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: Exceptional beginner microscope
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this microscope for my daughter, age 5, to answer her questions relating to how things grow or how people get sick. Explaining bacterial or viral infections and cell mitosis just isn't the same as showing it and giving a point of reference to understand the microscopic world. Now she has that point of reference and her wonder at the microscopic world has just begun.
This microscope came with 5 excellent slides that show plant and animal cells and insect parts.
We looked at salt, rice, sugar, hair, onions cells and root tip cells which further amazed her.
The quality of this microscope is amazing for the price. I used very expensive microscopes in several of my classes (i.e. bacteriology, embryology) and the lenses of this microscope rival the expensive ones. The stage dosn't have a left / right, forward / backward adjusting wheels on it so you have to manually move the slides around. But the price for the quality makes this microscope one of my daughters favorite gifts.
Customer Review: Great Value.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a chemistry professor and I was sceptical that a microscope for under $100 could be any good at all since I had several of them when I was a kid that were marginal at best. Often buying a kid a microscope or telescope that is marginal can result in turning them off rather than sparking their interest, I have and use microscopes in my lab that cost from $1000 to $10000 and so I know what a good optical system looks like. This little microscope was an amazing value. There is not much plastic and the optical quality is quite acceptable. The built in light works very well. How they can make a microscope this good for under $100 is amazing to me since you couldn't even buy one objective for most instruments they sell to labs for this price. I strongly urge anyone to not spend less than this on a microscope and go for this one! The only small criticism is that they could have had a few more slides in the box or some diatomaceous earth to keep the kids busy until summer when we can collect pond water etc.Customer Review: Excellent quality
Summary: 5 Stars
This was purchased for my son's 13th birthday. I had looked at microscopes in the $25-50 range, figuring it would get beat up quickly, so why spend very much. A store had one of those cheaper ones set up, and I was very disappointed in the brightness and distortion at the edges, and it felt cheap. So, I jumped up another notch and purchased the My First Lab microscope for 90 bucks. For about twice the price, this thing is 100 times better! It is very bright and completely free of distortion. The eyepiece is easy to look into with a wide field (compared to some where it was impossible to hold your head still enough to peep through). We've looked a all sorts of things, but the most fun is to put a few leaves and a sprinkle of dirt into some water, let it sit a few days, and then look at a drop under the scope. Little critters swimming everywhere! My kids can't get enough of it.
Customer Review: Sooooo happy with this microscope!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
We are using this microscope as amateurs - for general curiousity and eventually for homeschooling - and it has been just wonderful. It is also much easier to use than I remember my high school microscope being 25 years ago.
This scope is easy to focus and use (although I hesitate to let my 6 and 8 year old focus it at 40x due to the risk of cracking a slide), and it has bright lighting, crystal clear images, and sturdy metal construction!!
I initially balked at the price tag, but after the kids received an inexpensive scope that was terribly frustrating for them because they couldn't get a clear image (it had a mirror underneath that you had to move to reflect light), I decided to purchase this one.
This is such a timeless gift. And $100 spread across the next 10 years and three kids is really quite a good value!!
Customer Review: Looking for a GOOD inexpensive Microscope?
Summary: 5 Stars
I've bought several other inexpensive microscopes to do some examinations at home.
I breed dogs and frankly need this for breeding purposes.
I cannot express how much better this product is that any others I've tried.
The microscope is easy to use, extremely sturdy (most of it is NOT plastic). It doesn't tip, has an electric light which gives MORE than adequate lighting. The focus knob is large and easy to use (altho it does shift a bit occasionally). The images seen have exceptional clarity.
It only comes with a few sample slides (which are SUPER to look at) so you might want to purchase some blank slides and stains, etc, separately.
If you're looking for a really good, inexpensive microscope for an adult or child's home use, this is your best choice!