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Galileo 1200x Power Microscope
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(3.0 out of 5)
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Poor optical quality
(1 out of 5) by Cham LIM on Dec 4, 2007 (Boston, MA USA)This scopes is not up to standard at all. If you are looking for a toy, there are much cheaper option. If you are hoping to kindle your kids' interest in science with this scope, forget it!! The optical quality is very poor. Also, you can only get a some what clear image from the projector if you hold the paper within 2 inches from the projector. My son and I wasted a whole month waiting for this scope to arrive, and we have decided to return it after using it for less than an hour.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Very poor quality
(1 out of 5) by K. J. Carter on Oct 31, 2008This was a very good price for a microscope, but a high price for what you get. Poor, flimsy construction and a warped lens!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
its just Okay
(3 out of 5) by JD Sunshine on Jan 14, 2009I wasn't holding much hope when I purchased this because of all of the other reviews I had read about childrens Microscopes and this one is no different! It works very very well on low magnification and we could look at a lot of things (including the brine shrimp we hatched that came with the kit), but at the 1200x power you can not see anything!! On the bright side, this one does seem more durable than others that I considered purchasing and it does have a case to store it in. However, if I had to do it over, I think I would have purchased either the EyeClops remote magnifier or one that was capable of viewing 3D objects.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
very powerful toy
(2 out of 5) by MR. FISH on Feb 29, 2008I purchased this for the magnification power alone. no other set for less than a hundred dollars will get close to 1200x mag. all the gripes about it are true, it is cheap, and it does move around as you try and focus, but you can focus it, and the instructions were hidden in the bottom of the box. I almost missed them too.
the accessories are a joke, the light is very orange, the projector hood is useless, but it has the power we were looking for, so overall, I got exactly what I excpected. if you want "perfect" look somewhere else, If you want affordable power, you might consider this one.
the accessories are a joke, the light is very orange, the projector hood is useless, but it has the power we were looking for, so overall, I got exactly what I excpected. if you want "perfect" look somewhere else, If you want affordable power, you might consider this one.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Galileo 1200x Power Microscope
(4 out of 5) by hanna greene on Jan 9, 2007 (Poland)Nice little thig, working great, my son(14y/o)has a lot of fun with it.
The only sad thing is that there is a dark spot in lens which can not get clean. But for the money it is worth it.
The only sad thing is that there is a dark spot in lens which can not get clean. But for the money it is worth it.