Same to you! Thanks for watching!

You're welcome! I'm glad it was useful!

Thank you Ted - to you too!

That's great to hear, I'm super happy my review was useful! Thanks for watching!

Thank you!

Thank you, to you too!

Thank you!

Good luck then!

Glad it was helpful!

thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

@@tony359 I've also been searching for relatively good microscope it's so hard

Thank you!

Thank you for watching!

Thanks for your understanding. I will definitely consider future product reviews but I think I’ll make sure I don’t end up with a backlog of them 🙂 thanks for watching!

Thank you for your kind words. I did consider just returning the microscope to the manufacturer and say "I am not interested" but in the end I decided to go ahead. If this stops more freebies to come, be it. In the end I hope my viewers - you - will appreciate this and hopefully some other manufacturers will think "let's send this to Tony359, his audience knows he doesn't sugarcoat his reviews". OR - more likely - you just won't see another review on this channel anymore! :) Thanks for watching!

Hello @Vladislav - I know this might sound like a scam but the Giveaway has now ended and you have been selected to receive the microscope! Could you please contact me via email, my address is on my profile page, under "about". If you are not interested, please just let me know and I'll give it to the next winner on my list! :) Thanks for commenting and congratulations! Here is an unlisted video with the name selection process: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9WYgbyblbCqnJc.html

Very interesting about the tilting problem. Well, maybe my review changed something then 🙂 I’m glad you like my review! Enjoy your new scope! 🙂

Indeed the horizontal tube flaw is unacceptable, as you say it was just a matter of designing it differently. I'm very glad my video helped you in your decision making, thank you for watching!

Thanks for watching!

Absolutely, they all fit different use case scenario. Thanks for watching!

Thank you! I always do my best to keep my videos short - 40 minutes is my "no go" threshold so 39 is indeed on the long side. Unfortunately, conciseness is not my strength! But I am working on that! :)

I really couldn't - Andonstar won't be happy but hey. No worries, no more reviews for a while, it was a mistake! Thanks for watching!

This product surely has its placement on the marker and does its job. I'm glad you like it!

I'm glad you liked it and thanks for watching! I was in the same situation when I was selecting my microscope and most people ended up with the Andonstar which has those very well known limitations. I am not really affiliated with Lapsun (and I am not impressed that you end up with a CMOS sensor lottery...) but have you considered a C-mount lens type with the stand I got? If you contact them directly they can send you the mount without the base (at a lower price) and you get better price than some platforms. You can still pay by Paypal so I hope there is some sort of protection. Again, I am not affiliated with them :)

@@tony359 I'll check out ur video on the lapsun. Thanks!

Amazing, I’m very glad I managed to help on your decision. The Lapsun - or any C-mount style scopes - can also be purchased with a small stand. You’d lose the ability to go over large boards but you’d still have the ability to zoom in and out easily. Thanks for watching!

You're in! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for your comment. Can you elaborate on the "wrong direction" please? The knobs are stiff to operate and only adjust a few centimeters. I'm sure you noticed that to magnify to full magnification you have to move the whole microscope up and down quite a bit. By all means you can also use the head knobs to do some "fine adjustment" - of which I don't see the purpose as it would change the magnification very little - it might help a bit with the focus but, again, they are stiff to operate. Of course if I don't like it, it doesn't mean you don't have to like it! Reviews are always a bit subjective. I hope I have presented the facts and the difference between the Joyalens and a C-mount item. It's then up to you to make the final decision. Thanks for watching!

@@tony359 The knobs are meant to operate while viewing the screen. Since you were focusing on the standard itself, your body and arms had a weird angle towards the knobs. @9.26 your operating the left knob with your right hand. When sitting behind the screen, operating it with your left hand, would look much more logical and quite do-able. I agree one of them doesn't feel perfect since it is not free of obstacles, but as a lefty I appreciate the option nonetheless. Also I don't know how much finger tip force is needed to adjust the knobs, but again, I really think the 3 adjustment options are meant to work together. Screw on frame for initial height estimation, knob adjustment for getting in focus, lens adjustment to fully optimize the focus. This does mean that you need to start with the knob and lens adjustment roughly in their middle position. I really enjoy your video's and knowledge, so don't take this criticism too hard :) Thumbs up!

