I bought this to replace another I had, similar, but of another brand. The gearing for the zoom had broken, it was a nylon bevel gear. This one has some features the other didn't, first off, it had more room under the head. I do model railroading, scratchbuilding almost all my own structures, and there are some details I need to zoom in on to get the it just right. This has that extra room I need. It is also lighter and taller. I like taller, the other I had I had to put it on a 3" thick book to get to the height I needed, not this one, it has that extra height. No book needed. It didn't come with a light, however, and was not initially aware of that. My other one had a built in light. I contacted the seller, and they were very helpful, and steered me in the right direction to purchase just what I needed, a 144 LED ring adjustable light. I can't say enough about the communications with the seller. I also needed a set of rubber eye pieces, the supplied ones were flat, good for glasses, I would thing, and I do wear glasses, however, I prefer to use the cupped rubber eye shields, which helps block the light from the sides. again, the seller was helpful for buying the right ones that fit. It would have been nice to include these in the box with the microscope, individually they are very inexpensive, but cost a lot more to buy separately. Now that I have everything set up, I am loving the microscope. It also comes with the ability to put on a camera. I don't have one yet, need to research for a good one.Read full review
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This is a great microscope, however it is not better then the unbranded version of it from China and yet costs significantly more. The camera adapter tube is absolute garbage. You don't get the nice one in the picture but rather a slot adjust version which lets dust in and is extremely difficult to focus. The dust caps falls off the 3rd port because it is outlandishly cheap and does not snap in place. They needed to spend the extra $5 on fit and finish, but sadly all they did was charge more money. I'm very happy with the microscope and it will see a LOT of use. MICROSCOPE: Down light mounting width hole to hole is 51.8mm Camera tube is 23.2mm, eyepiece tubes are 30.0mm Trinocular camera port uses quick connect 38.2mm Use 0.3X reduction lense alongside 10X eyepieces or 0.5X reduction lense alongside 20X eyepieces. Lense OD 50.0mm, mount OD 54.3mm groove OD 52.1mm C-mount adapter thread: ANSI B1 1.00" 32TPI UN 2A SMALL STAND: Specimen clip thumbnuts are M3F with M4 shoulders Specimen disk diameter max width is exactly 95.0mm Hole in platform underneath specimen disk 75.8mm & max clearance beneath disk support floor is 20.0mm Stand specimen center to post rod distance 138.5mm Stand specimen recess to post rod 91.0mm & 186.0mm Stand post OD 31.9mm, height above platform ~356mm Stand base size top 199mm x 254mm, bottom 1mm more RING LIGHT: The original knurled screws have 25mm of M4 thread but they should by nylon to prevent scratching. TRANSLATIONS: 显微镜 Microscope. 底光源 Lower light source. 上光源 Upper light source. Old style trinocular port was threaded 28.6mm 1⅛"Read full review
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We have had a lot of fun with this microscope. It's great for kids as it isn't so microscopic that you can't tell what you're looking at. The eyepieces come close enough together for my kids to see in stereoscopic. The build seems to be of high quality. The higher magnification lens does seem to have some mild whiteout halo that covers the view when on the highest magnification. But this is a minor matter and may just have to do with the glare of the ring light that I bought to mount on it. I highly recommend this scope!
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The microscope is larger than I expected and some basic assembly instructions in the box would be useful but I am happy in all other aspects.
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Excellent product. You will need to experiment when you put on the 2x barlow lens. I reversed the mount for the scope so it would go lower, and that worked. I also ordered 20x lenses and they really helped. Easy to use and very effective.
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