{"title":"Microscopes under £100","description":"\u003cp\u003eEverything here is a real microscope with a glass lens and a stage that focuses, which rules out most of what sells at this price on marketplaces. For slides there's the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-labzz-m101-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk LabZZ M101 microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk LabZZ M101\u003c\/a\u003e, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-2l-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 2L microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk Rainbow 2L\u003c\/a\u003e with lighting from both sides and a mains adapter, the Bresser Junior 40-640x and its brine shrimp hatchery, the Junior Biotar and the Bresser Youngster 40-1024x with an HD eyepiece camera. For solid objects there's the 20x \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-1st-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk 1ST stereo microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk 1ST\u003c\/a\u003e, the 40x LabZZ M4 and the Bresser Junior 20x stereo. The Bresser Junior 7-97x and Youngster 100-500x are handheld digital microscopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat you get for the money\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single eyepiece, three objectives on a turret, LED lighting and, on the Levenhuk models, the K50 kit of prepared slides and tools. Magnification runs to 400x on the Rainbow 2L and 640x on the M101 and the Junior, which covers onion cells, pond water, pollen and the legs of a fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat you don't get\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo binocular head, no mechanical stage (the knobs that move a slide a hair at a time), no 100x oil immersion objective and no Koehler lighting. Bodies are mostly plastic, batteries are the norm, and the top figure on the box comes from a Barlow lens or a 16x eyepiece that enlarges the image without adding detail. For 1000x that resolves something, start in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-100-250\" title=\"Microscopes from £100 to £250\"\u003e£100 to £250 band\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eUnder £100 FAQs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich one for a seven-year-old?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1ST or the Junior 20x stereo, because a beetle or a feather goes straight under the lens with no slide to focus. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-microscope-for-kids\" title=\"The best microscope for kids\"\u003ekids' microscope guide\u003c\/a\u003e covers the choice by age.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"levenhuk-rainbow-2l-microscope","title":"Levenhuk Rainbow 2L Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rainbow 2L is the microscope we'd point most families and home educators to first. It's a compound microscope with three glass objectives on a turret, a 10x eyepiece angled at 45 degrees, and LED lighting from both above and below, which means it handles prepared slides and pond water as well as a leaf or a coin laid on the stage. Magnification runs from 40x to 400x, which is the useful range for cells, insect parts and plant sections. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-magnification-explained\" title=\"Microscope magnification explained\"\u003emagnification guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains why that's enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt runs from the mains adapter in the box or from three AA batteries (not included), so it works at a desk or on the kitchen table. The body is plastic, which keeps it light enough for a child to carry, and the 90 by 90 mm stage has clips, a six-hole diaphragm disc to control the light, and a glass condenser underneath. Focus is a single coarse knob, which is simpler for a beginner than separate coarse and fine controls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLevenhuk's K50 experiment kit comes in the box with five prepared slides, five blank slides, forceps, a dropper, a tiny microtome for cutting thin sections, and a brine shrimp hatchery, so there's something to look at the day it arrives. When the five slides run out, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-n20-ng-prepared-slides-set\" title=\"Levenhuk N20 NG prepared slides set\"\u003eN20 NG set\u003c\/a\u003e adds twenty more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-labzz-m101-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk LabZZ M101 microscope\"\u003eLabZZ M101\u003c\/a\u003e below it costs less but has lower lighting only and no mains option. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-2l-plus-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 2L PLUS microscope\"\u003eRainbow 2L PLUS\u003c\/a\u003e above it adds a metal body, achromatic lenses and up to 640x, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together. Available in Azure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Azure","offer_id":67751590986092,"sku":"69062","price":75.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/69062_levenhuk-rainbow-2l-azure_00.jpg?v=1792278948"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-labzz-m101-microscope","title":"Levenhuk LabZZ M101 Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe LabZZ M101 is a real microscope built for a young child, and the cheapest instrument we're prepared to sell. It has three objectives on a rotating turret, a two-position 10x to 16x eyepiece angled at 45 degrees, and a magnification range of 40x to 640x in six steps. The lenses are optical polymer rather than glass, which is the main thing that separates it from the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-2l-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 2L microscope\"\u003eRainbow 2L\u003c\/a\u003e, and the image at 40x and 100x is clear enough for a first look at onion skin, a hair or the prepared slides in the kit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLighting is a single LED under the round 82 mm stage, with adjustable brightness, so it's for slides and transparent samples rather than coins or whole insects. It runs on two AA batteries (not included) and there's no mains option. Focus is one coarse knob and the stage has clips and a six-hole diaphragm disc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLevenhuk's K50 experiment kit is in the box, with five prepared slides, five blank slides, forceps, a dropper, a microtome and a brine shrimp hatchery, plus a dust cover. Cover slips aren't included, so for wet samples add a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-n20-ng-prepared-slides-set\" title=\"Levenhuk N20 NG prepared slides set\"\u003eslide set\u003c\/a\u003e that has them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you'd like light from above as well as below and a mains adapter, the Rainbow 2L is the better buy for a little more. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-microscope-for-kids\" title=\"The best microscope for kids and home education\"\u003ekids' microscope guide\u003c\/a\u003e compares the two, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together. Available in Azure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Azure","offer_id":67751591838060,"sku":"69300","price":42.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/microscope-levenhuk-labzz-101-azure_00.jpg?v=1792279018"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-n20-ng-prepared-slides-set","title":"Levenhuk N20 NG Prepared Slides Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty professionally prepared, stained and sealed slides, plus 24 blank slides and 40 cover slips for making your own. It's the set we'd add to any \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e, and the natural next step once the five slides in Levenhuk's K50 starter kit have been looked at a dozen times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe twenty specimens cover the ground a school biology course does. From the plant and animal kingdoms there are a plant cell, an animal cell, mould, and mitosis in an onion root. From insects, a fruit fly at three stages (larva, chrysalis and adult). From animal tissue, striated and smooth muscle, bone, hyaline cartilage, loose connective tissue, a nerve in cross-section, nerve cells, a single-layer epithelium, a mammalian egg cell and sperm cells, and an egg in the early stages of division. And two blood smears, frog and human, which show the difference between nucleated and non-nucleated red cells at 400x.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe slides fit any compound microscope with stage clips, including every one we sell. They don't suit a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stereo-microscopes\" title=\"Stereo microscopes\"\u003estereo\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/digital-microscopes\" title=\"Digital microscopes with a screen\"\u003edigital\u003c\/a\u003e microscope, which light from above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blanks and cover slips are for pond water, onion skin, cheek cells and anything else thin enough for light to pass through. Keep the prepared slides in their box between uses; they'll last for years. Covered by Levenhuk's two-year accessory warranty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67751591903596,"sku":"29277","price":22.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk_n20_ng_g8Uda1P.jpg?v=1792279021"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-a10-smartphone-adapter","title":"Levenhuk A10 Smartphone Adapter","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe A10 clamps your phone's camera over the eyepiece of a microscope, telescope, spotting scope or binoculars, so you can photograph and film what you see without buying a dedicated camera. It holds phones from 53 to 102 mm wide, which covers every current iPhone and Samsung Galaxy, with no limit on height, and the eyepiece clamp fits eyepieces up to about 60 mm across. The phone cradle rotates through 360 degrees and slides sideways by 57 to 105 mm, so you can line the lens up with the eyepiece whichever corner your camera sits in. Levenhuk's own examples are Saturn's rings, wild boar on the run and ciliates moving on a slide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSetting up takes a minute the first time and a few seconds after that. Clamp the adapter to the eyepiece, drop the phone in, slide it until the circle of light fills the screen, then focus with the microscope's knob while watching the phone. Use your phone's main camera (the adapter can only line up one lens at a time) and avoid digital zoom, which enlarges the image without adding detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt fits the 23.2 mm eyepieces on our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e and the 30.5 mm eyepieces on the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-2st-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk 2ST stereo microscope\"\u003e2ST stereo microscope\u003c\/a\u003e. Phones in thick cases may need the case removed. Covered by Levenhuk's two-year accessory warranty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67751591936364,"sku":"68766","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-a10-smartphone-adapter_W7gFL8t.jpg?v=1792279021"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-dtx-30-usb-microscope","title":"Levenhuk DTX 30 USB Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DTX 30 is a USB microscope. It plugs into a laptop or desktop computer, which powers it and shows the live picture, and its 2 MP camera gives 20x to 230x on screen. Eight white LEDs around the lens light the subject from above with adjustable brightness, and it stands on the tripod in the box or works in the hand. Levenhuk says it needs no special skills and is compact enough for home use, so it suits a beginner with a computer to plug it into.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's for solid things such as coins, stamps, fabric, circuit boards, insects and the surface of a leaf. The included software saves photos and video and measures lengths, areas, angles and radii. At the lowest magnification the view is about 2 cm across, according to Levenhuk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLevenhuk says it isn't suitable for transparent samples such as blood or bacteria, which need a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e, and that it connects only to a computer, not to a phone. If you'd rather not use a laptop, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-350-lcd-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 350 LCD digital microscope\"\u003eDTX 350 LCD\u003c\/a\u003e has its own screen and battery, and our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-digital-microscope\" title=\"The best digital microscope with a screen\"\u003edigital microscope guide\u003c\/a\u003e compares the two kinds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757504430444,"sku":"61020","price":84.