Celestron Dissecting Microscope – Customer Reviews

I am studying for my Pest control license for lawn and ornamentals here in Florida and needed a microscope to place leaves etc. under to look at what bug/insect may be bothering it. This is worth every penny, not only did i find spider mites on a fig leaf that was having trouble, but i also found a dead lace bug. I am very glad that i read the reviews on Amazon because that is what made up my mind to get this one.

7/20/2006 12:00 AM | Rating:

Hi Folks. Let me begin by saying this microscope has been an extremely fun toy to have around the house. I'm a law student (read: not a scientist haha) and this thing has been great fun - for the other novices like me, this microscope magnifies both 20x and 40x, which may not sound like much, but wait until you get a fingernail or a bug under it - EWWWWW. Anyway, this thing is absolutely solid - nice heavy-duty construction, with great optics. For those of you who don't know, this is a "dissecting" microscope which means you don't need slides or any of that stuff - you can just stick anything under it and easily get it in focus. VERY cool, and highly recommended to anyone who is interested in exploring the world of the small and icky. I can't recommend this scope highly enough, ESPECIALLY if you are a novice like me who just wants to look at anything and everything just for fun.

12/27/2003 12:00 AM | Rating: