zOrb Review & Giveaway - CLOSED

This thing is sooooooo cool!

I was sent a zOrb to review a few weeks back and we've had a lot of fun looking at things with it. A zOrb is digital microscope that plugs right into your computer's USB port.  It's compatible with PC's or Mac's, uses no batteries and magnifies 35x on a 14 inch monitor, 43 times on a 17 inch monitor and 53 times on a 21 inch monitor. You can capture screen shots of the things your looking at and even capture video.  The illuminator gives a clear view that you can focus on and your images are 640x480 resolution.

The zOrb is super simple to use and install. I popped the driver disc in my computer and it installed automatically on it's own. I plugged it in and it was ready to go. Simple!

The first thing I chose to look at was a dollar bill. As it shows on the packaging a close up image of money so I was curious to see for myself.

Upon first investigation I thought there was a blue ink mark on the money. I examined it and it's actually a tiny blue fiber that is barely even visible to the naked eye. I really had to go hunting for it to see it without this pocket microscope.

Next up was a penny. Not too exciting, but you can really see all the intricate lines.

Then just for fun I looked at my wedding ring.  You can see teeny tiny little dings and scratches in the ring that you can't even see otherwise.  You can see lint stuck to it....and you can see it desperately needs to be cleaned.  LOL

In the last pic you can see the inside of the ring that shows the karat weight and the store where the ring was purchased.

I know this will come in handy for future school projects for my kids. My son would have a wonderful time looking at bugs under it. I'm staying far, far away when he decides to do that.

I have one zOrb digital microscope to give away to one lucky Fairy Blog Mother reader.

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