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-microscope-dtx-30_oB8T5x6.jpg?v=1792351236"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-dtx-50-usb-microscope","title":"Levenhuk DTX 50 USB Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DTX 50 is a USB microscope that plugs into a laptop or desktop computer, which powers it and shows the live picture. It gives 20x to 400x on screen from a 1.3 MP camera, with eight white LEDs around the lens and a removable tripod. It takes no special knowledge to use and is small enough for home use, according to Levenhuk, which makes it a sensible first buy for a beginner with a laptop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's for solid things such as coins, stamps and circuit boards, and the included software saves photos and video and measures lengths, perimeters, radii and angles. Levenhuk says it doesn't work as a driverless webcam, so it needs its own software. Focus runs from 0 to 150 mm, so you can rest the lens on a coin for the top magnification or stand it on the tripod over a circuit board for a wider view. The body is rubber-armoured, which gives a steadier grip when you hold it by hand, and power comes down the USB cable, so there's nothing to charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the box are the microscope, the tripod, a lens cap, the software CD, a USB cable and the manual. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-digital-microscope\" title=\"The best digital microscope with a screen\"\u003edigital microscope guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains when a USB model like this one is enough and when a model with its own screen is the better buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompared with the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-30-usb-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 30 USB microscope\"\u003eDTX 30\u003c\/a\u003e, it reaches higher magnification with a lower-resolution camera. For slides and pond water you need a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e instead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757504463212,"sku":"61021","price":75.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-microscope-dtx-50-dop11.jpg?v=1792351238"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-n80-ng-prepared-slides-set","title":"Levenhuk N80 NG Prepared Slides Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eEighty prepared slides with an illustrated guide to what each one shows, plus 20 blank slides and 20 cover slips for making your own. It picks up where the 20-slide \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-n20-ng-prepared-slides-set\" title=\"Levenhuk N20 NG prepared slides set\"\u003eN20 NG set\u003c\/a\u003e stops, with four times as many specimens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe slides are grouped into animals, plants, fungi and everyday things. On the animal side there are a feather, cat fur, fish scales, frog and fish blood, rabbit heart, lung and brain, an ant, a butterfly wing, a fly's head and a bee's mandible, and microorganisms including daphnia, hydra, paramecium and planaria. The plant slides cover leaves, stems, roots, a lily anther and a fern prothallus, the fungi include lichen, penicillium, mould and yeast, and the everyday slides have salt and sugar crystals, nylon, silk, wool and cotton fibres, paper, toothpaste and natural yoghurt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey need a microscope that lights from below, which means any of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e, and Levenhuk confirms them for the LabZZ M101, Rainbow 2L PLUS and Rainbow 50L PLUS. Top-lit models such as the stereo, digital and USB microscopes won't show them properly. The set is sold complete, and with careful storage the slides last for years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757505446252,"sku":"66685","price":92.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/N80_see_all_gPJQRo6.jpg?v=1792351300"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-n38-ng-prepared-slides-set","title":"Levenhuk N38 NG Prepared Slides Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirty-eight prepared slides of real biological material, plus 24 blank slides and 40 cover slips for making your own. It sits between the 20-slide \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-n20-ng-prepared-slides-set\" title=\"Levenhuk N20 NG prepared slides set\"\u003eN20 NG set\u003c\/a\u003e, whose specimens it includes, and the 80-slide \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-n80-ng-prepared-slides-set\" title=\"Levenhuk N80 NG prepared slides set\"\u003eN80 NG set\u003c\/a\u003e. Levenhuk lists it for botany, zoology, biology and physiology, so it suits anyone studying those subjects, at school or at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe specimens cover plants (onion peel, a root cap, a lime twig, an anther and a geranium leaf), insects (a bee wing, mosquito mouthparts and drosophila at several stages), microorganisms (volvox, euglena and paramecium) and animal tissue, including muscle, nerve, bone and frog and chimpanzee blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe slides need a microscope that lights from below, so any of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e. Levenhuk confirms them for the Rainbow 50L and the LabZZ M101 and says the DTX 500 can't show them. The cover slips are 0.13 to 0.17 mm thick.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757505479020,"sku":"29278","price":46.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk_n38_ng.jpg?v=1792351302"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-g50-blank-slides","title":"Levenhuk G50 Blank Slides, 50 Pack","description":"\u003cp\u003eA box of 50 blank glass slides for making your own specimens, such as pond water, onion skin, cheek cells, a hair, or anything thin enough for light to pass through. Each slide is 76 by 25 mm and 1.0 to 1.2 mm thick, in clear glass of even thickness, with polished edges that reduce glare and the chance of a cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey fit any \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e with stage clips, including every one we sell. Pair them with the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-g100-cover-slips\" title=\"Levenhuk G100 cover slips\"\u003eG100 cover slips\u003c\/a\u003e, which Levenhuk makes to go with them. Levenhuk doesn't make slides with a cavity for hanging-drop work, and it says these aren't designed for high temperatures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757506593132,"sku":"16281","price":8.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/16281_levenhuk-g50-blank-slides_01.jpg?v=1792351372"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-g100-cover-slips","title":"Levenhuk G100 Cover Slips, 100 Pack","description":"\u003cp\u003eA box of 100 square glass cover slips, 24 by 24 mm and 0.13 to 0.17 mm thick, for covering a specimen on a blank slide. A cover slip holds a wet mount flat and keeps the objective dry, and at 400x it's often the difference between a sharp image and a blurry one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey're made to go with the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-g50-blank-slides\" title=\"Levenhuk G50 blank slides\"\u003eG50 blank slides\u003c\/a\u003e and fit any \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e. Levenhuk says they have no expiry date and need no special storage. The Rainbow 2L PLUS and 50L PLUS kits don't include cover slips, so this is the pack to add with either.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757506625900,"sku":"16282","price":8.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/16282_levenhuk-g100-cover-slips_01.jpg?v=1792351374"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-k50-experiment-kit","title":"Levenhuk K50 Experiment Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe K50 is the experiment kit that comes in the box with Levenhuk's Rainbow microscopes and the LabZZ M101, sold here on its own for a second child, a classroom or home education group, or a microscope that didn't come with one. There's no microscope in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside are five prepared specimens (a fly's leg, an onion bulb, a cotton stalk, a slice of tree trunk and a pine slice), five blank glass slides, forceps, a dropper, a microtome for cutting very thin slices, a brine shrimp hatchery, small flasks of yeast, sea salt and other samples, and a dust cover for the microscope. The illustrated guide, Attractive Microscope. Scrutinizing the Microcosm, covers preparing slides and experiments such as how cells react to heat, cold and chemicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything in it suits a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e, which lights the slides from below. If you already have a Rainbow or LabZZ M101 microscope, you have one of these.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757506658668,"sku":"66830","price":22.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/LVH-K50-experiment-kit-01-en.jpg?v=1792351375"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-lp10-lens-cleaning-pen","title":"Levenhuk LP10 Lens Cleaning Pen","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pocket lens pen for cleaning the eyepieces and objectives of a microscope, and the lenses of telescopes, binoculars and cameras too. One end has a retractable brush that sweeps off dust, and the other has a soft tip treated with a cleaning compound that lifts fingerprints and grease without smearing. It needs no batteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLevenhuk says it's safe on anti-reflective coatings and on optics of any brand, and that any grey carbon powder left on the lens comes off with the brush or a cotton pad. For immersion oil on a 100x objective, Levenhuk recommends a lens cleaning spray instead, and it says never to clean optics with spirit, which can damage the coating. The rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-accessories\" title=\"Microscope accessories\"\u003emicroscope accessories\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757506691436,"sku":"51446","price":11.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-cleaning-pen-lp10_WWKeQdp.jpg?v=1792351376"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-40-640x-microscope","title":"Bresser Junior 40-640x Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bresser Junior is a first microscope for children. It's a compound microscope, so it looks through thin samples on a slide, such as a hair, a piece of onion skin or a drop of water from the garden pond, at 40x to 640x.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree objectives, 4x, 10x and 40x, sit on a turret, and a zoom eyepiece changes the power in between, so there are no loose eyepieces to swap or lose. A dimmable LED shines up through the slide, an aperture wheel under the stage adds contrast on very clear samples, and the stage moves up and down to focus, with clips to hold the slide still. Three AA batteries power it and come in the box, so it works on the kitchen table or out in the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBresser packs in a starter kit of three prepared slides, blank slides with cover slips and labels, a brine shrimp hatchery with eggs and yeast, a Microcut for slicing thin sections, sample vials, tweezers, a pipette, a hand magnifier, a measuring cup and a smartphone holder for taking photos through the eyepiece. