Carson Microbrite LED Lighted 20-40x Childrens Microscope with 2 Slides and Base Stand, Green

I was nervous about this purchase. So many microscopes for children are flimsy and fiddly, offering impractical magnifications that attract but are virtually unusable. Far better to be in the 10-50x range than the 200-500x.This product is excellent for the scale of thing that a young child might want to look at. The optics are good, the LED light works well, the whole thing feels robust and it could be carried easily on a country walk.Supervision is needed, especially in the use of slides and cover slips, though they are plastic.I bought it as a Christmas present for my youngest granddaughter. The picture shows me setting a slide up for her. (Water from the saucer of a plant pot. She did other, dry, objects herself.Session 1: leaves and onion layers - cells seen and described.Session 2: the dirty water as mentioned. Even though in winter and after a lot of rain, we managed to see some swimming single-cell organisms - probably Euglena. Her observations of these were spot on.Great product - not a toy microscope - a genuine introduction to another world.

We bought these through our school PTA for class gifts at Christmas and they've been really popular. The images you get are very impressive and are just as fascinating for the adults are they are the children. It is small and compact, so could be easily carried around if you wanted to take it outdoors to explore nature.The light works well. Good value item.

Good magnification just wish you did not have to hold the light button on all the time when inspecting small things. I have another one with higher magnification same brand as they are excellent. A switch would better and more logical. You get a thin slice of glass also with it you can put little things on, sorry don't know the technical name for this. All round a good fairly robust little scope that kids can use and big adults to explore a new and exciting microscopic world.

Works a treat. Great magnification range. Focus wheel works well and is accurate so long as you keep the Carson and the subject still.Only wish would be for the led light to have a permanent on button. As it is cumbersome to keep holding it and changing the settings at the same time. Though, because I like this quite a lot, will keep the 5*.Daughter finds amazing the amount of things she's seen through it. Well worth it.

Great for kids and adults. Bought some pre filled slides. 6 yr old niece tells me is fascinating! Comes with two plastic slide plates and two small bits of see through plastic watch out you don’t lose one of them they are stuck to the instruction page. Not sure how useful they are?

On the plus side it's well made, ie sturdy, and when looking at the object being studied the image is pretty sharp. However, the eyepiece is small and the magnification is a maximum of 40x (you can vary it from 20x to 40x). You can place the small object being studied into the base, although I found it easier to dispense with the base and slide the microscope over whatever you're looking at. Bear in mind it only cost me £10 on Amazon, so it's definitely value for money. It could certainly spark curiosity in small children, and you might then decide to splash out on a more sophisticated microscope with greater magnification.

The whole family enjoys the microscope, we love it!

It would have been nice if the scope could be moved away from the slide a bit further as You can only use it to look at very thin slivers of stuff. Also would be better top lit not lit from the side.

I bought both this product, Carson MicroBrite 20x-40x LED Lighted Pocket Microscope for Learning, Education and Exploring (MM-24, MM-24MU) and the higher magnification sibling, Carson MicroBrite Plus 60x-120x Power LED Lighted Pocket Microscope (MM-300). Both are inexpensive, and overall, I'm happy with them. I liked the lower powered one better because it comes with base that has a glass slide holder. The image quality is surprisingly good for the price. It is easy to use, however, I would have preferred if the control for magnification and focus were switched, i.e., have the focus with a twisting dial at the bottom and a lever to change the magnification, like in the higher magnification model (60-100x). I also prefer the other model's light, which stays on until you click the button, and the AA battery. However, although it may sound like I like the other model better than this, I actually like the 20-40x model better because of the removable base and it being more useful to look at a wide range of objects.I am a researcher and have access to research-grade microscopes. This inexpensive microscope does not replace a research microscope. However, it is a great entry microscope that may be useful, say, for a field trip in a college-level class, like my Invertebrate Zoology or Parasitology classes. I may order a bunch of this scopes for my classes to take to the beach or field.A few things could be better: as mentioned above, the focus could be better if it were on a twisting dial and the battery could stay on, and with a larger battery (e.g., AA). It would also be useful if it could capture the image (but adding a camera it would increase considerably the cost); alternatively, it would be more useful if it could be attached to a cell phone camera, since cell phones are ubiquitous and take great photos. And a small detail: the scope could have a ring or loop so that it could be wore on a chain or lanyard like a jeweler's loupe (the 60-100x model has it).As others have suggested, it would be a great gift to a child who may be interested in sciences. And being so inexpensive, it is a low risk investment. This scope is much easier to use and has better image quality that other simple microscopes that I have seen. I highly recommend it.

M gusto todo, es maravilloso para las excursiones con mi princesa,vemos🕵️ todos los insectos incluso el más pqeño,ahh m sirvió para quitarle el miedo a los insectos 😉,la verdad todos deberíamos tener uno en casa.👍🏽

I bought this for my 4.75 year old son as a stocking stuffer. Upon its arrival I broke it out of the packing to test drive it and figure out if this would be good enough to get him into microscopes, or crappy enough to discourage him.It turns out it's far better than I expected. I can't stop playing with it. The optics are very clear for such a cheap instrument, it's simple but accurate to adjust, the LED distributes light evenly and not too harshly, you can use slides or just stick it on cool looking stuff. It's a breeze to play with.I'd recommend these for just about anyone who wants to take a closer look at stuff. I had a good time inspecting tool edges for example, then collectors of small flat items like stamps or coins might like this as well. For kids though, this is absolutely awesome. After an hour they could operate it, give or take a few pointers from mom or dad, and from that point on it's just a really rad thing to have on hand for when a kid gets curious.If you want your kid to get into the tiny world, this is an excellent introduction.

Sehr cooles Taschenmikroskop. Ich habs für die Kinder gekauft, so wird jeder Ausflug in die Natur einfach interessant. Klare Kaufempfehlung!!!

This was perfect as a first microscope for my 4 year old grandson