| View Larger Image | Celestron 44102 400x Power Laboratory Biological Microscope | Electronicsby Celestron
| List Price: | $179.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Publisher: | Celestron | | Model: | 44102 | | Sales Rank: | 518th |
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FEATURES | - 400x Power Biological Microscope
- 10x Eyepiece
- 4x, 10x, and 40x Objective Lenses
- Fully Coated Glass Optics
- All Metal Body with Monocular Head
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
A very economical entry-level biological microscope that includes many standard features (like a condenser and diaphragm) not found on many microscopes in this price category. The monocular head adjusts from 0° to 60° for comfortable viewing. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 3 reviews)
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Worth It! by A. Russell (Texas)  5 Stars
October 06, 2009
Due to the lack of informative reviews, this microscope sat in my Amazon shopping cart for nearly a year. When the time came that we really needed to have a microscope for my son's home school science class, I went ahead and purchased it. My only regret is that we didn't get it sooner!
The microscope comes packed very well! Every piece was in place, safe & sound, when we opened it.
It was very easy to 'put together', as we only had to add the 4x, 10x, and 40x objective lens pieces, along with the 10x huygens eyepiece. Too simple. Has a very nice dust cover with it. The thicker plastic, nothing cheap.
As for the durability, it's heavy enough to remain in place as you're using it, just the right weight for moving it around if you need to. The arm is easy to tilt, and it's tight enough to stay in place unless you're intentionally tilting it.
Has a mirror to direct sunlight or your artificial lighting up under the specimen stage. Mirror has both a normal and concave side (to focus more light). It flips, no taking out pieces to switch them.
Now the best part, the magnification. Wow, it really works! And so very easy to focus! We had the prepared slides on the specimen stage right away, and my son was just in awe (as was I!) at how clear we could see the items on the slides. When looking at the intestine slide, my son said, "Mom, this would be gross if it wasn't so cool!" The 4x lens (along with the 10x eyepiece) has so far been enough magnification, but we've tried all three & they're great!
I don't know if the prepared slides are the same with each microscope, but the 5 that came with ours are:
1. Intestine
2. Honey Bee Mouth Parts
3. Corn Stem
4. Year Tilia Stem
5. Winter Jasmine Leaf
I would definitely recommend this microscope. It's at least everything that we hoped it would be, and need it to be!
Sure hope this helps anyone else thinking about getting one!
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Great Deal...... by Louis King 5 Stars
August 24, 2008
The Microscope was a big hit with my granddaughter. She Loves it. I found it to be very well made and it was very reasonably priced. I highly recommend it! Thanks so much, Margaret
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Microscope by Ronald Brown (Lapeer, Mi.) 5 Stars
May 08, 2008
I haven't had a chance to try this product out yet but for the price I can already tell that I got a great deal.
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