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-microscope-for-kids\" title=\"The best microscope for kids and home education\"\u003eguide to microscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e covers what a child can expect to see at each setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comes in blue, green, red or rosy pink. The light only comes from below, so coins and stones look dark; the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-biolux-sel-40-1600x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior Biolux SEL 40-1600x microscope\"\u003eJunior Biolux SEL\u003c\/a\u003e adds a top light for those, and the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Blue","offer_id":67769371263340,"sku":"8851300WXH000","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Green","offer_id":68019729858924,"sku":"8851300B4K000","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Red","offer_id":68019729891692,"sku":"8851300E8G000","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Rosy","offer_id":68019729924460,"sku":"8851300CRG000","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/70123_bresser-junior-40-640x-microscope_00.jpg?v=1792429025"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-biolux-sel-40-1600x-microscope","title":"Bresser Junior Biolux SEL 40-1600x Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Junior Biolux SEL is the next step up from the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-40-640x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior 40-640x microscope\"\u003eBresser Junior\u003c\/a\u003e, for a child or family that wants to look at solid things as well as slides. One LED sits under the stage for slides and another above it for leaves, feathers, sand or a small insect, with a dimmer for both. Bresser gives about 4 mm as the tallest object the top light can take, so a coin or a leaf works and a pebble doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo wide-field eyepieces, 10x and 20x, and three objectives, 4x, 10x and 40x, give six settings. A pull-out Barlow lens in the eyepiece tube raises each one by up to two times, which is where the 1600x figure comes from. Past about 400x the picture gets bigger without showing more detail, as our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-magnification-explained\" title=\"Microscope magnification explained\"\u003emagnification guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains. A filter disc under the stage adds colour filters and apertures, and two clips hold the slide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree AA batteries run it and are included, along with prepared slides, blank slides and cover slips, a Microcut, tweezers and other tools, a brine shrimp hatchery with eggs and yeast, a dust cover and a smartphone holder. It comes in blue, green, red or violet, or in white with a hard shell case under Bresser's Youngster name. The Biolux NV above it adds an HD camera and a metal body, and our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e are worth comparing too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Blue \/ Standard","offer_id":67769378013548,"sku":"8855600WXH000","price":94.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Green \/ Standard","offer_id":68019732218220,"sku":"8855600B4K000","price":94.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Red \/ Standard","offer_id":68019732250988,"sku":"8855600E8G000","price":94.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Violet \/ Standard","offer_id":68019732283756,"sku":"8855600TJ5000","price":94.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"White \/ Hard shell case","offer_id":68020115210604,"sku":"8855610","price":132.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/74322_bresser-microscope-junior-biolux-sel-40-1600x-blue_00.jpg?v=1792429057"},{"product_id":"bresser-mikrokular-full-hd-microscope-camera","title":"Bresser MikrOkular Full HD Microscope Camera","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe MikrOkular is an eyepiece camera. It goes into a microscope's eyepiece tube in place of the eyepiece and shows a live 1920 by 1080 picture on a Windows 10 or 11 computer over USB, with software for photos and video. The barrel is 23.2 mm, which fits most compound microscopes, including the Erudit and Researcher models, and adapters for 30, 30.5 and 31.7 mm tubes cover stereo microscopes and telescopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBresser says it works best with bright-field and top-lit samples, which covers most microscopy at home and in school. On a telescope it photographs the Moon and the bright planets, and the 31.7 mm adapter takes 1.25-inch filters. The housing is metal, with a built-in UV and IR blocking filter, and photos save as JPG, TIF or PNG and video as MP4.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CamLabLite software is a download, with the user guide built in. The camera needs a computer and doesn't connect to a phone, and it won't fit the 29 mm tube on the LabZZ M101. To use a phone instead, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-a10-smartphone-adapter\" title=\"Levenhuk A10 smartphone adapter\"\u003eA10 adapter\u003c\/a\u003e holds one over any eyepiece. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-camera-guide\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003emicroscope camera guide\u003c\/a\u003e compares the options, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-cameras\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003ecameras and adapters\u003c\/a\u003e are grouped together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769487196524,"sku":"5913650","price":64.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/73754_bresser-eyepiece-digital-camera-mikrokular-full-hd_00.jpg?v=1792429350"},{"product_id":"bresser-blank-slides-and-cover-slips","title":"Bresser Blank Slides and Cover Slips, 50 and 100 Pack","description":"\u003cp\u003eFifty blank glass slides, 76 by 26 mm, and 100 cover slips, 0.17 mm thick, for making your own slides of pond water, onion skin, cheek cells and anything else thin enough for light to pass through. Put a drop or a thin slice in the middle of the slide, lower a cover slip over it at an angle to keep out air bubbles, and it's ready to look at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e76 by 26 mm is the standard slide size, so they fit the stage clips of any compound microscope, not only Bresser's. Bresser lists them for its own Erudit, Researcher, LCD, Bioscience and Science models, among others. 0.17 mm is the cover slip thickness that the 40x and 100x objectives on most microscopes are designed around, so the picture at high power stays sharp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few tips help them last. Wash and dry the slides after a wet mount and they can be used again; cover slips are thin enough to snap, so handle them by the edges. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-slides-guide\" title=\"Prepared microscope slides, and how to make your own\"\u003eguide to making your own slides\u003c\/a\u003e covers wet mounts, staining and labelling step by step.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's the one pack in our range with slides and cover slips together; the Levenhuk \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-g50-blank-slides\" title=\"Levenhuk G50 blank slides\"\u003eG50 slides\u003c\/a\u003e and G100 cover slips are sold separately, and our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003eslides and prepared sets\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769487393132,"sku":"5916000","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/74503_bresser-blank-slides-cover-glass-50-100_00.jpg?v=1792429351"},{"product_id":"bresser-immersion-oil-5ml","title":"Bresser Immersion Oil, 5 ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 5 ml bottle of immersion oil for microscopes with a 100x oil objective, such as the Bresser \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-dlx-40-1000x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit DLX 40-1000x microscope\"\u003eErudit DLX\u003c\/a\u003e and Researcher. A drop goes between the cover slip and the 100x lens, and without it the picture at 1000x won't come sharp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reason is the gap. Light bends as it leaves the glass slide and crosses the air to the lens, and at 1000x that bending scatters the fine detail. Oil with a refractive index of 1.515, the figure on this bottle, matches the glass, so the light carries straight on into the objective. That's why the 100x lens is marked \"oil\" and the others aren't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse one small drop, lower the 100x objective into it, then focus with the fine control only. Wipe the lens with lens tissue after each session, because oil left on the lens dries and is hard to remove, and never swing the dry 40x objective through the oil. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/how-to-use-a-microscope\" title=\"How to use a microscope\"\u003eguide to using a microscope\u003c\/a\u003e shows where oil immersion fits in a session.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 4x, 10x and 40x objectives are used dry, and microscopes that stop at 400x or 640x, including the Rainbow and Junior models, don't need it. It sits with our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-accessories\" title=\"Microscope accessories\"\u003emicroscope accessories\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769504727404,"sku":"5912300","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/74485_bresser-immersion-oil-5-ml_00.jpg?v=1792429424"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-labzz-m4-stereo-microscope","title":"Levenhuk LabZZ M4 Stereo Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe LabZZ M4 is a small binocular stereo microscope for children, made for looking at whole things in 3D, such as rocks, soil, seeds, coins, leaves and insects. It magnifies 40x, from a 2x objective and two 20x eyepieces, with 75 mm under the lens and a round stage with clips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn LED above the stage helps in dim light and runs on two AA batteries, which aren't included. The eye spacing adjusts from 50 to 75 mm to fit a child's face, the body is light plastic, and focus is a single knob. A dust cover is in the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts 23.2 mm eyepiece tubes take Levenhuk's eyepiece cameras, sold separately. It doesn't show cells; for those a child needs a compound microscope such as the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-labzz-m101-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk LabZZ M101 microscope\"\u003eLabZZ M101\u003c\/a\u003e. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-1st-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk 1ST stereo microscope\"\u003e1ST\u003c\/a\u003e is a similar size at 20x, with a wider view. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-icd-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit ICD stereo microscope\"\u003eBresser Erudit ICD\u003c\/a\u003e above it adds light from below, a choice of 20x or 40x and a carry case, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stereo-microscopes\" title=\"Stereo microscopes\"\u003estereo microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769564594540,"sku":"70789","price":59.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-labzz-microscope-m4-stereo_4S7Wv2d.jpg?v=1792429638"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-1st-stereo-microscope","title":"Levenhuk 1ST Stereo Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 1ST is the entry model in Levenhuk's ST stereo range, a binocular microscope at 20x for coins, minerals, gemstones, shells and insects in 3D. There's 65 mm under the lens, so most hand-sized finds fit on the stage, and the optics are glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn LED above the stage runs on two AA batteries, which aren't included, so it works on a table or outdoors. The eye spacing adjusts from 55 to 75 mm, focus is a single knob with 35 mm of travel, and the stage is a round white plate with clips. It comes in a storage case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 20x it shows the surface of a coin or the grains in a rock rather than anything cellular, which needs a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-labzz-m4-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk LabZZ M4 stereo microscope\"\u003eLabZZ M4\u003c\/a\u003e gives 40x on a similar frame, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-5st-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk 5ST stereo microscope\"\u003e5ST\u003c\/a\u003e gives 20x and 40x with a metal body and light from below as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769564660076,"sku":"70404","price":54.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-microscope-1st-binocular_tCbsFJK.jpg?v=1792429640"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-labzz-cp24-prepared-slides-set","title":"Levenhuk LabZZ CP24 Prepared Slides Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-four prepared slides for children, in card mounts with a round window and grouped by theme. They cover animals (mouse, hare, dog and sheep hair), plants (peanut stem, ficus leaf, onion skin and silverberry hair), insects (bee abdomen, honeybee leg, locust wing and housefly leg), pollen and spores (lily and pine pollen, bottlebrush and fern spores), tiny creatures (a plant louse, an ant, a brine shrimp egg and daphnia) and textiles (coloured threads, handmade paper, a fingerprint and Bemberg, a silky fibre).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey fit any microscope that lights from below, from the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-labzz-m101-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk LabZZ M101 microscope\"\u003eLabZZ M101\u003c\/a\u003e up, and come in a sturdy card box. Unlike this set, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-n20-ng-prepared-slides-set\" title=\"Levenhuk N20 NG prepared slides set\"\u003eN20 NG\u003c\/a\u003e also has 24 blank slides and 40 cover slips for making your own, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003emicroscope slides and prepared sets\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769565512044,"sku":"72870","price":16.