AmScopeB120 Series Student & Professional LED Binocular Compound Microscope - 40X-2500X Magnification - Includes 1MP USB Camera & Siedentopf Head

I purchased my AmScope B120C-E1 in 2013. I am very satisfied with this microscope. I originally purchased it for my daughter since she is working to become a physician. At the time I did not know that I too would be the one using it. I am working my way to be in the dental profession and at the time I am taking microbiology at my local college. Well, a week ago my light was out and I tested the components and the transformer went bad. I still have the 5 year warranty and I ended up contacting the company. I explained to them that I tested the equipment and I also send them my finding. Note: I am very familiar with electronics and I now how to test them. What I ended up sending them was a note with what was wrong and the tolerance.I asked them that if they could send me the parts and I can installed it myself and how much. There answer was $6 for the shipping because it was under warranty for 5 years; I received the parts withing 3 business days. They actually sent me and upgraded base with everything that I needed. The only thing that I did was: unscrew the 4 screws that hold the base together, removed the ground wire screw and the L.E.D connector. Put everything back together and done. It took me about 5 minutes tops. Tested it and it work like new. Thank you Aaron for the parts and great customer service.This is a good company with great customer service. I recommend them and their product.Note. I have read some reviews saying that the microscope is not good and that it doesn't come with instruction.There are plenty of videos online that can help you get there, and your incompetence should not be reflected on the product rating.The bottom line is.....this is a great product for the price... great for beginners and college students alike... have patience and have fun... it will be a rewarding experience.

When I was growing up, and before my 10th birthday, my parents bought me a microscope. Nothing like this of course, and they probably got it from Montgomery Wards (no Wal-Mart back then). It was a pretty cheap microscope, but I loved it, and maybe it is one of the reasons I became so interested in science that I became an Engineer.Now that I'm all grown up (and almost 50) I wanted to rediscover my love for the micro, since my telescope purchase has helped me remember my love of the macro.Money isn't an option like it was for my parents, and I was quite surprised I could get so much microscope for relatively little.The scope is just about perfect for the amateur. The camera is just enough resolution to make you want to buy more, however, I was lucky as my telescope camera also fit this.At first I was put off by the 2500x resolution, since it seemed too much, but then I read how to use the immersion oil properly, and viola! 2500x was clear and amazing.Perhaps professionals need more, but this will sate me for years to come. It has already helped out our dog, as with it we were able to see a thriving yeast colony from a swab of his ears, and he's on medication now that seems to be helping.Kudos to AmScope for making a great product but with a cheap price.

My son and I love this microscope. It seems well built and the stage is sturdy and easy to use. Thank you for making a quality product for us to explore the Micro world!

This is a nice microscope, however there were/are a few issues. As most others have said here, the manual is pretty lacking. The objectives did not come attached to the microscope and required assembly. The objective head is held on by a bolt with splines. It was very difficult to get this pressed together. I am somewhat mechanically inclined so I figured it out, but it is still not 100% perfect. I could not press the bolt all the way in where it was supposed to be but I got it good enough. There were some tiny ball bearings in the objective. Fortunately, I was on my workbench when I unpacked the microscope because the ball bearings fell out. If it had been in carpet they would have been gone. I had to use a magnetic pick and a match stick to get them back in the objective head and it was very tedious. Once I made it through the headache of assembly, the scope works nicely. It is not that great at magnifications above 1000X as the focal range is not good past that, but below 1000x it works beautifully. The scope looks nice as well. It has some great features to enhance what you are looking at. The camera was not so bad to me. It is not as clear as what you are observing but it works okay for most things.

I didn't know what to expect from this purchase but have been more than pleased with the results. It has surpassed whatever wishes I could have had for the scope. I probably will never use the upper magnification limit of x2500. I mainly purchased to extend my hobby of wildflower Id. But for what I do use it for it has been great. It also has an included camera that I found to be a real plus as it allows you to put what you are viewing on screen and with my eyesight that is wonderful. I have been practicing with some ready made slides (not included with the microscope) from Amscope and the pictures, even at the 1.3 Megapixels, are great. The pictures below are of a Tilia Stem, from center to outer edge at x10. The camera software works great. The adjustments for the focus and for the stage work well. A little learning time is needed, but not really a large amount. Was able to get good results from the get-go.I actually bought this because of another review you will probably find here of an educator working in Africa. If it could survive that, I thought it might survive my rough usage.I don't think as far as I'm concerned there are any cons to this purchase for the price. My experience with microscopes are minimal, but what experiences I've had in the past aren't near as positive as this has been. There are no doubt better scopes out there, but for the price I'm very happy.