a great middle ground. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 28, 2018 by Tiffany H. Tiffany H.
    • A world in your hand
Color: Orange Style: Microscope
I bought this for my 5-year-old grandson. At first, he wasn't that interested. But then we were outside and he looked at some leaves and he was amazed. He just started looking at everything. A great gift for inquisitive minds.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 3, 2023 by Aja Thomas
    • You'll see things that you didn't even know were there
Color: Green Style: Microscope
Use this when sharpening knives. You can see exactly where you are at in the sharpening process. I love it.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 25, 2023 by TL

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