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/72870_levenhuk-prepared-slides-set-labzz-cp24_00.jpg?v=1792429641"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-20x-stereo-microscope","title":"Bresser Junior 20x Stereo Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bresser Junior 20x is a stereo microscope for a child, which means it looks at solid things rather than slides. Put a coin, a beetle, a shell or one of the twelve rock samples from the box on the stage, switch on the light and look through both eyepieces to see it in 3D at 20x. Bresser lists coins, stamps, insects and school work as the uses and places it in its beginners' range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe optics are a pair of WF10x eyepieces over a 2x objective, giving a fixed 20x, with 65 mm between the lens and the object and room for anything up to 30 mm tall. A focus knob brings the picture sharp, and the eyepieces slide apart or together to match a child's eyes, though there's no dioptre adjustment. An LED shines down onto the object from above, so there's no light from underneath and a slide of pond water would stay dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt runs on two AA batteries, which aren't in the box, and the body is metal and plastic in white, 22 cm tall. The twelve mineral specimens include granite, marble, quartz, calcite, shale and a plant fossil, each small enough to sit under the lens, so a child can start the day it arrives. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/which-microscope-do-i-need\" title=\"Which microscope do I need?\"\u003eguide to choosing a microscope\u003c\/a\u003e explains why a stereo model suits a younger child better than a compound one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-1st-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk 1ST stereo microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk 1ST\u003c\/a\u003e below it is also 20x and comes with its batteries. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-20-50x-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior 20-50x stereo microscope\"\u003eJunior 20-50x\u003c\/a\u003e above it adds a second light under the stage for leaves and prepared slides, and the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stereo-microscopes\" title=\"Stereo microscopes\"\u003estereo microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e go up from there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044928418156,"sku":"8852000","price":77.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8852000_M_01_v0125.c9de5e10_1920x1920_f101d433-ffd1-4d53-8f93-e75b12b5efe2.avif?v=1793576822"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-20-50x-stereo-microscope","title":"Bresser Junior 20-50x Stereo Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Junior 20-50x is Bresser's stereo microscope for children with a light above the stage and a second one beneath it, which Bresser calls an incident and transmitted light microscope. The top light shows coins, stones, seeds and insects as solid objects in 3D. The bottom light shows anything thin enough to let light through, such as a leaf, a feather or a prepared slide. Bresser names biology and coins as the uses and rates it for beginners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two eyepieces to look through, a WF10x pair over a 2x objective, which gives 20x, and Bresser's spec table lists the range as 20x to 50x. The eyepiece tubes are the standard 23.2 mm size. There's 65 mm of working distance under the lens, objects up to 30 mm tall fit on the stage, and the eyepieces move apart or together to suit a child's eye spacing, with no dioptre adjustment for each eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo AA batteries are included, and the body is a mix of metal and plastic, 23 cm tall and 515 g with the accessories. Twelve mineral samples come in the box to start with, and because it lights from below as well as above, a child can move on to the prepared slides in the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-n20-ng-prepared-slides-set\" title=\"Levenhuk N20 NG prepared slides set\"\u003eLevenhuk N20 NG set\u003c\/a\u003e without needing a second microscope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-20x-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior 20x stereo microscope\"\u003eJunior 20x\u003c\/a\u003e below it has the top light only, which is all you need for coins, rocks and insects, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-icd-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit ICD 20-40x stereo microscope\"\u003eErudit ICD\u003c\/a\u003e above it adds dioptre adjustment, a carry case and a phone holder. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-microscope-for-kids\" title=\"The best microscope for kids and home education\"\u003eguide to microscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e compares it with the single-light Junior 20x and with the compound models, and the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e page lists all of them together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044931563884,"sku":"8852001","price":87.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8852001_M_10_v1025.ada212ad_1920x1920_7242bd58-6955-4cb5-996f-b1fd196bd6e7.avif?v=1793576977"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-40-640x-microscope-with-hard-case","title":"Bresser Junior 40-640x Microscope with Hard Case","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis orange Bresser Junior is a 40x to 640x compound microscope packed in a hard plastic carry case with its accessories, for a child who'll take it between home, a grandparent's house and school. It's lit from below, so it's for slides and thin samples rather than coins or stones, and Bresser lists biology, botany, insects and education as the uses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA zoom eyepiece changes the magnification smoothly between settings, so there's nothing loose to swap or lose. The LED under the stage has a dimmer, and a pale sample such as a cheek cell, which washes out under full light, comes back when it's turned down. A filter disc with apertures sits under the stage for the same job, the stage itself moves up and down to focus, and two clips hold the slide. It runs on batteries, which aren't included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the case are prepared slides, blank slides and cover glasses, gum medium for making permanent mounts, a MicroCut for thin sections, a petri dish, a measuring cylinder, a collecting container, a set of microscope tools and a brine shrimp hatching kit with eggs, yeast and sea salt. The lot weighs 2 kg with the case, which is 40 cm long. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-slides-guide\" title=\"Prepared microscope slides, and how to make your own\"\u003eguide to making slides\u003c\/a\u003e explains how to turn a sample into a permanent slide with the gum medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-40-640x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior 40-640x microscope\"\u003ecoloured Junior 40-640x\u003c\/a\u003e is the same magnification without the case, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-2l-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 2L microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk Rainbow 2L\u003c\/a\u003e above it has glass optics and a light over the stage as well, and both sit in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids and home education\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044931596652,"sku":"8851310","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8851310_M_1.ebb9b4e5_1920x1920_ab7cc41f-1e32-4d59-8729-ca6470ac2904.avif?v=1793576979"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-40-640x-zoom-microscope","title":"Bresser Junior 40-640x Zoom Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis white Bresser Junior is a compound microscope for a first look at slides, sold on its own or with a 75-piece experiment set. The two share the same microscope; the difference is what comes in the box, set out at the end. It's lit from below only, so it's for thin things light can pass through, such as onion skin, a strand of hair, pond water on a slide and the prepared slides supplied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree objectives, 4x, 10x and 40x, sit on a revolving turret and give up to 400x with the eyepiece at its lowest setting. The eyepiece zooms from 10x to 16x, which takes the top to 640x without changing anything else, and a child can turn it slowly to watch the detail grow. A focus wheel moves the stage, two clips hold the slide, and a wheel under the stage combines apertures and colour filters for contrast on very pale samples. Two AA batteries power the LED and are included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth versions come with a smartphone adapter for photos through the eyepiece. The standard kit has prepared slides, blank slides and cover glasses, a slide box, a MicroCut for slicing thin sections, tweezers, a pipette, a magnifying glass, a magnifier box and a measuring cup. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/how-to-use-a-microscope\" title=\"How to use a microscope\"\u003eguide to using a microscope\u003c\/a\u003e shows a child how to set up a first slide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe experiment set version has 20 prepared specimens, each with a QR code that links to notes about it, 12 small stones with their own codes, a butterfly wing, five sample vials, a brine shrimp hatching kit with eggs, yeast and sea salt, a scalpel, a petri dish and eyecups for glasses wearers, and Bresser lists an aluminium and plastic body for it, 720 g all in. The coloured \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-40-640x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior 40-640x microscope\"\u003eJunior 40-640x\u003c\/a\u003e below it has the same magnification with a brine shrimp kit as standard. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-biolux-sel-40-1600x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior Biolux SEL 40-1600x microscope\"\u003eJunior Biolux SEL\u003c\/a\u003e above it adds a light over the stage for solid objects, and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Standard","offer_id":68044931629420,"sku":"8856000","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"With experiment set","offer_id":68044931662188,"sku":"9619761","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8856000_M_01_v0723.bd89ee49_1920x1920_7d7db891-f446-483e-a354-1b87abe67d6f.avif?v=1793576981"},{"product_id":"bresser-cover-glasses-24x50mm-200-pack","title":"Bresser Cover Glasses 24 x 50 mm, 200 Pack","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo hundred oversized cover glasses, 24 by 50 mm, in Boro 3.3 borosilicate glass. Bresser recommends them for plankton, cell culture media and skin scrapes from koi and ornamental fish, where a bigger cover holds more liquid, so there's more to search through and the sample dries out more slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA cover glass is part of the optical path, and most objectives are designed around a thickness of 0.17 mm. Boro 3.3 is a pure white, smooth glass chosen for surface and optical quality, and it passes more ultraviolet than soda lime glass, which is why Bresser also recommends it for fluorescence microscopy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glasses arrive pre-cleaned in a plastic box that is vacuum sealed with a drying agent inside. For a pond dipper with a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-50l-plus-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 50L PLUS microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk Rainbow 50L PLUS\u003c\/a\u003e, one of these over a few drops of water covers a far larger area than a standard square slip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/pond-life-under-the-microscope\" title=\"Pond life under the microscope\"\u003epond life guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains what to look for in that drop, and the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003eslides and cover slips\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044933726572,"sku":"5915246","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5915245_M2.3bbd4bd0_1920x1920_2b28475c-d18b-46a1-b674-3798b0debf80.avif?v=1793577010"},{"product_id":"bresser-cover-slips-22x22mm-100-pack","title":"Bresser Cover Slips 22 x 22 mm, 100 Pack","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hundred square cover slips, 22 by 22 mm and 0.13 to 0.17 mm thick, in soda lime glass, pre-cleaned and packed in a plastic box. A cover slip goes on top of the sample to flatten it and hold a wet mount in place, and Bresser's point is that a thin, even layer is what makes high magnification work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe thickness matters because most objectives are designed around a cover slip of 0.17 mm, and the figure is usually printed on the side of the lens. These slips sit inside that range, so they suit the 40x objective on a school or beginner's microscope such as the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-basic-40-400x-binocular-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit Basic 40-400x microscope\"\u003eBresser Erudit Basic\u003c\/a\u003e as well as more expensive optics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey snap if flexed, so lift one from the box by a corner or with tweezers. