Celestron 44102 400x Power Laboratory Biological Microscope

Brand: Celestron

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

4 reviews
Sales Rank: 769

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.5
Dimensions (in): 15.1 x 10.6 x 8.9

MPN: 44102
Model: 44102
UPC: 050234441025
EAN: 0050234441025

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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

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:
5 out of 5 stars

Great value for the money! December 16, 2009
James (Derry, NH USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

Admittedly, I bought this microscope for an unusual purpose, to turn into a robotic digital microscope. As a result, I've stripped the stage off it and glued a webcam without the lens to the eyepiece. But I could only do that because this is such a high-quality, well built item. The construction is sturdy, with metal parts where a cheaper microscope would be plastic. The optics are great, and components such as the focus rack turn smoothly. I don't know why anyone would buy one of those cheap kids microscopes, when you can get this one for so little money.

5 out of 5 stars

Worth It! October 6, 2009
A. Russell (Texas)
49 out of 49 found this review helpful

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!

5 out of 5 stars

Great Deal...... August 24, 2008
M. B. King
16 out of 46 found this review helpful

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

5 out of 5 stars

Microscope May 8, 2008
Ronald Brown (Lapeer, Mi.)
2 out of 137 found this review helpful

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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