I’ve noticed more and more pre-med students, med school students, and undergraduate biology majors shopping for a student microscope for their own studies outside of their university required labs, and shopping for a microscope isn’t something that anyone is very familiar with at that point in their lives (neither parents nor young aspiring students), so…
Category: Microscopes
AmScope Toy Microscope Review – “M30-ABS-KT2-W” Metal Body Optical Lens Kids Student Beginner Biological Microscope Kit Review
To continue on our beginner microscope information week, let’s take a look at a package designed for young audiences to get their first look into the world of microscopy–an AmScope microscope. AmScope has their lowest cost, entry level microscope option setup as an all inclusive package, and one of their only whole packages that includes…
Omax Microscope Slides Starter Kit Review – “CS-A96AA50-SCLP100”
Update: Unfortunately it looks like this mixed prepared/unprepared slide kit is no longer available from Omax. The closest replacement will be this IQCrew by AmScope slide preparation kit here. All links updated to point here instead as it has what this set had plus preparatory tools! Something a bit different from the normal take here…
AmScope Fluorescence Microscope Review – “FM690TC-PL” 40x-2500x Plan Infinity Extreme Widefield EPI-Fluorescent Microscope Review
Another high end unit I was lucky enough to get my hands on, and how exciting this bad boy of a machine was! This fluorescence microscope, the FM690TC-PL, is a fluorescent capable version of the T690C-PL, which I’ve touted as one of the best compound microscope models I’ve ever used before at that price point….
Omano Stereo Microscope Review – “OM2344-T” 7x – 45x Zoom Stereo Trinocular Review
To mix it up a bit, here we have an Omano stereo microscope unit–taking a break from our normal AmScope and Omax mash up. I haven’t tried Omano before, but have heard fairly good things about them, and had a friend that had one (so double bonus on that one.) I went over to give…