Geekscape Tech Review: HookUpz 2.0 from Carson (IS-200)

There are a lot of iPhone 7 accessories and pretty much everything else for the holiday season, and this particular product is from Carson. I seem to remember this company being called Carson Optical, so did the company re-branded or something? This is the HookUpz 2.0, which is clearly a sequel, and I tried to use the best picture that I could to show you what it could do.

Simply put, it connects a smartphone to something optic like binoculars, monocular, spotting scopes, telescopes, microscopes, borescopes, slit lamps, night vision and more. By the way, I’m getting a spellcheck on that word “borescopes”, is that a thing? I guess this makes sense that all of this optical equipment, including borescopes, has to join the age of smartphones somehow.

How does it do that? Well, you put the iPhone 7 or other compatible smartphone (it can do many) or even phablets in this cradle, and then you connect it to the optic thing. The HookUpz 2.0 is made to handle anything with a an outer eyepiece diameter of 25-58 mm.

It looks a little awkward, but you can make recordings that are boosted by your optics on your smartphone or phablet. I am sure that this is a thing, because who wouldn’t want to some more magnification on their smartphone?

You should be able to get the HookUpz 2.0 on the Carson site, for an MSRP of $89.

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