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This is a great replacement for the dual gooseneck quartz halogen lamp I previously used. The Amscope lamp occupies less space on my lab bench, is significantly brighter and uses much less power: 8W in the unit I bought, not the 6W advertised, vs about 130W for the quartz halogen (plus its cooling fan). Because the LED lamp doesn't need a cooling fan, there is no noise or vibration from the lamp. The beam from each gooseneck end in the Amscope lamp is less diffuse than from the fibre optic light guides in the quartz halogen. This means the ends can be placed further away from the working area under my microscope, leaving more room for hand movement. The LEDs in the Amscope lamp will presumably also last much longer than a quartz halogen bulb. I can see only one potential 'con', namely that the LED light is much more blue than the light from the quartz halogen lamp. I am not finding that 'bluer' color a problem with everyday microscopy, and my microscope camera can make the necessary white balance adjustment. Users who prefer a 'warmer' light will miss out on the advantages of this LED lamp.

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I have been using several types of microscope lights: fluorescent, quartz-halogen and LED. This light from AmScope has the following characteristics:

Good light output, especially for an LED light, which have generally not been as bright as quartz-halogen

Fairly long goose-neck (24" compared to my older 12" goose-neck LED light

Low power consumption, less heat; no cooling fan, no vibration

variable light output

expected to be rugged: LED's should last a long time.

What I would be even nicer:

longer goose-neck, say 36"

12V DC power option.

Overall, a highly recommended product.

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If you need a light source for working on small objects or for illumination for a reflecting microscope, you need this. I purchased this for work with both AmScope 20X to 80X Binocular Stereo Microscope for additional illuminated and also to use for other fine work that I do that needs illumination. I recently purchased a biological microscope from Amazon that had plenty of transmitted light but no reflective light. This is an LED light with plenty of power and has adjustable brightness. Would recommend this to anyone needing to use reflective light in their work. The price is well worth it and I was surprised at the heavy weight and sturdy build of the unit.

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I have been doing rework for years. with time, we switched from 0805 to 0603, to 0402 t0 0201 , now I am working with 01005.

I have boom microscope that magnifes up to x45 , x 90 if you change the eyepieces from x10 to x20.

I never used x20 because the image is too dimm and the microscope head is too low for soldering.

These are the 2 main problems with my microscope.

Originally it came with fluorescent tube iluminator ring. It was ok but I replaced it with LED ring.

LED ring is much brighter than fluorescent but still gets in the way of soldering iron.

Still at the maximum magnification the image gets dimm.

I replaced LED ring with the gooseneck iluminator today.

2 observations:

1. the old LED ring created wide diffused field of light. the goosenecks create 2 very intense spotlights.

when directed at the same spot from 2 angles the image is bright, even at the max. magnification, and no shadows.

2. I used zip ties to tie the the goosenecks to the microscope support structure behind the microscope head.

I also tied the tubes to the microscope boom higher up.

That makes the setup very stable once you bend the tubes to the right position, it stays there.

Othervise they are easy to knock around.

That resulted in much more room for manuvering the soldering iron.

I showed the illuminator to other people in the lab. They liked it and most likely will buy it.

Money well spent.

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One of the best available, but with plenty of room left for improvement. The LEDs are not binned, meaning one might be blue, and the other white, as I experienced. A cyanoacetate based glue product is used to secure ends of the flexible conduit, and not necessarily applied with the best care--some of it even made assembly difficult by seizing up one of the nut-rings. I also noticed a bulge in the cord from where the wire lock-up was not correctly applied. That said, the unit is actually an 8W LED lamp, with high quality optics to focus the light precisely, and the linear potentiometer works very smoothly without flicker. In the end, this is the most important function. I'd buy one again, but also hope the manufacturer is somewhat less careless in executing the product's design. If put together cleanly, this has the potential to be one of the finest lights one could buy.