Compound Binocular Microscope 40X-2000X LED Lighting for Kids Students Adults School Laboratory Home Education with Microscope Slides Set Phone Adapter Spiral Moving Scale

My niece has been wanting her own microscope for awhile and this is a good starter kit to have. The nice thing is that you also get a pretty nice storage/carrying case. For the most part, the case can store everything. I do wish that the case at least had slots for everything. I feel like you have to jam it in sometimes. The visuals are not bad. It can be straining on some eyes like any microscope viewing can be. It does have lighting to help see you samples. There are sample provided but you can make your own as you wish although you may have to buy you own slides. There are clamps to help with holding the slides. Make sure you are careful not to push the scope too far down and break the thing you are viewing. Dust can accumulate on the lens so just wipe it with some lens cleaner. The zoom on this is not bad but it did take my niece some practice to get a good shot. The viewing is good and clear. Again this is not industrial grade but it give my niece a chance to practice and learn on her own. You can adjust the dials as need to get a clearer view. You are able to get plenty of lighting to see th sample. I dis not see any issues with angles or reflection. The instructions are straight forward and easy to learn. It just takes practice. Overall this is a good device for kids to learn from and it gives you samples or you can make your own to view. The device is not super heavy so it is easy to take out and put back in. The zoom is pretty nice. It is fairly easy to use and learn from. The case is nice but I wish it had slots to hold everything rather than feeling like you need to jam everything in.

This microscope is really disappointing. The optical axis of the binocular part is clearly misaligned, making it feel like I'm not even looking at the same view through both lenses. The image is especially blurry at magnifications over 1000x. To make matters worse, the manual doesn't provide clear instructions on how to use the microscope properly. I definitely wouldn't recommend buying this.

This is the perfect gift for the curious kids in your life. When it comes to my niece and nephew they are always wanting to know more about everything. They want to know how something works, why it does what it does, how does this thing change into this thing and why does it need to do that... their curiosity is endless.When it comes to the building blocks of life and things that are too small to be seen with the naked eye this microscope will give them the ability to answer a lot of those questions for themselves and have fun exploring a world beyond what their normal senses can see.They only needed a little instruction from an adult to get going and they were able to handle most of this on their own which was great they like working independently. This was a big hit at summer camp as well.You couldn't ask for a better gift for a curious young minds.

This microscope is good enough for light studying and 'exploratory' use. It has a lot of nice features that are mitigated by imperfect manufacturing.The Eyepieces are adjustable, but each eye's image is slightly rotated so the images can't be aligned and I felt cross-eyed while using it. The eyepieces also don't have cups to help with eye alignment. The sub-deck light could be a bit brighter at maximum magnification (but this can be resolved by removing the filter cover on the light).My biggest issue is the amount of debris from shipping. The magnifiers should have had covers on them, as all three lenses were rather dirty. I'm going to have to figure out the best way to clean them without causing damage to the lenses.On a more positive note, this microscope packs everything I could have wanted with regards to features. The coarse adjustment and fine adjustment work very smoothly (although I wish there was an 'extra fine' adjustment, sometimes the fine was still too coarse). It is easy to control the position of the slides on the viewing deck with the adjustment knobs. Brightness is adjustable. The Slide holder is easy to use.In all, this would make an almost perfect argument to be used during high school biology, despite its drawbacks.

Tried but couldn't figure it out. Manual just used verbage & not images which would have been a great help in learning how to use it (I don't like using videos). The main feature that attracted me to this microscope was the ability to use a power bank as the energy source for the lighting. That worked well. The local library was very glad to get it for their Maker Room!

I first tried a different brand of microscope and could not see images at all. I tried 2 scopes of this type and sent them both back. I read reviews and decided on this one.This one is pretty great! First off, to see really well, you really need the binocular view rather than the single view which this scope has. The book provided with it was very helpful and it showed images of the slides that were provided as they look under the microscope so you know what you are trying to see. This is a game-changer as you can identify things much easier and learn to use the focus controls is you have an idea of what you are actually trying to see. It is also nice that you can move the slide with the use of the controls so you can see the entire specimen. The scope seems well made and is priced very reasonably. I would recommend it.The only downfall is that the cord is too short. It barely reached my outlet near my counter. I guess you could always use an extension cord. Overall, I recommend this microscope.

The media could not be loaded. This microscope is very light, picks up like a toy, the instruction don’t know what they say, and the viewing is exceptionally blurry, don’t waste your money on this microscope. I feel very disappointed.

Microscope kit missing phone holder (adapter), lens tissues, and received a plastic petri dish with broken lid