PalliPartners Compound Microscope for Adults & Students - 100X-2000X High-Power Biological Microscope for Students, School Lab & Home Education, with Slides Set & Phone Adapter (White)

As a former biology teacher, I bought this to use at a beach house with my grandkids this summer. They loved it and were amazed by it. We especially liked being able to use the cell phone attachment so many people could see the same view at the same time without having to take turns. It also made it easy to take photos of what we were looking at. It comes with plastic microscope slides and two sets of prepared slides, which is a good start. When ordering this microscope, I recommend also ordering glass microscope slides and cover slips, an eye dropper, and maybe tweezers. It would be nice if the microscope kit contained these. They wouldn't be difficult for the manufacturer to add these few inexpensive items to future kits as standard equipment.

This was a gift for my 10-year-old grandson, but it held much interest for the entire family, myself included. I'm actually thinking about getting one for mysef.

Excellent quality for the price! Easy to use, and packs nicely back into the box after use. Well-made products.

This microscope was great value for the price in my opinion. I’m very happy with the top and bottom lighting. It’s easy to use, to focus, and teach to kids. Even my sullen teen was interested and engaged. It gets the job done and was fun and simple, what more can you ask for? My complaints are not big. One is the length of the power cord - pretty short if you’re not in a lab with outlets set into the table. The microscope must be used on a flat surface but you can barely reach the wall from the table with this. Also? It contained blank slides but no slide covers which is insane to me. I kept checking the box repeatedly thinking I’d missed something. I do believe the kit should have included slide covers and maybe a scalpel & some tweezers. For a few dollars more it could save the buyer the time and cost of having to go and buy a slide prep kit. From the description it seemed these things would be included. Comments even mention color filters being included which … well I didn’t get those. Maybe this was a return but truthfully it seems anything you get from Amazon these days is missing something. So yes buyers take note of those things but I still recommend the microscope.

This has been great for my daughter.

My reason for this purchase was as a gift. I thought that it would be a valuable educational experience for a young person interested in micro things. I know I would've had a blast trying out new things as a kid. Being open to new experiences outside of the Internet and social media is important. I didn't want to gift an item that I was not able to check out first, so I carefully checked out the microscope . First impression is that this is a wonderful starter tool for the aspiring scientist or even just the super curious young person. The magnification is awesome. I looked at a penny and some flowers. It's a whole different world in mini! Learning about the structure and appearance of a natural thing is especially interesting. Technology starts with the basics, so if someone is looking to advance their knowledge of technical things, they should start from the beginning. Comes with magnifier attachments, and best of all there are a box of plastic slides to use. Some of the slides have examples of natural things on them; such as, broad bean leaf, pine wood slivers and housefly legs(!). That was a surprise! So, you can use the microscope right away with the samples on the slides. Way cool! This durable microscope will definitely pique the interest of a young person in the family!

Is a great Ford for kids, they just get it to day as a Día de Reyes gift and they are amazed. It comes with a lot of samples and some other empties so you can try your samples. I love the color palette and the zoom

I bought this as just a hobby scope and given its price, I didn't expect either a precision instrument or one that came close to the advertised 1200x magnification. What I didn't expect was one that maxed out at just over 100x. The site description says 1x-1200x with zoom. OK, I figured 4x digital zoom so that meant something like 1x-300x optical and probably the scope was going to cheat a bit at the high end but 250x was fine by me. Heck, even if it was 200x I wouldn't be giving this a 1 star review though that clearly isn't close to 300x. When I tested out the magnification using actual measurements, on the low end I got 6x and on the high, 75x. The 6x was driven by the fact that raising the optical tube to its highest position (high=low power, low=high power), I couldn't focus it. Unlike some other similar scopes, focusing isn't done via a wheel on the optical barrel but turning a knob. When the tube was raised to its limit and I turned the focusing knob, I saw the image start to come into focus and then hit the knob limit. It wouldn't have made a huge difference, maybe getting down to 5x but this was just one more bad design flaw. At the high power end of things, I could focus OK but the magnification wasn't there. Then we get to the zoom feature. This is a digital zoom, not optical, so one could achieve the same effect by displaying the image on a larger screen; increase the screen area by 4x and you'd get a picture 4x as large. But the 4x zoom didn't come close to 4x. Again I measured the image on the 7" display and the 4x actually delivered 1.5x enlargement. When the smoke settled, what I got was 6x - 112x, as accurately as I could measure it, vs. 1x - 1200x in the site description and enclosed product documentation. That is unacceptable. That is too far off to deserve anything but a one star rating. As for any pluses... The stage and support were made of metal which surprised me. The microscope was held firmly in place in a mounting ring by two set screws and while I feared the tube would not remain at some given height, this was an unfounded fear in that there was a set screw to hold the tube and attached display at whatever distance from the target desired. The display was suitably bright but seemed washed out to me. I didn't try and take any pictures so I don't know how that function worked. I can't recommend this as performance is way to different from the site description for the manufacturer to get a pass. They should change it to reflect actual performance, say it's a hobby scope for numismatists and philatelists, and work to get the low end performance closer to 1x. People who buy it would then not be disappointed as it would not only match the product description but also would match the buyer's needs. As it is, if you purchase it expecting optical performance to be anywhere close to 1x-300x, I don't see how you won't be disappointed. Update: After posting this review, I received 3 emails asking me to delete the review in return for a $30 Amazon gift card. I responded to the third, explained why I believe the review was accurate, and said their product description should be changed to reflect their product's performance rather than me deleting my review. Since that 13 June 2021 email until today, 8 July, I've received 12 additional emails all asking me to delete my review in return for compensation. I believe what I wrote is an accurate description of the product so I won't be deleting it but do think it's worthwhile posting how aggressively they are trying to make this review disappear.

It was easy to setup and use. Images are perfectly clear. US seller included an Australian power adapter without being asked.

This Microscope is great with easy setup, the light is provided by LED, unlike the tradtional ones using mirrors. It comes with well prepared specimen slide, every good for kid educations at home. Only the objective lens is adjustable, which reduced the complexity, good for kids usage.

It helped me, so great cheap surprising yeah it has came with its own problems like the light it has been decreasing by time through the eyepiece, and bluury, overall it’s great but it’s not 2000-1000 but 400 Yeah it is magnification high but the common use is 10xwf and by that if it increases doesn’t mean more magnification just more zoom into the image. Bc the objective lens(40x) is the one that magnifies, eyepieces zooms, so I hope they were clear about if if u wish for 1000 which’s the limit for light microscope buy 100x oil objective lens, make sure you buy 10x/25(or more) eyepiece without wide field it hurts eyes and makes it harder not so much of a view, plus make sure you follow the instrcutions they’re right the eyepieces and the inner lens of tube got damaged by being not covered and used without cloves and not cleaning consistaly, this is beginner microscope student or kids, just if you have experience don’t, if don’t it’s a great start

Excelente producto. La pantalla de 7 pulgadas te permite ver cada detalle, además que incluya memoria de 32 GB es un Plus muy bueno por que te ayuda a pasar los archivos a la PC. La iluminación es muy buena, y los ángulos en los que se puede mover también ayudan mucho. Algo muy importante es que puedes llevartelo a donde quieras por que incluye bateria recargable u puedes ver lo que encuentres en el campo

1. Comes with the wrong power supply as it is not useable in Australia. 2. No instructions to set up for mobile phone 3. The manual that came with it is 100% useless 4. The manual does not explain what the items are or how to use them. Apart from the above it looks great as I brought it to see what it was like as I would like to get a much better one.