I'm not taking it too hard - in fact I appreciate any feedback. I see your points. All I can say is that I have another scope on my desk of similar price (yes, it needs a monitor indeed!) and its knobs are **WAY** better than the Joyalens'. What you say is doable - but I am afraid the Lapsun does the same much better. Re. using the right hand to turn the left knob... can happen when you have a camera in the way! It doesn't mean I normally use the left knob with my right hand! :) Thanks again for your comments, they are always welcome.

Thank you! Yes, they are two different product. But the Lapsun is actually cheaper than the Andonstar/Joyalens and it can be purchased with a smaller stand. Let me say that if I have to choose between Apples and Oranges when I go to the supermarket and Apples are all black and damaged, well, I get oranges! :) Thanks for watching and for your kind words!

eheh - It's like when I reviewed a £50 multimeter and compared it to a Fluke! :) Thanks for watching!

@@tony359 yep. Thats the path we all will walk with adult money 🤣🤣

interesting topic, quite a lot to be found online, with opinions going in both directions. I suspect we should evaluate the lens too in this statement too. The two microscopes feature a different lens. It would have been nice to make a proper depth of field comparison indeed! Thank you!

Yes, with a good stand it might have got a chance - still I dislike the constant "up and down" thing but I guess one could live with that. I was very clear with them about my review, so I will be ok. One thing for sure, this is the last microscope I'll ever receive from them LOL :) Thanks for watching!

Oh no, the Lapsun was better in everything including image quality - I think I mention that in the video at some point. KZfaq adds compression so it might be not as obvious. It's been a while since that video so I do not know what's new on the market. I can only say I am super happy with this scope. It works 100%, I feel the picture quality is very good - I've seen some more expensive scopes delivering much worse picture. But... it's China so who knows what you're going to receive! On the brutal review, I don't care! I hope I can build up a reputation where manufacturers will end up sending me their stuff because they know I'll be honest with my viewers - not because they can pay me for a good one :) Thanks for watching and good luck! :)

@@tony359 I was just doing some "pixel peeking" at 33:47 and indeed could notice the Lapsun was much cleaner with the texture detail. The next question is, on Ebay, Lapsun offers the Camera, Lens and ring light as a bundle $208, or just the camera $145. Then Lapsun offers a Parallel light zoom 20-440 ($82), which appeals to me. I am curious if the Parallel light zoom a higher quality optic, or just a higher zoom range?

@@tony359 Thank you for such a fast reply, especially on an old post. I feel like so many "reviews" out there now either sugar coat like crazy to avoid making venders mad, so they will get more venders to send them free stuff. It seems like everything is great, which honestly it isn't. Don't get me wrong, it is one thing to say, this item is good for this price range and compared to its competition of like price range, but I feel like many don't say that.

I'm afraid I am not familiar with the "parallel light zoom" type of lens. All I can share is my experience with my own Lapsun, which is reviewed in another video. For everything else you can try contacting Lapsun directly, they were helpful when I purchased the unit.

That's digital zoom, honestly I'm not even considering that! Thanks for watching!

I admit that for $130 it's a better deal. At that point the Lapsun type of microscope is definitely more expensive. Thanks for watching!

You’d be surprised but I’ve got more offers for reviews 🙂 (which for now I have declined). Good luck with the microscope and thanks for watching!

That's so cool, I had a look online, it's the intermolecular forces between molecules! Thanks for watching!

