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Natural History Museum Pocket Microscope |  | Brand: TKC
Category: Toy
List Price: £8.99
Buy New: £7.24
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Seller: Amazon.co.uk
Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 44
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 4.9 x 4.8 x 2.1
MPN: 873001
EAN: 5060096381235
ASIN: B0015X4Y5S
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| Features:
| • | Trust the Natural History Museum to devise the most efficient, most want-able pocket microscope. | | • | For all that it measures just 5.1 x 4.1 x 2.8cm, | | • | It's got 20x - 40x zoom magnification with touch-button ultra-bright LED illuminator. | | • | Adjust focus wheel for stunning clarity and inspect flakes of skin and the like in incredible detail. | | • | Comes with slides, cover slips and lens cloth |
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Product Description
View small objects in detail with a brightness and clarity that impressed even Natural History Museum scientists!
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 35
 Useless September 6, 2010
Donbo
This gadget is very difficult to use. The illumination is poor (1 LED), the whole thing is unsteady, and the small field of view makes it well nigh impossible to locate a point of interest. I was very disappointed. I'm an adult: what a child would make of it doesn't bear thinking about. I'm now going back to what I was using previously - a 3xLED hand held loupe from Hong Kong which cost me £2.50 on e-bay. It's vastly superior.
Excellent September 4, 2010
JamesJohnson
These little microscopes are excellent. Light and small, durable, with a good quality image - better than I expected. Great for the backpack for days out and trips camping. Excellent value.
NHM Pocket Microscope August 30, 2010
Gareth Williams
Let's start at the begining, I didn't buy this as a toy. I needed something with more magnification than my loop for some grass id work. As the cheapest field microscope with 40x mag. would cost about £70 and given the good reviews this product already had, I decided to take a punt with this and leave off the field microscope unless needed. I have to say this did the job very well. It's not perfect and has its limitations, it can be a bit fiddly and is plastic but it's light, small and only £7 not £70. More importantly, the results were very good and perfectly adequate for my needs. Don't be put off by the price, give this a go and only spend more if you decide it is warranted. It may be marketed as a toy but don't be fooled into thinking it is one and if you decide it's not good enough for your needs, what have you lost?
Great product August 25, 2010
Raven (Scotland)
I bought this for my nephew's birthday based on the reviews so far. I was there when he opened it and got it up and running for him - a very simple process. I then sprinkled some sugar onto the viewing glass, turned the microscope light on and looked at the amazing, massive sugar crystals that were beautiful shapes, sharp, and vibrant. Instant success and I had several comments of "where did you get it" and "I want one for a present for someone" etc.
great little present August 19, 2010
d page
A beautiful little introductory microscope. I bought this for my 9 year-old grandson who was delighted. The simplicity of use and the magnification are perfect for 5 - 15 years old. We discovered that thunder-flies are not just little black specks that make you itch. They have legs and jaws! and pond water is full of things that move and spin; and different fabrics have different structures.
I have since bought another one for my neighbours children. At less than £8 it is excellent value.
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