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-slides-guide\" title=\"Prepared microscope slides, and how to make your own\"\u003eguide to making your own slides\u003c\/a\u003e shows a wet mount step by step, and the blank slides to go under them, along with our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003eslides and cover slips\u003c\/a\u003e, are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044933792108,"sku":"5915100","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5915100_M_1.93748741_1920x1920_1811719c-6f08-4444-8972-ec4da50866f4.avif?v=1793577013"},{"product_id":"bresser-glass-stage-plate","title":"Bresser Glass Stage Plate","description":"\u003cp\u003eA round clear glass plate that drops into the stage of a stereo microscope, as a replacement for one that has been scratched or broken, or as a spare. Light from under the stage passes through it, which is how a stereo microscope with a bottom lamp shows a dish of pond water or a translucent leaf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two sizes. The 50 mm plate is 4 mm thick, weighs 19 g and fits the Bresser Junior 20x\/50x stereo microscope (Bresser item 8852001). The 60 mm plate weighs 29 g and fits the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-researcher-icd-led-20-80x-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Researcher ICD LED 20-80x stereo microscope\"\u003eBresser Researcher ICD\u003c\/a\u003e and the Analyth STR models. Measure the old plate, or the recess in the stage, before ordering, because the two sizes don't swap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBresser only confirms the fit for its own models, so for another make check the diameter of the recess with a ruler first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/pond-life-under-the-microscope\" title=\"Pond life under the microscope\"\u003epond life guide\u003c\/a\u003e covers what a stereo microscope shows in a dish of water, and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stereo-microscopes\" title=\"Stereo microscopes\"\u003estereo microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"50 mm","offer_id":68044933824876,"sku":"5916850","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"60 mm","offer_id":68044933857644,"sku":"5916800","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5916850_M_1.3f7baec5_1920x1920_39946630-900f-4c14-86ae-5da9e91ad41b.avif?v=1793577014"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-24-prepared-slides-starter-kit","title":"Bresser Junior Prepared Slides Starter Kit, 24 Specimens","description":"\u003cp\u003eSix glass slides carrying 24 preserved specimens, four to a slide, for a child who already has a microscope. Bresser rates it for age 6 and up, and the slides go on the stage of any microscope that lights from below, such as the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-40-640x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior 40-640x microscope\"\u003eBresser Junior 40-640x\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach slide has a theme. Algae has water silk, zygnema, ulotrichaceae and a cyclops; leaves and starch has privet and oleander leaf with maize and potato starch; plants has maize root, peanut root, sponge gourd and pine trunk. The textile slide holds cotton, nylon and silk fibres with a printed letter \"e\". The animal slide has fish scales, camel hair and chicken and duck feathers, and the insect slide has honeybee and dragonfly wings with beetle and cockroach legs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe box is 14 by 9.5 cm and weighs 60 g, and the slides come with an instruction manual. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-microscopy-set\" title=\"Bresser Junior microscopy set, 20 smart slides\"\u003eJunior microscopy set\u003c\/a\u003e above it adds tools and blank slides for making your own as well as prepared ones. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-slides-guide\" title=\"Prepared microscope slides, and how to make your own\"\u003eguide to prepared slides\u003c\/a\u003e explains what to look for at each magnification, and our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003eslides and prepared sets\u003c\/a\u003e are grouped together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044933890412,"sku":"8859460","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8859460_M_01_v0923.649b5de0_1920x1920_ec112c35-fc73-4b8b-8427-0768f52cae8c.avif?v=1793577017"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-7-97x-digital-handheld-microscope","title":"Bresser Junior 7-97x Digital Handheld Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a pocket digital microscope for children aged 8 and over, Bresser's figure, sold under two names, Junior and Youngster, with the same body, screen and lens. There's no eyepiece; a 2-inch screen on the back shows the picture, the lens on the front magnifies 7x to 34x optically, and a digital zoom carries on to 97x. It lights the subject from above, so a child points it at a leaf, a coin, a stamp, a fingertip or an ant and sees the surface, with nothing to prepare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt records 1280 by 720 photos as JPG and video as AVI and plays them back on the screen. A USB-C cable charges the built-in battery and copies the files to a computer. Bresser also quotes the view on a 32-inch monitor as up to 435x optical and 1240x digital, which is the same picture spread across a bigger screen rather than extra detail, as our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-magnification-explained\" title=\"Microscope magnification explained\"\u003emagnification guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is plastic, 10 by 10 by 5.5 cm, light enough to hang round the neck on the strap in the box, and Bresser lists coins, stamps, biology and botany as the uses. Six prepared slides come with the Youngster edition; the Junior lists prepared slides without a count. Either way, a child will get more from the garden, the kitchen and a coin jar than from the slides, since the light falls on the surface rather than passing through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-youngster-100-500x-handheld-digital-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Youngster 100-500x handheld digital microscope\"\u003eYoungster 100-500x\u003c\/a\u003e uses the same format at 100x to 500x with 18 MP photos, and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/handheld-microscopes\" title=\"Handheld and USB microscopes\"\u003ehandheld microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e page lists the stand and USB models for older children and adults.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Junior","offer_id":68044971409772,"sku":"8855200","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Youngster","offer_id":68044971442540,"sku":"16443","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8855200_M_1_v1024.0aeaeaf9_1920x1920_b900ae1f-e1a6-42f2-8654-95be44564a58.avif?v=1793577101"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-biotar-300-1200x-microscope","title":"Bresser Junior Biotar 300-1200x Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Junior Biotar is Bresser's smallest compound microscope set, an aluminium-bodied monocular at 300x, 600x and 1200x, sold without a case or as the DLX with a plastic case. Those three settings come from one 40x eyepiece and three objectives of 7.5x, 15x and 30x, so it starts at a higher power than other children's microscopes and has no low setting for finding your way around a slide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat makes it a microscope for prepared slides and very thin samples that are already in the middle of the slide, rather than for scanning a drop of pond water. A 40x eyepiece also shows a small patch of the slide at a time, so a child needs a little patience to line a sample up. The light runs on a battery. Bresser gives no age and places both in its beginners' range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth come with a slide box holding five prepared slides, five blank slides and ten cover slips, a dissection set of scissors, tweezers, a pipette and two needles, sea salt and a brine shrimp hatching kit with eggs and yeast. The set without case is grey and weighs 509 g with the accessories; the DLX is silver, and the case brings it to just under 2 kg. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-microscope-for-kids\" title=\"The best microscope for kids and home education\"\u003eguide to microscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e sets out what a child can see at each magnification and why starting low helps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a first microscope, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-cm-04-100-900x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior CM-04 100-900x microscope\"\u003eJunior CM-04\u003c\/a\u003e below it starts at 100x and has two eyepieces to swap, and the white Junior 40-640x starts lower still. Every Bresser model is grouped in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bresser\" title=\"Bresser microscopes\"\u003eBresser collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Set without case","offer_id":68044973572460,"sku":"8851200","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"DLX with case","offer_id":68044973605228,"sku":"8851000","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8851200_M_01_v0923.4d47acac_1920x1920_4b813c62-191b-42e8-a900-8fe64deba55f.avif?v=1793577105"},{"product_id":"bresser-mikrokular-lf-full-hd-microscope-camera","title":"Bresser MikrOkular LF Full HD Microscope Camera","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe MikrOkular LF is an eyepiece camera for a Windows computer. It goes into a 23.2 mm eyepiece tube in place of the eyepiece, or into a trinocular microscope's third tube, and the 30 mm and 30.5 mm rings in the box fit most stereo microscopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLF stands for the wider field. A reduction lens inside the barrel shows about seven times the area of the standard MikrOkular, close to the view through a 10x eyepiece. The sensor is 1920 by 1080 pixels at up to 25 frames a second, behind a UV and IR blocking filter, and the CamLabLite download adds measuring to photo and video capture. It needs Windows 10 or 11 over USB-C, so a Mac or a phone won't run it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the box are the camera, dust cover, USB-C to USB-A cable and both rings. A microscope with a C-mount port needs the 30.5 mm C-mount adapter too. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-mikrokular-full-hd-microscope-camera\" title=\"Bresser MikrOkular Full HD microscope camera\"\u003eMikrOkular Full HD\u003c\/a\u003e below it costs less with a narrower view, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-mikrocam-sf-microscope-camera\" title=\"Bresser MikroCam SF microscope camera\"\u003eMikroCam SF\u003c\/a\u003e above it is a C-mount camera with focus stacking and up to 30 frames a second. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-camera-guide\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003emicroscope camera guide\u003c\/a\u003e compares them with the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-cameras\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003emicroscope cameras\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044978487660,"sku":"5913800","price":71.