If I remember right those "lenses" are minuscule and don't have a thread to attach anything else like the C-mount scopes. But it should be easy to cut a piece of polariser and attach it on the inner side I think. It was some time ago :)

@tony359 like film from Edmundoptics and laser cut circular exact on inside of the lamp lights and the inner ring of all 3 lenses of this model? I have lens a d and l .. you can put them on top of the pink lens inside right and then screw them on and fine adjust with the lens focus and lamps right to deflect light? I sharpen knives as a side business and I need this polarization to work. The light reflections off the knife bevels and edges is ridiculous. Polarization is the only way I hope you understand.

@tony359 please let me know Tony if I can laser cut polar film and place them exact measurements to the inner ring of these 3 lenses that come with ad249sm and use the focus to adjust the light and cut out film for both lamps exact and fine twist them at same time? Or do you have a recommendation with someone who us using this technique

I don't have that microscope anymore, it was won by one of my viewers :)

Unfortunately the Joyalens cannot be mounted on a C-mount stand. The stand is part of the product here in my opinion. Also, the C-mount stand would only improve on the unsteadiness, the issue with zooming in and out would stand. I feel the picture quality is covered in the video, a better stand would help but wouldn’t change my overall opinion on the item. Im comparing what you get when you buy a C-mount vs what you get when you buy a Joyalens. Sorry for not covering the software, it’s just that I don’t have an use of it - and I feel most users would not need it either. But thanks for your feedback and for watching!

@@tony359 Sorry, I meant if the Andonstar was mounted onto your Joyalens stand. I took delivery of the 7" version of this scope today. The stand is very firm. There is no shake or movement whatsoever. Maybe it's because it is lighter. For a non professional, I can see I will greatly benefit from using this. Also, using Cheese application in Fedora Linux gave me a good monitor size image but I will most likely stick to the very good 7" display.

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! Lapsun video is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aKeXaqhosLO2Zqc.html (I am not affiliated with Lapsun BTW!)

Well, Joyalens customer service is @andonstar.com so it must be similar! I don't know about Linkmicro.

@@tony359 Linkmicro have identicals products...

@@tony359 Is this microscope suitable for soldering on electronic boards? Does it have a lens to protect the lens from the smoke and heat of welding?

No. There is no protection and you cannot get one. If you get a C-mount scope then yes, you can get a protection.

The stand indeed swings left and right (but not in and out). I did not show that as I feel it's useless, sorry. I tried inspecting a larger board with the upright at an angle and I could inspect a mere 1cm further down the board - and focus started to suffer. So I decided not to mention that. Thanks for watching!

@@tony359 Your vid shows it moves in and out at 4:58. You can also see it on other vid reviews of this model. (company website for example) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frGShqd508qoXZs.html (skip to 7:50 )

@@blubunn Ah ok, I see what you mean. And yes, that one I forgot to show - even though I think it would make the scope even more wobblier! :)

@@tony359 Can't argue with that! Send it to me... I'll make a decent stand for it! lol

@@blubunn Well, you are in the list of possible lucky owners! 20 days left :)

I will find out if and when I have to ship there! If you are the winner you don't have to accept of course. I will draw a few names in case the first one is unavailable/unwilling to receive the item. Thanks for watching.

Yes, this product can only appeal someone who doesn't have a screen/tablet and who just wants an all-in-one solution without too much hassle. Thanks for watching!

Friends are excluded by the draw, you missed that part! ;)

Yes but you still need to fiddle with the stand and move the whole thing up and down to zoom in and out!

ahah - No! :)

That's a good idea for sure! But it adds to the point that if you also need to add another stand and 3D printed parts, it's less and less appealing! Thanks for watching!

Could you possibly elaborate on that? I think I mentioned multiple times that the advantage of the Joyalens is the integrated monitor. The "faults" I found are not related to that. In fact, the monitor is of good quality. I'm interested in your view though if you could explain a bit better. Thank you!

Thank you - I have replied to your email.

I’m afraid the giveaway ended on March 1st and a winner has been selected already!

Indeed - it's usable but too many downsides. Even with a better stand you'd end up with the zooming limitation which IMHO is the main deal breaker. Thanks for watching!

I don't know. I did ask and I was told the firmware was stable and no need to upgrade :)