IQCrew by AmScope 40X-200X Kids Inverted Compound Microscope for Students

My husband &I spent days deciding which microscope to buy for my niece who is only 7 but ahead of others her age. We decided on this one because she has talked about liking science since she could converse and we want to foster that desire.Also she lives with grandpa who is a professor and dr and shared her interests.Anyhow, my point is we wanted something more advanced so she could be happy with it for a few years. We also did research on how home microscopes were rated by science groups..not ads. This was the obvious choice, and it's great. It comes with lots of slides to prepare as well as already prepared samples. The blue slide is showing an amoeba dividing. The world is a fantastic wonderland to be explored and explained with some technological assistance. I'm so glad we were able to get this quality gift ..an investment in our future..the future that is a child's ambition and education. Kids learn how to care for nice things when they experience hands on with them and practice handling them with care and respect for fine workmanship..it's so much more than playing with toys. This is made well ..not cheap or flimsey.its a real microscope! I hope I've helped you select something your recipient will some day pass along to his or her young scientists and seekers curious about what makes things happen. It's an investment in our future.

Though I would say the inverted part is useless for beginners. good slides, wished a little variety though. also, bigger cell structure slides, or common things for beginners and kids (which they can relate to) would have been nice.

Great for kids! Purchased for my 5 year old. Quickly became a hit with kids in the neighborhood. Comes with everything you need - learning guide with experiment ideas and tips, pre-made slides, batteries, tools to collect specimen, etc. The pre-made slides are fine, but the real fun/learning was the kids finding bugs, making crystals, etc. One product tip: the eyepiece arrived unattached and needs to be “popped-in” place. I was a little confused when I first opened (not a microscope expert!), but once assembled everything was really easy. Great value based on the fun/learning we’ve had already. Seems well built, so assuming we’ll have it for years to come!

Great

This will be a fun new perspective in microscopy for me. Inverted microscopes are very expensive both new and used. Although it doesn’t quite provide the quality images equal to my other scopes, it is much better than I expected. It’s very light and someone suggested anchoring it with Velcro so it’s more stable while in use. I may try that.

I bought it in advance for my child’s birthday. I wish I had opened to inspect it right away and now I am outside the return window. It came with a blemish that I cannot figure out where it’s coming from and it is right in the center of all the images. Other than that it’s easy to use and feels pretty sturdy.

The microscope for the price optically performs excellent. I already have an Omax M8311 so I can compare. Inverted microscopes can explore specimens in the Petri dish and this was the reason for buying it. I didn't like the limited range control of LED brightness - particularly when exploring specimens with low magnification. Despite setting it to minimum, it was still bright for my preference. Being proficient in electronics I made small changes around potentiometer 1k Ohm controlling LED. Now I can control the full range from completely dim to full brightness. The picture tells all. Add a resistor 1k as shown and change cabling between batteries and LED (else you would drain the battery despite the switch is off). I already have 25x eyepieces so I bought the set with just one eyepiece 10x. This limits magnification to 200x but for my purpose (educating grandchildren) is enough.

We were so excited to get this microscope. We had never used an inverted microscope before, but absolutely love that we can use this with both slides and petri-dishes to look at pond water samples. It's great that the microscope is light weight and can be transported easily right out to the pond and set up at the picnic table for a great outdoor classroom experience. My order arrived two days early and everything in the picture was included. It is a great kit with everything needed for aspiring young scientists. We especially love the the Usborne book that is included. The view and magnification work great and the included slides are high quality and interesting. We look forward to many fun times and plan to order the digital camera from Amscope so we can take videos of all the fun little creatures we are finding.

This thing saved me. Had to complete a project and no one was willing to purchase a new microscope for basic cell culture since the lab is being decommissioned in a few months. Can see individual cells no problem, even better than the old Zeiss we had actually lol Works very well. Plus it's battery operated. Thanks to the makers of this! Great product and wild it's 100 bucks!

I received a message that it was delivered by Canada post on Friday but I wasn’t home. That was false, mailbox was empty. I called Canada post on Monday and they said delivery card for pickup will be in mailbox that day, Monday. We picked it 7p on Tuesday. Items look great. I think my seven year old granddaughter will love it. She wants a science area setup in their rec room area. Cute. So, won’t know how it works until later in the month.

Pretty decent buy. Very useful for beginner's synth bio works. The 25x that ships with it is not the best in clarity at 500x. Overall I am quite happy with it.

due to covid it has been really difficult to procure an inverted microscope, so I bought this little guy! its PERFECT for checking my petri dishes/cell culture dishes of cancer cells to see if they have reached confluency. it's obviously child sized and therefore not very comfortable to use for long periods of time, but I am SO GRATEFUL because I couldn't be doing my PhD work without it right now!! If it works well for my research, I am sure it is more than suitable for children! :)

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