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5913800_M_02_v0325.fe5e8f0c_1920x1920_618edd8e-95d1-48f4-94af-514effab574e.avif?v=1793577110"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-experiment-set","title":"Bresser Junior Experiment Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eA box of tools for making your own slides, with no microscope in it. It's for a child who has a compound microscope, such as the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-biolux-sel-40-1600x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior Biolux SEL 40-1600x microscope\"\u003eBresser Junior Biolux SEL\u003c\/a\u003e, and has looked at the prepared slides that came with it enough times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBresser lists a pipette for picking up a drop of pond water, tweezers, a hand magnifier, blank slides and cover plates to put a sample under, and a brine shrimp kit made up of a magnifier box, shrimp eggs, yeast to feed them and sea salt to hatch them in. Hatch the eggs in salt water, add a pinch of yeast, and the shrimp can be watched in the magnifier box or put on a slide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe case is white plastic. Bresser's own list ends with \"and much more\", so expect a few extra bits beyond the ones named here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/pond-life-under-the-microscope\" title=\"Pond life under the microscope\"\u003epond life guide\u003c\/a\u003e covers what to catch with the pipette and how to get it onto a slide, and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003eslides and prepared sets\u003c\/a\u003e page has specimen sets to add once the blanks run out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044985860460,"sku":"8859490","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8859490_M_01_v0124.314ab1ad_1920x1920_1e86ce38-41b4-4a29-a105-039a71f89298.avif?v=1793577126"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-microscopy-set","title":"Bresser Junior Microscopy Set, 20 Smart Slides","description":"\u003cp\u003eBresser's bigger Junior kit, with more than 40 parts: 20 permanent slides, 12 small stones and the tools for making slides of your own. Each slide and stone carries a QR code that opens information about it on a phone. It suits a child whose microscope also lights from above, such as the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-biolux-nv-20-1280x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Biolux NV 20-1280x microscope with HD camera\"\u003eBresser Biolux NV\u003c\/a\u003e, since the stones need top light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor home-made slides there are six blank slides, cover glasses and adhesive labels, a scalpel, a dissecting needle, tweezers, a Petri dish and a magnifying glass. Seven or more vials come filled with specimens, two empty ones are for finds from the garden, and a slide box keeps it all together, along with a permanent slide of butterfly wings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set weighs 300 g. The scalpel is a real blade, so an adult should do the slicing for younger children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn instruction manual is in the box. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-microscopy-starter-set\" title=\"Bresser Junior microscopy starter set, 24 specimens\"\u003eJunior microscopy starter set\u003c\/a\u003e below it is the one to pick if prepared specimens are all you need, with 24 of them on six slides and no tools. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/pond-life-under-the-microscope\" title=\"Pond life under the microscope\"\u003epond life guide\u003c\/a\u003e is a good source of things to fill the two empty vials with, and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003eslides collection\u003c\/a\u003e has more prepared sets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044986483052,"sku":"8859480","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8859480_M_01_v1123.4953748d_1920x1920_f853eb1a-b980-4d18-ba64-298d9733d716.avif?v=1793577128"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-microscopy-starter-set","title":"Bresser Junior Microscopy Starter Set, 24 Specimens","description":"\u003cp\u003eSix slides, each carrying four permanent specimens sorted by theme, for a child's first sessions at a compound microscope such as the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-labzz-m101-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk LabZZ M101 microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk LabZZ M101\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe animal slide has mouse fur with hare, dog and sheep hair. The plant slide holds a peanut stem, a ficus leaf, onion skin and silverberry leaf hairs. Insects get a bee abdomen, a honeybee leg, a locust wing and a housefly leg. Then there's a textiles slide with coloured threads, handmade paper, a fingerprint and Bemberg, a pollen slide with lily and pine pollen and bottlebrush and fern spores, and a tiny creatures slide with a plant louse, an ant, a brine shrimp egg and a daphnia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe packaging is plastic and made for children, and the set weighs 60 g. The specimens differ from those in the Bresser Junior prepared slides starter kit, so the two sets pair up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn instruction manual is included. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-microscopy-set\" title=\"Bresser Junior microscopy set, 20 smart slides\"\u003eJunior microscopy set\u003c\/a\u003e above it adds blank slides and the tools to make your own, alongside 20 prepared slides and 12 stones. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-slides-guide\" title=\"Prepared microscope slides, and how to make your own\"\u003eguide to prepared slides\u003c\/a\u003e explains where to start, and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003emicroscope slides\u003c\/a\u003e collection has the larger sets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044987138412,"sku":"8859470","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8859470_M_01_v0923.c9abd796_1920x1920_de4918ad-5909-46c9-a311-c4b8d3f8054b.avif?v=1793577129"},{"product_id":"bresser-microscope-dissecting-kit-solingen-steel","title":"Bresser Microscope Dissecting Kit, Solingen Steel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeven stainless steel tools in an imitation leather case, made in Germany from Solingen steel, for preparing specimens before they go under the microscope. Solingen is the German town known for its knives and blades, and Bresser's case for the set is that poor tools make the work frustrating. It's made for amateur and professional use alike, for anyone who prepares their own specimens rather than buying prepared slides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the case are a scalpel, scissors, tweezers, a spatula, two preparation needles for teasing a sample apart or holding it still, and a slice catcher, the small tool for lifting a thin section out of water and onto a slide. Closed, the case is 17.5 by 10 by 1.5 cm, and the whole kit weighs 137 g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost dissection happens under a stereo microscope, where both hands are free and the image is the right way up, so the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-icd-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit ICD stereo microscope\"\u003eBresser Erudit ICD\u003c\/a\u003e is a natural partner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-slides-guide\" title=\"Prepared microscope slides, and how to make your own\"\u003eguide to making your own slides\u003c\/a\u003e covers cutting a thin section and mounting it, and the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003eslides and cover slips\u003c\/a\u003e to go with the tools are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044987629932,"sku":"5912100","price":64.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5912100_M_1_v0719.541b67bf_1920x1920_141f3965-04a9-4e44-95f5-be79733ce761.avif?v=1793577131"},{"product_id":"bresser-microscope-slides-set","title":"Bresser Microscope Slides Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eA set of blank slides and cover glasses chosen for image quality, for photography through the microscope or work at 400x and above. Bresser packs the two separately in a vacuum sealed bag with a moisture absorber, so they keep for a long time without the clouding that spoils old glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover glasses are Boro 3.3 borosilicate, held to between 0.16 and 0.19 mm thick. That matters because the 0.17 printed on most objectives is the cover glass thickness the lens was designed for. They're pure white with no streaks, pre-cleaned, and rated by Bresser for fluorescence microscopy too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe slides are soda lime glass with ground edges, and a matte writing field on both faces takes a pencil label. The box is 11.5 by 8.5 by 3.5 cm and the set weighs 325 g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt suits the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-researcher-bino-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Researcher 40-1000x microscope\"\u003eBresser Researcher 40-1000x\u003c\/a\u003e and any other microscope with 0.17 on its objectives. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-slides-guide\" title=\"Prepared microscope slides, and how to make your own\"\u003eguide to making your own slides\u003c\/a\u003e covers wet mounts and staining, and our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003eslides and cover slips\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044988350828,"sku":"5916100","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5916100_M_3.9450e07b_1920x1920_5ffad7cd-4156-48b5-8e51-1627309aa51a.avif?v=1793577133"},{"product_id":"bresser-plan-achromatic-din-objective","title":"Bresser Plan Achromatic DIN Objective","description":"\u003cp\u003eA single plan achromatic objective for a Bresser compound microscope, in 4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 60x or 100x oil. Achromatic means red and blue light focus at the same point, so there's no colour fringe round a dark edge; plan means the view stays sharp from the centre to the edge, so you don't chase focus across a section. Bresser recommends the plan versions for photography, where a soft edge shows in every frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDIN is the standard thread and length. Bresser lists these for the Erudit DLX, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-researcher-bino-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Researcher 40-1000x microscope\"\u003eResearcher\u003c\/a\u003e, the Science TRM-301, the Bioscience trinocular, the Science ADL 601 P and F and the MPO 401; the 60x page names only the Bioscience, TRM-301 and ADL 601 P. Don't fit them to the Erudit Basic or Erudit MO, whose shorter parfocal length (lens shoulder to slide) would put the other lenses on the turret out of focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 100x needs immersion oil, which isn't included. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-magnification-explained\" title=\"Microscope magnification explained\"\u003emagnification guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains what each power shows, and the rest of the lenses sit in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-accessories\" title=\"Microscope accessories\"\u003emicroscope accessories\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"4x","offer_id":68044990972268,"sku":"5941504","price":75.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"10x","offer_id":68044991005036,"sku":"5941510","price":113.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"20x","offer_id":68044991037804,"sku":"5941520","price":170.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"40x","offer_id":68044991070572,"sku":"5941540","price":179.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"60x","offer_id":68044991103340,"sku":"5941560","price":198.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"100x oil","offer_id":68044991136108,"sku":"5941500","price":203.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5941504_M_1.9fc61530_1920x1920_d888368a-4c4d-428c-8412-23fa717b29a5.avif?v=1793577154"},{"product_id":"bresser-achromatic-din-objective","title":"Bresser Achromatic DIN Objective","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn achromatic DIN objective in 20x, 60x or 100x oil, for adding a step of magnification to the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-dlx-40-1000x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit DLX 40-1000x microscope\"\u003eErudit DLX\u003c\/a\u003e or the Researcher. Achromatic lenses correct the colour fringing that a plain lens leaves round sharp edges, and DIN is the standard thread, so the lens screws into a free hole on the turret. These are the standard versions without plan correction, so the edge of the view can soften slightly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 60x and 100x have a 45 mm parfocal length, the distance from the turret to the slide at focus, which matches the Erudit DLX and Researcher. Bresser warns against using them on the Erudit Basic, whose parfocal length is shorter, because the new lens would sit at a different focus from the ones beside it. The 100x is an oil lens and needs immersion oil on the cover slip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 100x weighs 64 g and is 50 mm long. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-magnification-explained\" title=\"Microscope magnification explained\"\u003eguide to magnification\u003c\/a\u003e covers where 600x and 1000x earn their place and where they don't, and more lenses and parts are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-accessories\" title=\"Microscope accessories\"\u003emicroscope accessories\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"20x","offer_id":68044991168876,"sku":"5941020","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"60x","offer_id":68044991201644,"sku":"5941060","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"100x oil","offer_id":68044991234412,"sku":"5941300","price":56.