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Digital Microscope Comparison Round 2


This is the second installment in the Digital Microscope Comparison Series.

After the first video, Linkmicro ( @linkmicro_official5139 )reached out to send one of their microscopes to me for a review. I let them know I would be tearing down the microscope and giving it the same level of scrutiny as the first video, and they still agreed to send it. I purchased the other two microscopes from Amazon for this comparison.

Linkmicro sent their LM249MS Digital microscope, a microscope with a builtin 10inch monitor and three interchangeable lenses for different types of microscope work. I purchased the Andonstar AD249SM and the TOMLOV DM602 for comparison, since they all looked very similar to me. I wanted to know if they are all essentially the same inside, or if they are differences.

Watch the video to see what I found out!

Timestamps to help you navigate the video:

0:00 Introduction to video
0:40 Linkmicro LM249 unboxing and assembly
3:08 TOMLOV DM602 unboxing
3:45 Andonstar AN249 unboxing
4:35 Initial poweron
4:44 Comparison: Power Consumption
5:32 Comparison: Menus and settings
6:20 Comparison: Included accessories
8:31 Comparison: A Lens
10:18 Comparison: D Lens
11:40 Comparison: L Lens
13:18 Lens comparison and magnification results
13:30 Sonic chip with D Lens
14:02 Slide holder with Pine stem, D Lens
14:19 D Lens vibration testing
15:11 Linkmicro Teardown
16:13 Mainboard inspection
17:11 Novatek NT96663 CPU
18:20 TOMLOV Teardown
18:53 Andonstar Teardown
19:33 Internal components comparison table
19:43 TOMLOV mainboard installed on Andonstar Monitor
19:54 Image Sensor: Teardown
20:33 Image Sensor: Under the microscope
21:16 Image Sensor: Comparison
21:28 Image Sensor: Datasheets
22:32 Photo comparison in Inkscape
23:22 Quality and Sharpness comparison
22:34 Internal components comparison table, V2
24:02 Company History: Andonstar
25:17 Company History: TOMLOV
27:18 Company History: Linkmicro
27:42 Final Thoughts

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❗NOTE❗: 11/20/2023 There are currently some great deals on these microscopes for Black Friday.

*Andonstar AD246SM 7 Inch
*Andonstar AD249SM 10 Inch
*LinkMicro LM246MS 7 Inch
*LinkMicro LM249MS 10 Inch
*TOMLOV DM601 7 Inch
*TOMLOV DM602 10 Inch

I also found two other brands on Amazon that appear to be the same microscopes as the three I looked at. I haven't confirmed this, but I would be very surprised if they were different.

*Elikliv EDM601 7 Inch
*Elikliv EDM602 10 Inch
*JOYALENS JL246MS 7 Inch
*JOYALENS JL249MS 10 Inch

*I’d recommend checking all of the available listings to determine which microscope is cheapest at that time. You can also check out my Amazon Affiliate storefront for other items that I use on a regular basis.

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