Microscope Polarized 96-LED Ring Light Anti Glare Microscope Lamp Illuminator for Soldering Repair Industrial Camera

Great light

It's so very amazingly good for the price. But it's not perfect: Good: The polarization effect is shockingly powerful. It really does reveal chip markings that were nearly impossible to read by any other technique. You can hide or accentuate the shiny solder joints or the reflection from edges of traces (they curve the surface of the solder-mask ever so slightly). It's wild. Absolute game-changer. I didn't believe how good this would be until I experienced it for myself. Bad: Lack of anti-reflection coatings means there are subtle ghost reflections between the polarizer filter and the microscope's own objective. While working "live" these are super easy to ignore, but if you're taking photos (e.g. through a trinocular port), the ghosts are more noticeable and might confuse viewers. Good: Easy install, clamps to a wide range of objective sizes. I first bought a competing one that can only clip to one size (which is not my size), I sent it back and got this one. The screw tips are bare and might scratch the paint, but who cares? Good: Plenty of brightness even for scopes that go to 45x and really need a lot of light to get there. Can be turned down if you don't need all that, but even at 4.5x, it's not too much light. It's just right. Bad: Defaults to full brightness every power-on, regardless of what you had it set to at power-off. Gets pretty hot when left at high brightness for a long time. An analog control would be nicer here, but they went digital. Bad: Doesn't have an auto-off timer, so it's easy to leave it on all weekend, cooking itself in the corner... The digital control COULD've included this function but didn't, so we get the worst of both worlds. Bad: You have to push the little momentary control button thing to turn it on. If it's plugged into a switched power-strip or something, it won't come on when all the rest of the accessories do. Again, an analog control would be better here. Good: The silver ring you twist to adjust the light polarizer, moves smoothly enough. I expected this to jam and stick, but it's actually just fine. And a tiny dab of silicone lube will make it even better. Bottom line: Buy it. This is the best of the cheapies. You could do better but you'd have to spend 20x the price.

Seems to be okay fast shipping thank you very much

I cannot believe the quality for the price. I want to second everything in the "Myself" review, with the minor difference that I've not noticed reflections (but I wasn't looking for them). I'll also add a couple notes: the body is metal, the switch dim/brighten is continuous (not stepped like other models with this switch), and the contact areas (switch and polarizer ring) feel finished and smooth, unlike the competitors. If you do get it, and you find the polarizer is not super-easy to turn, make sure your three screws are balanced and not too tight.

It does exactly what it says. Works amazingly to remove glare. Very good price for what you get

I have an Amscope 144 LED light. I bought this for the polarizing function. This 96 LED light is significantly brighter than my Amscope and the polarizing feature is incredibly useful for removing glare. All this at a fraction of the cost of Amscope! Admittedly, the Amscope light feels better built. It has a brightness dial, the cord is longer, and it feels sturdier. This light feels cheaply built and the on/off button is particularly bad. I’ve only had it for about a week and it wouldn’t surprise me if it failed fairly soon. The diameter is also smaller than I’d like. I cannot fit it onto the base of the microscope head. It screws onto the Barlow lens itself, which I’m not a fan of. Overall, seems like a good product for the price.

Incredible

very effective on improving contrast on PCB. contrast greatly improved, very useful for PCB rework.

This polarizer works great for minimizing reflections for PCB work.

La luz es menor que los aros de 144 perlas, pero con el polarizado evita los destellos por los blindajes y algunas soldaduras, la imagen es nitida. En mi caso lo ajuste directamente sobre el Barlow 0.5x. La luz se aumenta o disminuye con un boton que parece rueda pero no gira, algo extraño. Mi microscopio no tiene camara asi que no puedo mostrar la imagen El cable USB no es independiente, es tipo A y no incluye un adaptador de alimentación. Es costoso, pero esta casi al mismo precio que si lo compras directamente de China.