Natural History Museum Pocket Microscope
Posted by Notcot on Apr 20, 2010 in Photography |
Product Description
View small objects in detail with a brightness and clarity that impressed even Natural History Museum scientists!
- Trust the Natural History Museum to devise the most efficient, most want-able pocket microscope.
- For all that it measures just 5.1 x 4.1 x 2.8cm,
- Its got 20x 40x zoom magnification with touch-button ultra-bright LED illuminator.
- Adjust focus wheel for stunning clarity and inspect flakes of skin and the like in incredible detail.
- Comes with slides, cover slips and lens cloth
Bought this for the kids. Didn’t expect much for under £10. However, I was amazed. Truly pocket sized and such lovely quality. Kids have loved finding stuff to put on the slides. Live mosquito larvae (from the water butt) especially good. Could spend hours using it. Lighting is even good enough to get some reasonable photographs via my digital camera. Love it. Will be buying more for presents.
Rating: 5 / 5
When looking for a microscope for 2 children (age 5-6) I found it hard to get reliable advice, and read a lot of bad reviews for much higher priced childrens products. I bought this one on a whim after seeing 1 good review and found that this microscope is amazing value. It produces clear, bright images, and is a perfect first microscope for young children. It has slides which they can learn to mount, and it can also be taken out of its holder and placed over any object that you want to view. The magnification is just right for young ones to be able to relate the magnified image to the object itself. At both 20x and 40x magnification onion skin cells are clearly visible and I will try to upload a picture I took through the microscope of unstained red onion skin. I highly recommend this microscope, it is amazing value for money and a perfect introductory microscope.
Rating: 5 / 5
The reviews and cost made this an instant purchase for my 6-year-old’s stocking. When I recieved it I was surprised at how small it was, and initially thought “Oh dear”. However, when it was opened and used on Christmas Day I was extremely impressed with the quality of the view and ease of use. What a superb product!! For the price, it is out of this world. We have since spent a lot of time hunting for all sorts of things in the house to look at and she has been very engaged. It seems pretty durable too with simple, non-fiddly controls.
As a primary teacher who is used to using a variety of equipment in science lessons – this is terrific value for money and high quality that results in great learning potential. Low energy LED too – great for battery life. Considering getting a bunch for the classroom now.
If you are after a microscope to get started GET THIS PRODUCT, IT IS EXCELLENT.
Rating: 5 / 5
This little gadget is punching above its weight! Definately good value for money. It won’t last forever and the 2 slides they give you are plastic and so scratch very easily but it makes for a great intro to microscopy.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this as a stocking filler and it has been just as popular as the major Christmas presents. My daughter is 6 and we have looked at fingernails, snowflakes and skin so far. My other daughters aged 12 an 15 also keep borrowing it, plus it doubles as a handy torch. Really excellent value for money and not easily breakable. Though we did lose the little stand for a few days.
Rating: 5 / 5