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5941020_M_1_0218.6cffa4f4_1920x1920_9ab654c0-a4b1-40e8-8e94-435e8bdeb3c4.avif?v=1793577155"},{"product_id":"bresser-additional-objective-for-etd-201","title":"Bresser Additional Objective for Science ETD-201","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn auxiliary lens that fits under the zoom head of the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-science-etd-201-8-50x-trinocular-zoom-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Science ETD-201 8-50x trinocular zoom stereo microscope\"\u003eScience ETD-201\u003c\/a\u003e and shifts its whole range. The 0.7x takes the microscope down to 5.6x to 35x, and the 2x takes it up to 16x to 100x. Bresser lists both for the ETD-201 only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 0.7x is the one for working under the microscope with tools, because it raises the working distance, the gap between the lens and the object in focus, to 137 mm, and it gives a larger, brighter field that also suits a camera on the third tube. The 2x goes the other way and brings the lens a little closer, but Bresser points out that the depth of field at the resulting power is greater than you'd get by reaching the same figure with stronger eyepieces, so a conversion lens like this is its preferred route past 50x.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach lens comes on its own. The 2x is aluminium. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-magnification-explained\" title=\"Microscope magnification explained\"\u003eguide to magnification\u003c\/a\u003e explains why depth of field shrinks as power rises, and the other stereo parts are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-accessories\" title=\"Microscope accessories\"\u003emicroscope accessories\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"0.7x","offer_id":68044991529324,"sku":"5941492","price":61.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"2x","offer_id":68044991562092,"sku":"5941493","price":66.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5941492_M_1.2e482bfc_1920x1920_cbd09bb6-946b-48e4-a293-d31071e47733.avif?v=1793577159"},{"product_id":"bresser-additional-objective-for-advance-icd","title":"Bresser Additional Objective for Advance ICD and ETD-101","description":"\u003cp\u003eA screw-on front lens for the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-advance-icd-10-160x-zoom-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Advance ICD 10-160x zoom stereo microscope\"\u003eAdvance ICD\u003c\/a\u003e and the Science ETD-101, in 0.5x or 0.75x. It threads onto the M48 mount in front of the pair of objectives and widens the range of the microscope downwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth of these are below 1x, so they lower the magnification and raise the working distance, the space between the head and whatever is in focus. Bresser suggests them for jobs where you need your hands or a tool under the lens, such as soldering or engraving, and the 0.5x gives the most room. A lens above 1x would do the opposite and bring the head closer; Bresser makes a 1.5x and a 2x in the same family, which we don't currently list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 0.75x is aluminium and the 0.5x has a plastic housing round the glass. Each comes singly. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/how-to-use-a-microscope\" title=\"How to use a microscope\"\u003eguide to using a microscope\u003c\/a\u003e covers focusing a stereo head after you change the lens, and the other stereo parts are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-accessories\" title=\"Microscope accessories\"\u003emicroscope accessories\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"0.5x","offer_id":68044991791468,"sku":"5941480","price":103.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"0.75x","offer_id":68044991824236,"sku":"5941481","price":89.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5941480_M_1.1735af8b_1920x1920_0698a39a-8837-4b26-adfb-c99555bddcbd.avif?v=1793577161"},{"product_id":"bresser-prepared-slides-set-10","title":"Bresser Prepared Slides Set, 10 Slides","description":"\u003cp\u003eTen prepared slides that Bresser singles out for thin, well-made sections with fine detail and good staining, aimed at schools and amateur microscopists. It's a small set, chosen for quality over quantity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo of the ten come from water: diatoms, single-celled algae that live inside glassy shells, and Volvox, a green alga whose cells join up into rolling spheres. From plants there's a maize stem and a tomato leaf in cross-section, an onion root tip with its cells caught dividing, and a lily anther with pollen. From animals, a fly's head, a cheek smear, a human sperm smear and mitosis in an animal cell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set weighs 85 g. It needs a microscope that lights from below, and the onion root tip and the cheek smear show well at 400x on a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-50l-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 50L microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk Rainbow 50L\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo see the diatoms and Volvox alive, our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/pond-life-under-the-microscope\" title=\"Pond life under the microscope\"\u003epond life guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains how to collect them. The 25-slide Bresser set is the next step up, and our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003eprepared sets\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044992840044,"sku":"5984500","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5984500_M_1_1116.60b230ad_1920x1920_ac87a48d-cc12-4765-be64-645f2184b477.avif?v=1793577228"},{"product_id":"bresser-prepared-slides-set-25","title":"Bresser Prepared Slides Set, 25 Slides","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five prepared slides across botany, zoology and histology, in an acrylic case with slots for 100. Most are stained for contrast, each is labelled in German and English, and a printed list comes in the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plant slides include Penicillium and Rhizopus moulds, Chlamydomonas, pine and winter jasmine leaves in cross-section, a corn root tip, a young broad bean root, and corn, squash and basswood stems cut both across and lengthways. From the pond and the hive there are pollen, daphnia, hydra, paramecium, a rotifer and honeybee mouthparts. The tissue slides are cardiac and skeletal muscle, dog small intestine, spinal cord, motor neurons and a human blood smear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe labels use W.M., C.S. and L.S. for whole mount, cross-section and longitudinal section. They need light from below, so a compound microscope such as the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-dlx-40-1000x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit DLX 40-1000x microscope\"\u003eBresser Erudit DLX\u003c\/a\u003e, and the sections and the blood smear reward 400x and above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt suits someone who wants more than a few starter slides but doesn't need a full college range yet. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-prepared-slides-set-10\" title=\"Bresser prepared slides set, 10 slides\"\u003e10-slide Bresser set\u003c\/a\u003e below it is enough to start with, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-prepared-slides-set-100\" title=\"Bresser prepared slides set, 100 slides\"\u003e100-slide box\u003c\/a\u003e above it holds the full school and college range of sections. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-slides-guide\" title=\"Prepared microscope slides, and how to make your own\"\u003eguide to prepared slides\u003c\/a\u003e covers how to read a stained section, and our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003eprepared sets\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044992905580,"sku":"5986001","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5986001_M_1.d9a78b36_1920x1920_f41cc79d-c864-4e48-90f8-a93ce101dc6e.avif?v=1793577230"},{"product_id":"bresser-prepared-slides-set-histology","title":"Bresser Prepared Slides Set, 30 Histology Slides","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirty prepared slides of animal and human tissue, for a biology student, a teacher or a hobbyist. Histology is the study of tissue under the microscope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set covers connective tissue, hyaline and elastic cartilage, bone, tendon, and smooth, skeletal and cardiac muscle. There are epithelia from a cheek smear to ciliated and stratified types, human skin cut through a hair follicle and through a sweat gland, and organs: lung, rat kidney, liver, stomach wall, small intestine, thyroid, lymph node, testis and ovary. Artery and vein in cross-section, spinal cord, a human blood smear and a human chromosome slide complete it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe slides are glass, in a plastic box with slots for 100. They need a compound microscope with light from below and are at their best from 400x up; the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-researcher-bino-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Researcher 40-1000x microscope\"\u003eBresser Researcher 40-1000x\u003c\/a\u003e adds oil immersion at 1000x for the blood smear and chromosomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-prepared-slides-set-25\" title=\"Bresser prepared slides set, 25 slides\"\u003e25-slide Bresser set\u003c\/a\u003e below it mixes plants and pond life in with tissue sections, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-prepared-slides-set-100\" title=\"Bresser prepared slides set, 100 slides\"\u003e100-slide box\u003c\/a\u003e above it has tissue sections alongside botany and zoology. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-slides-guide\" title=\"Prepared microscope slides, and how to make your own\"\u003eguide to prepared slides\u003c\/a\u003e explains stains and section types, and our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003eprepared sets\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044992971116,"sku":"5985000","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5985000_M_1.f87ae009_1920x1920_78e8dcc7-7525-4ea2-a7e7-280969b7a2c1.avif?v=1793577231"},{"product_id":"bresser-stage-micrometer-slide","title":"Bresser Stage Micrometer Slide","description":"\u003cp\u003eA standard 26 by 76 mm glass slide with a measuring scale deposited in metal on its surface, for calibrating measurements through a microscope. On its own it measures nothing; it's used with an eyepiece micrometer, or with the measuring tool in camera software, to work out what one division equals under each objective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two versions. The 1\/100 mm scale has 0.01 mm divisions, and Bresser says it suits biological and reflected light microscopes at high magnification, metallurgical models included; it's also the slide for calibrating MikroCamLabII software. The 0.1 and 0.01 mm version carries a coarse scale for low magnifications and a fine one for high, so one slide covers the 4x objective and the 100x.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1\/100 mm slide is 2 mm thick and comes in a plastic storage box. It fits any microscope with clips for a 76 by 26 mm slide, such as the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-dlx-40-1000x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit DLX 40-1000x microscope\"\u003eBresser Erudit DLX\u003c\/a\u003e, and sits with our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-slides\" title=\"Microscope slides and prepared sets\"\u003emicroscope slides\u003c\/a\u003e. