Any suggestions for a magnifier to check trichomes?

Roger A. Shrubber said:

i've tried several things,
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000P8AUMU/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
garbage, can't see a damn thing, impossible to keep steady
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0728KXDVV/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
crap garbage piece of shit. you can see an area about the size of a pinhead, IF you can make it line up at all.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074CJFJG3/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
the screen is tiny, can't make out any details. it does take good screen shots, but the live image is the size of a stamp.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017SC2IYI/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
this one is good if you have a laptop, i don't so i have to drag plants close to my desktop to use. it does produce a nice clear image, though
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009WG1MQY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
the only thing i actually recommend, simple, works, cheap. the light on it isn't very effective, i've learned to hold stuff so its in the light, and to look at trichs from the side, they all look milky from straight overhead

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Roger A. Shrubber said:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009WG1MQY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
the only thing i actually recommend, simple, works, cheap. the light on it isn't very effective, i've learned to hold stuff so its in the light, and to look at trichs from the side, they all look milky from straight overhead

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ilovetoskiatalta said:

Any suggestions for a magnifier to check trichomes?

I have several and its nearly impossible to look at them on the plant.

Anyone use a magnifier attached to a phone?

Thanks,

Alta

@MichiganMedGrower

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ilovetoskiatalta said:

I gave the first one it does suck. I have to cut a bud off. The last one attaches to the laptop ?

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cogitech said:

Take a camera lens and look through it backwards (rear element toward plant).

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Roger A. Shrubber said:

that does work, but dude, your caveman is showing...how many people have cameras anymore, let alone lenses laying around the house

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cogitech said:

Last time I took a rough count, I had 18 lenses in the closet. One of them is even radioactive.

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How's that for a caveman?

(I won't use that one to ogle my trichomes)

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