Much better. You can put this thing right on the leaf of a plant and see what's going on. I bought one about a year ago from Hong Kong and then ordered two more for backup.
Simon
Nice little POS
I have the 45x model, works great. Got mine here in Cali from local vendor on ebay for around $5 shipped.
You can do this with the shack one too, the trick is to remove the plastic light guard and look at a piece of erb or leaf on a table, not looking at the plant itself.
Works fine for me, was a total pain before i removed the plastic bit and hard surface thing.
I just bought one of these from a tek168 ebay seller. What a scope for checking trichomes!!!! So easy I mean no mistaking cloudy from clear, it's just great, Nobodys bidding on them!!! I got mine for a $1.25 plus 4.99 shipping from hong kong, This works really well.