USB Digital Microscope - Any One Had Any Experience with These?

I am thinking about grabing some thing similar to this for a one off resistor replacement task on a micro PCB.

The res is only 2mp but at $16.99 I am thinking it may do for the task at hand.
5MP version are available starting at around 10x the above figure.

My question is, any one out there using a similar product who can offer any feedback?
$16.99 is no a large amount of money to find out for my self.
I also figure it may come in handy for random tasks down the track.

TIA

Comments

  • for all my cheap electronic needs I usually purchase from aliexpress now, I like the fact that you can order it by the best selling which ebay hasn't allowed for years and more people buying usually means better product.

      • Look for companies that offer e-parcel. shipping time is usually about 2 weeks, which is impressive for chinapost.

  • +1

    I used one costing about $45 5 years ago. And because the actual imaged area is so small. Eg inspect the globs stuck along the side of a human hair, my cam at 640kb was amazing. photos were useful and clear medically. I guess not up to a professional level.
    Your ebay item looks identical, and they will likely be lieing about the resolution (interpolated).
    But my advice, buy it they're great to use.

    Hope that helps.

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