Should I order this?

[Joven Agricultor]

http://www.amazon.com/SE-Triplet-Professional-Loupes-Black/dp/B000P9MI7O

I want something of quality and search around and get mixed reviews on them all. I want to be able to view triches while still on the plant. If not this, can you post a link to the quality loupe you use? Thanks!

 

[vostok]

No find one that goes 20x - 60x, ...30x -35x being the average or best

 

[BarnBuster]

at least 60x

 

[Joven Agricultor]

http://www.amazon.com/Double-Multiple-Jeweler-Jewelers-Magnifier-Magnifying/dp/B009DU1UZM/ref=pd_sbs_op_5

How about this?

 

[CoyoteBob]

I've tried every loupe and hand-held microscope out there. They all ended up causing me to harvest TOO LATE. By the time my older eyes could see amber trichomes through those cheap devices, there was way too much amber actually there. I proved that to myself when I used a USB microscope to take pictures that I could view on my PC. I then could see lots of amber - more than is acceptable for a MJ harvest (IMHO).

I threw all those loupes and hand-held microscopes away, and now exclusively use a USB microscope to take very-magnified trichome pics.

Edited to add this: My eyes are not very good. You may be able to use a loupe just fine.

 

[TheYokel]

http://www.amazon.com/Double-Multiple-Jeweler-Jewelers-Magnifier-Magnifying/dp/B009DU1UZM/ref=pd_sbs_op_5
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How about this?

I own that exact same loupe.

Has dual white/blue LEDs on the bottom for direct light under each lens.

If you use it, just make sure you check the trichs in a natural light and away from your tent and preferably not with the LEDs... it'll throw you off when you look at them.

It does come in a nice little plastic carry case with 2 spare batteries though.

Odd, I think mine was 4.97 when I bought it online a few years ago.

 

[Joven Agricultor]

Ordered

8 weeks is on the 19th, hopefully it gets here on the quicker side, i want to see the whole transformation of the triches. Clear/cloudy/start of amber. I don't want to just see the tail end.

 

[grasscropper]

I've tried every loupe and hand-held microscope out there. They all ended up causing me to harvest TOO LATE. By the time my older eyes could see amber trichomes through those cheap devices, there was way too much amber actually there. I proved that to myself when I used a USB microscope to take pictures that I could view on my PC. I then could see lots of amber - more than is acceptable for a MJ harvest (IMHO).

I threw all those loupes and hand-held microscopes away, and now exclusively use a USB microscope to take very-magnified trichome pics.

Edited to add this: My eyes are not very good. You may be able to use a loupe just fine.

I have a hard time with them too. Not that my eyes are really bad... but they are older and I wear glasses and trying to look through one of these tiny devices gives one a damn headache. The usb one sounds pretty good and neat to me too.

 

[CoyoteBob]

I have a hard time with them too. Not that my eyes are really bad... but they are older and I wear glasses and trying to look through one of these tiny devices gives one a damn headache. The usb one sounds pretty good and neat to me too.

Mine works very well. And my nice big PC screen shows the trichomes in such vivid detail.

 

[grasscropper]

Mine works very well. And my nice big PC screen shows the trichomes in such vivid detail.

Where'd you get that and how much?

 

[CoyoteBob]

Where'd you get that and how much?

http://www.amazon.com/Aven-26700-300-Microscope-Mega-Pixel-Magnification/dp/B004M8SQ6Q/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1417831106&sr=8-8&keywords=usb microscope

About $90.

Not the best, not the worst. But very adequate. Maybe a bit overkill.

 

[Joven Agricultor]

http://www.amazon.com/Aven-26700-300-Microscope-Mega-Pixel-Magnification/dp/B004M8SQ6Q/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1417831106&sr=8-8&keywords=usb microscope

About $90.

Not the best, not the worst. But very adequate. Maybe a bit overkill.

With the snapshot feature can I take a snapshot in the garden and then take it into the house to look at the captured images, or does it need to need hooked up to a pc the whole time?

 

[CoyoteBob]

With the snapshot feature can I take a snapshot in the garden and then take it into the house to look at the captured images, or does it need to need hooked up to a pc the whole time?

It must be hooked up to a PC at all times. I have a laptop I use on a stand in my garden to take pics with my USB microscope..