USB Microscope with built in LED lights

zespectre

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Not a flashlight as such, but something that has become very VERY useful to me.

Potensic Inspection Magnifier (aka Digital Inspection Microscope)


$40 at Amazon.

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Basically it's a long tube with a camera in the end and a ring of LED lights. The tube can be put in its stand, or handheld and the knurled knob on the tube adjusts the focus.
The ring of LED is adjusted by a wheel on the cord and goes from completely off to quite bright.

So far I've only used it with a PC running windows 10. At some point I need to hook it up to one of my android tablets and see if it works.
It claims it can do 10X to 200X magnification. I have no way to verify the numbers but it does seriously magnify. I've used it for everything from inspecting a rifle chamber and shotgun barrel to checking out printed circuit boards and solder joints for cracks.

It's also nice to be able to snap stills, or running video as you do an inspection.

Good value for the money, seems well built, comes with a variety of attachments (so you can stick it wherever you want...but I'm NOT going there!)
If you have a need to see/inspect on a micro scale this is an amazing tool to have.
 
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