Trichome Viewing

Well I decided to throw this up for anyone that might be interested. Im new myself so take any information with a grain of salt.

Basically the excitement of growing my first plants I wanted something to view them up close.

My first purchase was a microscope from radioshack
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2179604
Since this item was $12 I ran to my local store and found it was in stock. After purchasing batteries for it i took it for a test run. At 60x i found it was hard to use and focus. Most people reccomend clipping a leave and putting it on a plate. I did not do this. Once i did get it focused what i seen was amazing. I then tried 100x took 30 mins to get the thing focused. I noticed you have to hold this item very still slight movement and your back to square 1.
I wasnt very happy with results so Im purchasing a jewlers loupe 30x. The one i decided to purchase is http://www.indigo.com/magnify/gphmgnfy/triplet-geology-lens.html
25 dollars with shipping
After doing some research i found triplet loupes are usually the best quality for viewing and if they made with crown and bk7 glass there usually better. I also found a couple cheaper ones
http://www.utopiatools.com/-strse-619/30X-Triplet-Lens-21mm/Detail.bok 20 dollars with shipping
some regular 30x loupe not triplet
http://www.sourcingmap.com/21mm-jewellers-jewelry-loupe-magnifier-eye-magnifying-glass-p-34803.html 10 dollars with shipping

Hope this info helps anyone interested in viewing there plants up close.
Feel free to post what you use to view trichomes/ plants.

i have a question. i also have a 30x jewelwers loupe, this thing sucks, i cant see very up close. all my trichs are clear, but maybe its just because i cant get a good view? is it fairly easy to see when the trichs are amber or no?

johnwashburnx30 said:

i have a question. i also have a 30x jewelwers loupe, this thing sucks, i cant see very up close. all my trichs are clear, but maybe its just because i cant get a good view? is it fairly easy to see when the trichs are amber or no?

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From my understanding you will watch them turn from clear to milky color then amber agian im new myself hopefully someone else can give some insight to this

Seeing things like that makes me mad Canada doesn't have Radio Shack anymore. We have the stupid Source by Circuit City. I even have a Radio Shack toque I like to where for nostalgia.
Anyways, I'll definitely buy something like this. Then I'll probably get stoned and use it to examine my pocket lint.

AlmightySteve said:

Seeing things like that makes me mad Canada doesn't have Radio Shack anymore. We have the stupid Source by Circuit City. I even have a Radio Shack toque I like to where for nostalgia.
Anyways, I'll definitely buy something like this. Then I'll probably get stoned and use it to examine my pocket lint.

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hahah ya. we have a store here called solutions now, where radio shack used to be. it hasnt really changed much since the days of radio shack.

johnwashburnx30 said:

hahah ya. we have a store here called solutions now, where radio shack used to be. it hasnt really changed much since the days of radio shack.

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Its funny when you view comments on radioshacks website about the microscope its all by growers viewing trichomes not many comments were posted for things it was designed for.

PC scope

This is on my "wish" list.
Note: Actually I saw this a while back and it was $75, but just went and checked that the link was still good and it's about $45 with free shipping right now!
I AM SO THERE!!!

thats a sweet lookin microscope. i need one of those. ill probably just end up getting a cheap one from ebay though

johnwashburnx30 said:

i have a question. i also have a 30x jewelwers loupe, this thing sucks, i cant see very up close. all my trichs are clear, but maybe its just because i cant get a good view? is it fairly easy to see when the trichs are amber or no?

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If you can see that the trichs are clear then seeing that they are amber should not be a prob. The hardest part is being able to compare how many are amber to how many are still turning. The change is very obvious but it can happen quickly meaning 1-3 days, some strains have a bigger "window". Happy growing