My First Lab My First Lab Microscope
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Toys and Games Reviews of My First Lab My First Lab Microscope
Customer Review: Microscope My First Lab - Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
Microscope - My First Lab (Purchased on 12/09/2007)
This was an excellent purchase. I have been very pleased so far with the results. We bought the microscope for our five-year-old daughter for Christmas, 2007. We want to expose our daughter to as much as possible science at a young age. I am a medical student and I have a B.S. in Biology so I have a lot of experience using a microscope. But I believe if you have limited experience using microscopes you will enjoy using it.
While our daughter is young she is very bright and patient. I gradually introduced her to the scope. After a few hours she was able to place the slides on the microscope stage, focus the lens, and change lenses. The scope comes with five prepared slides which are great. Wish there were a few more.
We also purchased a "lab prep" kit which came with slides, slide covers, and many other extras to help in making your on slides, as well as with five more prepared slides. We went around the house last week collecting different things like insects from our light covers, her hair and hair from some of her dolls, onion skin...etc. We looked at them this week after the slides dried and it worked great.
In summary, I highly recommend this product. It is well built and very user friendly. If you have never used a microscope before, I would suggest asking a friend who has some experience to get you started.
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Customer Review: Best "Toy" we ever bought!
Summary: 5 Stars
After pouring over dozens of microscopes to possibly buy our 8-year-old daughter for Christmas, we found this one with the few, but good, reviews on Amazon. We were not disappointed. I know nothing about chemistry and have never used a microscope. We had this out of the box and running smoothly within 10 minutes. The instructions are very simple and the quality is exceptional. I have heard that poor quality plastic microscopes often dissuade children from pursuing science because they are so frustrating and disappointing. This one is great. It comes with five slides that show up really well. They are fascinating to look at and we spent all day gathering other items to look at. Our daughter likes science even more, and now she's anxious to take the microscope to class to show her friends. She's used it many times since Christmas and hasn't grown tired of it. I think she'll enjoy it even more when summer arrives. Some of the slides, such as frog's blood or mosquito head parts, sound gross, but they actually are unexpectedly pretty and colorful. Although it is supposed to be for children age 11 and up, our 8-year-old had no problems with it. The microscope is sturdy, nonfussy, and should hold up fine with any older child that wouldn't knock it off a table. I have never rated a toy higher than this one. Highly recommended!Customer Review: no frills robust
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this recently and am happy with it. Several points:1. It arrived promptly, but padding was on three sides of the
box, with one side unpadded, so that shipping wasn't perfect.
2. The box only has a US address, and does not mention
"Made in China" which can be found only on the bottom of
the microscope.
3. There were only five slides, and 2 page handout (manual),
I would have expected a better manual and explanations
if it was meant to be use as a toy by new comers.
4. (...).
5. I consider the electric light a non-essential, since
the table lamp also allows lighting from top for
object not a slide.
6. I realized later, I paid 10% tax + 10% shipping, so a local
store might have been a better deal.
In summary, it is a robust no frills medium power microscope.
But it cut corners on the manual and essential accessories.
I am sure every kid who got this as a present will have
to figure out how to get accessories (and how is he/she
supposed to know which ones are essential?). Unless they
use it as a supplement to school work. I wish there was
more choices in this range (...) on Amazon, since it
is a convienient place to buy, and I reviews for this
product convinced me my money was well spent.
Customer Review: Do not buy this product from Shopzeus
Summary: 1 Stars
I would love to review the microscope, but since I've never seen it delivered, unfortunately I can't. Like other purchasers, we placed the order for the microscope with Amazon on December 5th. Our expected delivery date from Shopzeus was supposed to be between December 12th and the 17th. When I didn't receive the product, I called Shopzeus on the 15th to inquire about the package's whereabouts. I had already emailed Shopzeus and still have never received a response. The rep I called on the 15th could not give me any information about an expected delivery time, because Shopzeus used the USPS as its carrier. On the 18th I called again and was told to call back the next day, if I didn't receive my order. I called back on the 19th; Shopzeus' only response was to give me a refund, without trying to ship another microscope. The rep claimed that clearly the package was lost, but that they had "shipped out 200 of the microscopes and that [I] was the only one complaining." Based on the reviews I've read, this is not an uncommon problem with Shopzeus. Now we are scrambling to find a microscope by Christmas, since this was our son's most-wanted gift.Customer Review: Fantastic scope for beginner or advanced
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this scope for my granddaughter's Christmas present, and it is impressively built. Unfortunately, right out of the box, the head was loose, (but was fixed by tightening the three deeply recessed set screws with a jeweler's screw driver, even thought at first glance it appeared they were missing.), and to make matters worse, the bulb had blown during a factory test, and not replaced. So, if you are planning on buying one of these, get a spare bulb, which has no part number on it, so I am giving it to you here, and write it down,...15T7/CL/DC. Shop wisely, because these bulbs will range anywhere from $1.50 to $10.00. The microscope was excellent otherwise, and had high quality optics, and great "seeing". The light source is excellent, and is the best I have seen in an affordable microscope. It made me want to buy one for myself! This is definitely the one to buy if you want an affordable microscope, and I would recommend you spend the extra $40.00 or so over the cheaper ones to upgrade to this one.