Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
I got this one here, Carson Micro Max 200, and I wouldn't recommend it. Poisoned my mind against those hand held types. My Widget supply 30x is at home and I am at work. I am pretty sure mine is a triplet. I got it a couple of years ago at the recommendation of Kaptain Zero on the forums IIRC. At work I have an old B&L Hasting's Triplet in 20x. A great little eye loupe optically but a 7mm objective takes some getting used to.
those radio shack type sopes have adjustable eyepiece that can easily be moved from the optimal focus position and that makes it PITA to deal with(and the shallow depth of field). This 30x one does not have moving parts on it and once the focus is established its locked in place unless its intentionally changed. @ 30x the magnification is not much less than the Radio shack scope , just for illustration if the bevel looks like 7-8mm on the 100x radio shack scope , on this 30x one it looks like ~5mm wide with a lot more light, I was very pleasantly surprised by that.

I use a 30X handheld microscope on every razor that I hone. It tells me all that I need to know.
Forget the Radio Shack 60-100.
Thanks to Randy for posting the link to that nice little scope.