SE MW10088UV Pocket Microscope with UV Light Limited Time

If you compare the price versus quality of this item, you will not find
anything better. I bought 3 of these and am super pleased about my purchase.
It is small, attractive, powerful, comes with a battery, comes with a sweet
little carrying case, has an on/off switch for the light, and gives you
more bang for the buck than anything else like it.

Advice : Familiarize yourself with the LED on/off switch on the end closest
to the viewing end (not the end you put your eye in). The end of the lighting
mechanism closest to where you put your eye on the scope is a screw cap for the
battery ... it does not turn on/off the light. If you attempt to screw that cap
clockwise too much, you will strip the threads of the plastic cap where the
battery goes.

I ruined my first one because of ignorance, but it still works.

If you let someone else use it, you need to tell them about this, otherwise
they might try to screw... Read more

Have only had the product for a couple of days so I can't speak for durablity. Depth of field is great, lighting is excellent, edge to edge clarity and cheap batteries. Being 65 and having trouble with resolution in examining rocks and minerals I have many hand magnifying products, none comes close to the images this produces. Excellent product.

Not 45x but more around a 15x. Angle of view very narrow. I needed something to view gem stones while faceting them. I can see better at what I need to look at using a simple loupe without the built in lamp. The batteries that came with this mini microscope only lasted 5 minutes before going dead. This was a total waste of $5. I really couldn't even say I got what I paid for. You will actually save money by spending a little more money for something better. SE Mini 45X Microscope w/ Illuminator