Best Wireless Microscope?

As a babe in the woods when it comes to technology, I only yesterday learned of wireless microscopes. I did a quick Google and ebay search and was overwhelmed by the number that are on the market. Not being familiar with any of the brands that I saw, I'm coming to you for help.

Can anyone recommend a wireless microscope that they have used and are familiar with. I need one with a wifi hub that I can use with my iPad as I haven't even turned my computer on for six months. I'm going to have to fire it up soon, though, because my daughter will be coming back home for my birthday in February. She got me a new printer and a scanner for Christmas and both are still in the box. I need to have them up and running when she comes.

Please tell us what you plan to use this for -- stamps only? And for general viewing of stamps or for occasional blowups for the record or posting at SCF?

Generally:
First, if you remember microscopes from school, recall how fiddly they can be in positioning the object to be viewed. So if one is thinking of using a computer microscope generally for magnification, it's probably better to buy a good quality 10x glass magnifier instead.

Then, you will probably want/need a lamp in addition to the microscope, particularly for color. Higher end scopes might have enough light by themselves, so you could always put this off until needed.

You need a stand. Period. Some come with, some are optional equipment.

You need assurance that the microscope works with iOS. Most seem to be multiplatform.

Now I bought a less-than-$20 wired USB microscope as a trial to see what features I wanted upgraded so I could buy a better one. That was shockingly good for stamp purposes. It needs more light than the LEDs provide if I intend to record and post a photo. The stand is plastic and will probably break someday. There are minimal instructions but everything can be figured out. These are not complicated tools. So you might want to go mid-range in price but higher end pricing is certainly not needed, and this cheap unit is good enough for stamps and a keeper for me.

hy-brasil,
I plan on using it exclusively for general viewing of stamps.

Realize that the field size/viewing area is tiny for any microscope. Also, the USB powered microscopes begin at about 10x and go to much greater magnification. I think you're not going to get anywhere close to a full view or be able to scan a whole stamp easily and quickly to zero in on a spot of interest. Shaky hands from old age like mine don't help fine adjustment of a stamp position quickly with a microscope.

Perhaps a better choice is a 3x glass on a stand combined with (say) an Optivisor of 2x to 2.5x power. They are more than enough to detect details to ID Washington-Franklin types and see tiny faults. See the Donegan site for choices. Most people then will want a strong table lamp; an Ott-lite works for me. If you decide on a wireless microscope, I think all you need is one of the cheaper ones with a stand; if it doesn't work out easily for you, you haven't lost much.

Coastwatcher,
I get why you want it to be wireless, but you're going to sacrifice a lot of capability for such a device. I get why you want to use it on an iPad, but it's not really the best option to achieve what you really want out of it.
I'm now on my 3rd USB microscope, the current one with a 10x - 150x capability. I understand why hy-brasil recommends a 10x magnifier, but I have to disagree overall that it will achieve what you are after, particularly if you want to take a photo in the process.
I've been toying with going for a very very high power scope lately for gum and paper study, but that's a bit more specific.
The wireless scope, the issue I have with them is strength and durability. I started with a scope that had a sort of positioning/free had use (a Celestron 10x - 50x). It was ok, but as hy-brasil also mentioned, a bit fiddly. I tried with another brand at the same power, but it was also disappointing, it was just too unstable, and hard to keep an object in it. I then went to a model that has a fixed platform base, and similar to slide clips, the scope is held at a fixed position outward on an arm, and you can fine-tune height with 2 settings, then focus change with a center wheel in the scope itself. This is ok, but I would love it if I could get a motorized focus (even an auto focus), but to date haven't found such one. But there are also some other "free-standing" scopes that have displays built in. I was just today contemplating getting one of these, and the screen capture can still be sent to the PC via USB.

This is the one I'm currently using about $80 from Amzaon.
https://www.amazon.com/Celestron-Ha...b+microscope

This is what I've been contemplating getting something like this (~$199 - $300 depending on make and model)
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product...70_388947050

I have the Celestron that can either work tethered or unthetered. When not connected it stores on SSD you can upload later or just move SSD to PC. It is not the highest quality unit.

I am interested in how one does paper/gum studies. My microscope has led's around the lens so light is normal to stamp but you really need some off axis light for gum or paper. I have tried tilting stamp but then you run into depth of field issues. That $290 scope really looks nice if you were serious.