Jiusion Aluminium Alloy Universal Adjustable Professional Base Stand Holder Desktop Support Bracket for Max 1.4" in Diameter USB Digital Microscope Endoscope Magnifier Loupe Camera

This digital microscope is awesome. I got it to use for electronic work on components that are incredibly small. There is no way I would be able to see the components clearly without this. It does zoom in and make the small parts much larger on the monitor but one thing to keep in mind is that this along with most budget microscopes is there isn't going to be depth perception so if you are trying to grab something with a pair of tweezers you will just have to find your bearings, go slow and realize how close or far away you are from the components. This is what I did and it worked out just fine. This is especially good for looking at coins or paper currency but it also worked for my electronic work. I recommend it.

The images this little microscope provides are incredible. Given its low price, I did not think it would work too well, but I was wrong. It's not perfect: sometimes the scope connects effortlessly to my phone or tablet, sometimes it doesn't and I have to reconnect it. No biggie there. Now, it says "4K" resolution. Wellllllllll... there are several resolution choices, from 640X480 up to 3840X2160 (4K). After carefully testing and comparing images, I can say that the 4K setting provides a VERY SLIGHT improvement over the lowest resolution. Definitely not what one would hope. In other words, the resolution settings are kind of BS. The focuser can also be a bit finicky. Please note that depending on the objective lens's distance from the subject, there are often two (sometimes three???) places where you can get a sharp image: one low power, and the other close up and much more magnified. Does it really let you see things 1000X bigger? Welllllllll... there's definitely some sleight of hand in that claim. Around 100X (enough power to see all kinds of weird stuff) is more like it, but that number is a lazy guess. Still, I give it five stars. Why? Because it opens up fascinating, satisfying, and sometimes terrifying views of reality; views that are normally impossible, including with traditional microscopes. And it does so at such a low price that you won't have a heart attack when your five-year-old (or your forty-year-old self) drops it in water and destroys it.

This review is for the Jiusion aluminum alloy microscope stand: Most of the reviews listed are not for this product at all. It is a very basic stand with a single knob to adjust the height by raising and lowering the microscope using a toothed track. The stand itself is made well. It is not a smooth adjustment. If the knob slips into the next tooth when you let go of the knob, there is a small adjustment knob in the back to tighten it in the track. This will take care of any slipping. Does not give you fine adjustment, but works well at lower magnifications like you get with a hand held microscope. Good deal for its price, and especially nice when using with children.

Compact and easy to use. I tested it with my PC and with my android phone. It was easy to make connection and display an image on both devices. The resolution is beautiful and focusing is effortless. I especially like the fact that it can be used with no cables attached. That means no cable to get entangled with plant leaves and flower stems. The software for it is downloaded from android play and works without any configuration. The one thing that had me confused is the magnification buttons. They allow you to set digital magnification from x1 to x2 in x0.2 steps. digital magnification trades image size for resolution. The main focusing is optical focus by turning a ring near the lense end of the microscope. The Microscope appears to be solidly constructed. The function buttons have a light soft touch that should not interfere with holding the microscope steady when capturing an image. The android app is called "Wifi check" and the wifi access point is HD-Microscope-e9f0. I uploaded an image of a fine linen shirt and of a screenshot with image of a coarse fabric so that you can see the function buttons.

This is way better than the older generic USB microscope, mostly because of the significantly better stand and increased resolution. It also seems to have higher depth of focus, with the old one I could barely get two whole sides of a QFN64 chip to be in focus at the same time. As for the stand, you can indeed get a much better, very stable aluminium stand with a geared height adjustment for both the old and the new microscope, but this only works for looking at things straight from above. This is why the improved metal stand for this microscope is such a big feature - it is at least somewhat stable and allows inspecting things like a phonograph stylus from different angles without having to prop it up on something. The generic stand of other USB microscopes with the plastic claw and two ball joints is absolutely miserable in comparison. So with this microscope you can probably save on the separate upgraded stand, which is a similar cost to the actual device. The phone app works OK, but I find it more comfortable to use with a computer (works as an ordinary webcam). The focus ring is also less annoying than in the old one. Also be aware that the clear plastic funnel can be removed and reattached (not just the cap IN the funnel) if you want to get the microscope closer to the object and there is something in the way. You can use this microscope for coins, post stamps, electronics, and assessing the condition of plant parts, record player styli and shaver blades (included the comparison of old electric shaver blades and brand new ones - there is an immediately visible difference), repairing scratches in vinyl records that skip, among other things. I do recommend the free software called S-Eye, that allows the image to be flipped back to the real orientation, unlike Windows 11 Camera app that only used to have that function. This makes doing actual work on the observed object much easier.

