Review on Celestron 44314 FlipView Handheld LCD 🔬 Microscope (Grey) - Enhanced for Better SEO! by Alif Eagle

I was interested in purchasing a portable digital microscope for the following two reasons: 1) It is becoming increasingly difficult for my old eyes to focus on very small objects. I thought a digital microscope might come in handy in this matter. 2) As a hobby we breed black swallowtail and monarch butterflies. I was hoping that a portable digital microscope would help us identify and photograph butterfly and caterpillar eggs. After some preliminary research, I've narrowed down the models that best suit my needs to two portable digital microscopes, both made by Celestron. The two finalists were the Celestron 44314 FlipView Handheld LCD Microscope (this microscope) and the Celestron 44313 Micro FI Wi-Fi Handheld Digital Microscope. I chose FlipView for the following two reasons: A) FlipView has a significantly higher camera sensor resolution (5MP vs. 0.3MP) B) Micro FI requires a wireless connection to a smartphone or tablet. I suppose it would be quite difficult for me to aim and focus the microscope with one hand while looking at and holding onto a phone or tablet with the other hand. I'm happy to report that FlipView met all my needs. It takes a while to get used to centering and focusing on the subject (especially when the wind is blowing it around you), but after a bit of practice I found I could get some really good photos of very small subjects watch and do. The only complaints (if you can call them that) were the following two oddities in the documentation I found when I first got the microscope. 1) FlipView comes with a carrying strap (see photo). The instruction manual doesn't mention a strap and there doesn't seem to be a place on the microscope to attach one, but it's still a pretty good strap. I just don't know what to do with it. 2) The quick start guide warns you to "observe the correct polarity of the batteries" when installing the battery. However, the battery compartment incorrectly shows minus on the left and plus on the right, while the battery itself correctly (I confirmed this with a voltmeter) shows plus on the left and minus on the right (see photo). Since there's only one way to put the battery in, it's debatable, but obviously someone at Celestron wasn't paying attention when manufacturing the battery compartment.