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-slides-guide\" title=\"Prepared microscope slides, and how to make your own\"\u003eguide to microscope slides\u003c\/a\u003e covers the basics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"1\/100 mm","offer_id":68044993036652,"sku":"5916710","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"0.1 and 0.01 mm","offer_id":68044993069420,"sku":"5916720","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5916710_M_2.d7f4fddc_1920x1920_39caac54-31df-4589-8d4d-835780664897.avif?v=1793577233"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-cm-04-100-900x-microscope","title":"Bresser Junior CM-04 100-900x Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Junior CM-04 is a compound microscope for children from age 6, Bresser's figure. It's lit from beneath the stage, so it's for thin samples such as the three prepared slides in the box, a layer of onion skin, a pulled hair or a drop of pond water, at 100x to 900x. Bresser lists biology as the use and the body is black plastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree objectives, 10x, 20x and 30x, turn on a revolving head, and two eyepieces, a WF10x and a WF30x, swap in the tube to give the settings between 100x and 900x. The 10x eyepiece is the one to start with, since it shows a wider and brighter patch of the slide; the 30x eyepiece reaches the top figure but shows less of the sample at a time. The LED under the stage has a dimmer, and it runs on two AA batteries, which aren't included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe accessories run to a Microcut for slicing thin sections, a scraper knife and a needle, tweezers, a pipette, a petri dish, sample bottles, a measuring cylinder, blank slides with cover glasses and labels, a magnifying glass, and a brine shrimp hatching kit with eggs and yeast. A smartphone holder clips a phone over the eyepiece for photos. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-microscope-for-kids\" title=\"The best microscope for kids and home education\"\u003eguide to microscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e covers what to expect from a microscope at this level and where an adult needs to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-40-640x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior 40-640x microscope\"\u003eJunior 40-640x\u003c\/a\u003e above it starts at 40x, which makes finding a sample easier, and has a zoom eyepiece; the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044993200492,"sku":"14951","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/14951_M_01_v0724.91d98314_1920x1920_dcf28f47-d64b-4ee3-9a76-1c49e376eff4.avif?v=1793577247"},{"product_id":"bresser-youngster-100-500x-handheld-digital-microscope","title":"Bresser Youngster 100-500x Handheld Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Youngster 100-500x is a handheld digital microscope for children from age 8, Bresser's figure, with a 2-inch screen in place of an eyepiece. It lights the subject from above, which Bresser calls reflected light, so it shows surfaces: a grain of salt, a strand of wool, the weave of a jumper, the lettering on a coin, the underside of a leaf. Nothing needs slicing or mounting; hold it against the object and look at the screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagnification runs from 100x to 500x. Photos are 18 MP, with a 48 MP setting Bresser describes as interpolated, meaning the file is enlarged in software rather than captured at that size, and video is Full HD 1080p. A built-in rechargeable battery runs it, and photos and videos move to a computer through the USB-C port. The body is plastic, white, 15 cm long and about 6 cm across.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarting at 100x means there's no wide view to find the spot first; a child positions the lens by eye and then looks at the screen, so finding a small subject takes a moment. The box holds the microscope and a manual only, with no slides or strap, and none are needed for surfaces. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-digital-microscope\" title=\"The best digital microscope with a screen\"\u003edigital microscope guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains how a handheld like this differs from a digital microscope on a stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-7-97x-digital-handheld-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior 7-97x digital handheld microscope\"\u003eJunior 7-97x\u003c\/a\u003e below it starts at 7x for a wider view and comes with a neck strap and slides, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-500-mobi-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 500 Mobi digital microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk DTX 500 Mobi\u003c\/a\u003e above it has a bigger 3-inch screen and a stand for steady shots. Our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-collectables\" title=\"Microscopes for coins, stamps and collectables\"\u003emicroscopes for collectables\u003c\/a\u003e page has the stand models for coins and stamps.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044993233260,"sku":"15150","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/15150_M_1_v0326.c2445901_1920x1920_9fa8a5d6-3180-47e6-a17f-57ef231a660e.avif?v=1793577248"},{"product_id":"bresser-youngster-40-1024x-microscope-with-hd-camera","title":"Bresser Youngster 40-1024x Microscope with HD Eyepiece Camera","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Youngster 40-1024x is a compound microscope for children aged 8 and over, Bresser's figure, with a USB eyepiece camera in the box so the picture can go on a computer screen as well as through the eyepiece. It's lit from under the stage only, so it's for slides: onion skin, a hair, a feather, muddy water from a watering can, as Bresser puts it, and the five prepared slides supplied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe optics are two wide-field eyepieces, 10x and 16x, three objectives of 4x, 10x and 40x, and a 1.6x Barlow lens that pulls out of the eyepiece tube, which is how 640x becomes 1024x. The body is metal and plastic in silver, 28 cm tall, with two clips on the stage and the option of a mechanical cross table later. The eyepiece tube is 20 mm wide rather than the usual 23.2 mm, worth knowing if you ever want a different camera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe HD eyepiece camera replaces the eyepiece and connects by USB to a Windows 10 or 11 PC, where Bresser's software shows the live view and saves JPG photos and MP4 video. It doesn't work with a Mac, a Chromebook or a tablet. Watching brine shrimp hatch from the kit in the box and filming them grow is the project Bresser suggests first, and our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-camera-guide\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003emicroscope camera guide\u003c\/a\u003e covers what else an eyepiece camera can do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso in the box are five blank slides, ten cover slips, a pipette, tweezers, mounting medium and sea salt, and the whole set weighs 1.24 kg. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-40-640x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior 40-640x microscope\"\u003eJunior 40-640x\u003c\/a\u003e below it is a simpler first microscope without a camera, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-biolux-nv-20-1280x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Biolux NV 20-1280x microscope\"\u003eBiolux NV\u003c\/a\u003e above it adds a light above the stage, a mechanical stage and a hard case. The rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e sit alongside it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044993266028,"sku":"8855001","price":94.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8855001_M_01_v0525.67e8c757_1920x1920_fdac158d-ac6b-41c5-9748-640b4170dcb1.avif?v=1793577250"},{"product_id":"bresser-youngster-40-2000x-microscope","title":"Bresser Youngster 40-2000x Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Youngster 40-2000x is a compound microscope with lights above and below the stage, so a child can look at slides and at solid things on the same instrument, and a smartphone mount for photos through the eyepiece. The body is aluminium and plastic in white, 29 cm tall and 772 g with its accessories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObjectives of 4x, 10x and 40x and two eyepieces, a WF10x and a WF25x, give 40x to 1000x, and a 2x Barlow lens doubles each setting, which is where the 2000x comes from. Anything past about 400x on a microscope like this enlarges the picture without adding detail, which our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-magnification-explained\" title=\"Microscope magnification explained\"\u003emagnification guide\u003c\/a\u003e goes into, so 40x to 400x is the range a child will use. The LED switches between lighting from below, for slides, and from above, for a coin, a feather or a leaf laid on the stage. A colour filter disc under the stage adds contrast on pale samples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree AA batteries power it and are included, so it works at the kitchen table or in a tent. The box holds the smartphone mount, both eyepieces, the Barlow lens, the filter disc, a box of slides with a storage case, a preparation set, sea salt and a brine shrimp hatching kit with a magnifier box, eggs and yeast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-biolux-sel-40-1600x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior Biolux SEL 40-1600x microscope\"\u003eJunior Biolux SEL\u003c\/a\u003e below it is the same idea at 40x to 1600x with a phone holder, and the Biolux NV above adds an HD camera and a mechanical stage. Our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e page lists all three side by side.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044993298796,"sku":"8855500","price":94.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8855500_M_01_v1025.6be8ef24_1920x1920_deacc614-e8b5-408c-a82f-eb1667d6fbc7.avif?v=1793577252"},{"product_id":"bresser-additional-objective-2x-for-biorit-icd-cs","title":"Bresser Additional Objective 2x for Biorit ICD CS","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 2x front lens for the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-biorit-icd-cs-10-20x-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Biorit ICD CS 10-20x stereo microscope\"\u003eBiorit ICD CS\u003c\/a\u003e, in both its 10x to 20x and 5x to 20x versions. It fits in front of the objectives and doubles whatever the microscope is set to, so the small structures on an insect, a seed or a printed circuit that are a blur at 20x become readable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith it fitted the working distance, the gap between the lens and the object, is 80 mm, which still leaves room for tweezers or a probe. The lens is black aluminium, 105 g, and Bresser lists it for the Biorit ICD CS alone (article numbers 5802520 and 5802530), so it isn't the one for the older Biorit ICD or ICD LL, which take a different lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoubling the power halves the width of the view and thins the depth of field, so it suits looking at one small thing closely rather than scanning a tray. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-magnification-explained\" title=\"Microscope magnification explained\"\u003emagnification guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains that trade-off, and the other stereo parts are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-accessories\" title=\"Microscope accessories\"\u003emicroscope accessories\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044995953004,"sku":"5941488","price":80.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5941485_M_1.18fc2493_1920x1920_209386be-0dfd-40b8-83bd-94b431513dc4.avif?v=1793577284"},{"product_id":"bresser-biorit-icd-objective","title":"Bresser Biorit ICD Objective","description":"\u003cp\u003eA replacement or additional objective for two older Bresser stereo microscopes, the Biorit ICD (5802500) and the Biorit ICD LL (5802510), in 1x or 4x. On a stereo microscope the objective sets the base power, and the eyepieces multiply it, so swapping between the 1x and the 4x changes the whole range of the instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1x has a plastic housing and weighs 100 g at 50 mm tall; the 4x is aluminium. Bresser's pages list the two Biorit ICD models only, so this isn't the lens for the current Biorit ICD CS, which takes the separate \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-additional-objective-2x-for-biorit-icd-cs\" title=\"Bresser additional objective 2x for the Biorit ICD CS\"\u003e2x lens made for the ICD CS\u003c\/a\u003e. If your microscope is a Biorit ICD or ICD LL, check the article number on the base before ordering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach lens comes singly. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/how-to-use-a-microscope\" title=\"How to use a microscope\"\u003eguide to using a microscope\u003c\/a\u003e explains how to refocus a stereo head after changing a lens, and the other spares and parts are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-accessories\" title=\"Microscope accessories\"\u003emicroscope accessories\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"1x","offer_id":68044998771052,"sku":"5941484","price":45.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"4x","offer_id":68044998803820,"sku":"5941485","price":51.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5941484_M_1.68fad309_1920x1920_fb86f483-b617-4c97-bc4d-c996699b26e4.avif?v=1793577285"}],"url":"https:\/\/scopeandfield.com\/collections\/microscopes-under-100.oembed","provider":"Scope \u0026 Field","version":"1.0","type":"link"}