Features:

  • Beginner compound microscope provides high magnification for educational applications
  • Monocular viewing head with LED and mirror illumination and built-in color filter wheel
  • Forward-facing rotating turret provides 120x, 240x, 300x, 480x, 600x, and 1200x magnifications
  • Coaxial coarse focus has a rack-and-pinion focus mechanism on a durable and stain-resistant white metal frame
  • Comes with 52-piece accessory kit and hard-sided plastic ABS case
Father and son love this!!!!

This was a good buy for homeschooling. I got it for my 4 year old who loves to look at the world throw a microscope loves all stuff science. and keeps thinking of things to look at throw his microscope. My husband also loved it.( thinking maybe fathers day gift for the fathers who love science.) Found out my husband always wanted one as a kid ,never thought about getting one for him. now my son and husband Have some thing they both love and are excited about sharing with each other.

Great for the price

Great for the price! Bought it for homeschooling and the kids love it. They are 9, 10, & 11 and can use it without any help. Came with some great extras and has already provided hours of entertainment! Would recommend for any grade school aged children.

Great Kid Microscope!

This is a fantastic microscope for a budding scientist! I got this for my daughter’s best friend who is very into science. Even her birthday party theme was Science. It is very comprehensive and works very well. She and my daughter have used it many many times and they have spent hours using it. They love getting random things to enlarge it and examine it. It is a great gift to encourage STEM learning!

Very Impressed!

I got this for my daughter for Christmas next month. I thought I would give it a try since I saw all these bad reviews. This is an amazing microscope for the price and works really well. I have a history of working with them and found it very easy to find the samples on the slides. They also showed up really nicely. The key it to start with the smallest magnification (300), once you have found your sample and focused on it then attempt using the higher magnifications. Some of the slides are not meant to be seen with the highest magnification. Also be sure to clean all slides before viewing as all of ours had dust on them. It will be harder to see anything with dust on the slide. The eye piece also needed to be cleaned because it was dusty. The microscope is metal, the stage is plastic with plastic clips. I did find it a bit annoying that I could not move the stage from side to side, so when viewing I had to move the slide its self. I have not used the hatchery or any of the other things as I am gifting this in a month. Even without using those items I am very pleased with this product. It was better then I could have imagined. I cant wait to make slides with my daughter and see what we can see. I have included some images I captured of each slide with my camera. These are not as clear as they are when viewing it through the scope with your eyes. However I wanted to show everyone that this microscope does indeed work. I found all of the samples with in a matter of minutes besides the corn root (blue slide with small round circles on it all in rows). The corn root is pale yellow, making it hard to see with the light shining on it. So I used the blue light filter to help bring it out better. I hope this helps you all feel more comfortable about making your decision with this brand. The carrying case is a nice plus too.

Great first time microscope!

Great quality microscope and materials. Two observations. The small white box with glass slides is difficult to open for a child-- consider redesigning the box latch system. Also, items may shift and pop out of their recesses during shipping despite the insert, so be cautious when opening the case for the first time. Their are enough supplements to this kit to make this a very enjoyable 1st time microscope. My daughter and I had a great time looking at the slides, our own hair and are planning on doing the enclosed brine shrimp this weekend. Also included are blank slides to make your own. The instructions are well laid out and very clear. Looking forward to lots of scientific endeavors with this!

Be fore-warned!!!

My son has become a total pain in the you-know-what!! All I hear is,"hey, Dad, check this out! Hey Dad, Dad, Dad, look at this!". My days are now spent gathering samples of pond scum and swamp water for examination.Seriously, though, he loves it! The only thing to be aware of is that almost the entire scope is made of plastic. Even the chrome is just chromed plastic. This does not affect the functionality at all, but it is worth mentioning. Overall, it works great, and is a great way to spark their imagination.

great little kit

I purchased this microscope kit for my nine-year-old daughter. She wanted "spy supplies," for Christmas, so we got her this kit to go along with other items. She enjoys science, chemistry, and anything possibly related to forensics. This kit is sturdy, and provides plenty magnification for our needs. We've completed a few of the experiments from the kit, and my daughter found those enjoyable. We did purchase extra glass slides from our local arts and crafts store, because my daughter wanted to keep her slide collection and label some of her favorite items. I would recommend this kit for the little scientist in your life.

Thumbs up from an experienced chemist!

6 yr old is AMAZED at the clarity and being able to see the specimens on the slides. I am a chemist and even I was impressed at the overall set up and options for experimentation. The focus can be a bit tricky, but once you get it the image is great considering how basic the scope is. This is a great starter kit for any child interested in science!

A GREAT GIFT!

I gave this to my 9 year old grandson for his birthday. The look on his face when he opened it said how much he liked it. We spent a lot of times looking at the prepared slides and he and his father were going to make more of their own thanks to the directions that explained how. As a retired teacher, I love the fact that I can give something educational as a present and still see all the joy that it brings. We were all impressed with the microscope and how easy it was to use.

Great at what it's designed for

Great beginner microscope. I suspect that the majority of the low reviews for this microscope are from people that either have little microscope experience or were expecting it to do things it was never designed to do. I have a degree in biology (although I'm not employed in a biological field), so I have plenty of experience using lab quality microscopes. This microscope produces a reasonable level of clarity and magnification. Children will be able to see individual cells, and even nuclei. Yes, it can be a little bit hard to focus at times since there is no fine adjustment, only coarse, and yes, your field of view does move a bit while adjusting it. But again, this is a $40 microscope made for kids. This is more than good enough to introduce your child (or even adults) to the world of microscopy. The kit is great, and will give the user plenty of things to do with the microscope. A few prepared slides, and tools to make some simple slides of your own are included, along with the brine shrimp kit. I was pleasantly surprised by what this microscope can do, and can't wait to give it to my daughter for the holidays (I took it out of the box and tested it first due to some of the bad reviews on here). If you are inexperienced with microscopes, here are a few tips: make sure that what you are trying to view is in the center of the aperture (where the light comes through), and always start on the lowest magnification.

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