Look, I suppose that *technically* this is a microscope in that will 'make little things big.' If you're into collecting coins and stamps, or if you work on circuits, this will work for you. It's the dead of winter, so insects are hard to come by, and I can't say whether or not it's good at viewing the fine features of insect anatomy. But I bet it's pretty good for that. However, if by microscope you mean something that will let you see cell structure in a plant or a skin sample, I don't think so. Of course, and unlike a lot of companies selling similar products, I don't think Jiusion ever advertised this product as any more than that. You get what you pay for. If you want to do something more sophisticated or want to use this for aesthetically-pleasing photomicrography, I'd recommend that you take that money and put it toward a more sophisticated product. But, that said, this product has a lot going for it, including its price, its fairly easy connectivity to smartphones via a direct wi-fi connectoin or to a pc/mac with a usb cable, its bright and adjustable LED lights, its portability, pretty decent resolution. The advertised 4-hour battery life has got to be a plus if you want to take it for wilderness hikes or whatever. Plus, it's got this little clear plastic dome separating the camera from the table surface. And that dome has a cap for when you're traveling with it. I don't know if this is a feature, but I imagine that you could put a live insect in there and take pictures and video of it. Although it's simple for an adult to use, I wouldn't get this for a child unless they had their own smart phone and were ~13 years or older. Otherwise, a toy that you thought would entertain the kiddies for hours on end probably will give you a whole lot of "I can't make it work, Mommy/Daddy, can you fix it for me?" There are children's digital microscopes which come with an onboard screen.

USB 'microscopes' are very handy things to have for taking a look at small things. But the terrible stands they all come with (as seen in one of my pics with the big red X) just cripple the scopes. They need to be held perfectly still, and at a perfect distance for a specific zoom. If your scope wobbles, the stand doesn't grip the scope well, or is so short you can't get the scope a decent distance from the subject then you're not getting good pictures. This stand is cheap and solid enough - it even fits the very fat Bysameyee 4K scope I bought, seen in the second picture. You just stick the scope in there, use the two screws around the ring to hold it, then use the screw on the left to loosen the grip on the left column, set the height where you need it, gently tighten the screw, and you're done! This stand goes high enough you can get most things you'll want to take a look at underneath the scope. You might think it's bad that the only axis is vertical, but it's not - all these scopes need the bottom of the scope to be perpendicular to the subject, so tilting is worse than useless. If somehow you need to use the scope on something vertical or tilted, well, you'll have to go back to the crappy old stand. Or you could also get a stand that works like an extensible light stand and gives you six degrees of freedom, but be warned those vibrate a lot and change your distance while rotating the zoom collar, which is also bad for your images. Tradeoffs! But for the price this does exactly what I need. It even comes with a little clamshell zipper case - it will only hold the stand and scope if you break the base down (unscrew the base), but it's certainly better than the box the scope came in.

Giving it a zero star is a little harsh because it is not totally useless. However, the false claims must be condemned. As many have already pointed out, it is not 1000x, which is obvious. 1000x is almost the limit of an optical microscope, not something achievable under $40. Also there is a single knob for zoom and focus; so it effectively has only two zoom levels. And for the highest zoom level, the object has to be very close, but the outter casing is in the way unless the object is very small. The claim that it is 3840x2160P resolution is also false. Capturing an image at 3840x2160 gives no more information than 1920x1080. Just compare the images taking at 3840x2160 and 1920x1080 of the same object and it is clear when zoomed into the image the 3840x2160 only adds more noise. The manufacturer tries to fool you with some sort of interpolation and obscure it with JPEG compression. See the side-by-side comparison. Although there are features to like about this product, we must give it the lowest rating to discourage false advertising.