KINGMASMini 60x Microscope Magnifying with LED Light Pocket Jewelry Magnifier Jeweler Loupe with 10X Folding Pocket Magnifier

i bought this set quite a while back and still have both pieces - the battery is STILL working on the microscope too! I may not use it often and i haven't found the need for the blue light. but several times i've wanted to see something tiny in much greater detail and this little guy does the trick. acuity is very good and the light if used is very bright without being overkill. I keep the microscope in it's little cheap vinyl case when not being used.I don't recall what i paid for this but i know it wasn't much. when i was a kid i had an edmunds scientific microscope/telescope that was in a metal expanding tube - with a green outer shell that was a 10x/50x power. This little guy is 60X and super compact (cuz it's not doing double duty as a telescope). But even though this is a little plastic cased thing, it's actually much more useful and easier to see things esp with the optional light.it does allow for a small amount of extension/retraction for focusing as well as manually tilting it over the object being viewed.Only complaint (and it's lame) is I have lots of little things like this and everything always seems to have a black bag or case making it hard to find things sometimes. Might make a metallic sharpie mark on it or a little sticker.summary - buy one if you think you have a need for it - you won't regret it.

You'll see an entire new world you never even know you were missing!I love these little pocket microscopes so much that I've purchased several of these over the years. I always have one in my purse, one in my office, and one in my bedroom. (Which I'm sure some men wouldn't appreciate. Haha I kid.) I am constantly surprised at the uses I have for these fantastic little things! I'm not sure what the blue light is for - I don't ever use that setting - but the strong, white, bright light is AWESOME! I love that you can change the focus by pulling the eyepiece in or out. And the magnification level is INCREDIBLE! You will be absolutely flabbergasted when you see the detail of things that the naked eye misses. Seriously. Take, for example, a little piece of lint. You think you can see it - but nooooo. Put it under this lighted microscope and hang on...because you'll see details of the lint you never knew were there! AMAZING!! If it can do that with lint, imagine what it can show you on things you actually want to see the tiny details of.Bottom Line: I just purchased three more of these. My kids run off with them and I've given a couple away after I've shown my friends/family members the phenomenal detail these provide. The price is truly fantastic. The light lasts a very long time. You may be able to even change the batteries, but for the price, I just throw them away when the light goes out. I never knew something like this could be so fun and entertaining - but they are! You will be looking for things to examine under the lens, I guarantee it! I highly, HIGHLY recommend these little pocket microscopes!

The main scope light works, and with it I was able to see microscopic laser inscriptions of swarovski on all my zirconia. However, it did take quite a bit of fiddling to get it focused just right on the correct spot. My son was never able to see more than blotches, so I can understand how some people may have had problems seeing anything with the scope: even with the scope working correctly. Clearer instructions and written expectations may help in that regard. The separate 10x magnifying lens had some kind of defect in it: looked like a dark film broke off on one edge and was crumpled within the lens itself near the side. However, when I bought this, I treated that as a nice bonus item, not the main reason for me to buy, and therefore not enough reason to return. That lens is quite large, so the defect doesn't interfere much. I do like the main scope quite a bit, but downgraded it to 4 stars for being hard to use.

Upon receiving this item you see it comes in a nice little carry pouch that easily fits into your pocket to take it with you on the go, which is great if you like something small to see jewelry markings at places like yard sales or swap meets. Before you use it make sure you pull the little tab for the batteries so your light will work, you'll need it. Now there are two different lights on this, if you flip the switch one way there are 2 bright led lights that will light up whatever your trying to see quite well. However if you want to see something that you need a black-light for simply flip the switch the other way and viola a little black-light to see secured codes (or you classmates note written in invisible ink).Now for the magnifier itself, this does have a powerful magnification, but it is very difficult to get a focus on something. You pretty much need to put the end of the magnifier right on top of what you want to magnify or else it just looks all blurred and you can't make anything out. For a lot of things this might be ok, but for items like rings this is a total pain in the butt. Most of the times if I have to use this to see the stamp on a ring it takes me a couple minutes to fit the end of the magnifier to exactly where it needs to be in order to read the stamp correctly. Overall though this is a good magnifier for the price and will work in a pinch or if you don't need one that often.