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Home Microscope

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$249.95 $179.95
$249.95 $170.95

Item# MI-4100STD

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The Home Microscope is an excellent value! With it, you'll get the same quality and features as other fine high-school-level microscopes, but at a very affordable price. It has the magnification levels needed to see intricate cell details and the optical quality to see them very clearly, giving your students the most benefit from their microscope labs and independent discovery. The Home Microscope is also easy to use so students of all ages can enjoy it. The sturdy, reliable mechanical construction of this microscope is designed to withstand the rigor of heavy classroom use and will last a lifetime.

The Home Microscope has magnification levels of 40, 100, and 400x, which are standard on the best-quality high school microscopes. Its smoothly-rotating head makes it easy to share one microscope between two or more students. The precision fine and coarse focusing brings specimens into focus quickly and sharply. This scope features fluorescent lighting, which provides a bright field of view and is cool enough for use with live specimens.

When you comparison shop for a microscope, the specifications are usually very similar. What the specifications can’t tell you is the overall quality and reliability of the microscope. There are plenty of poorly manufactured low-cost microscopes on the market that look like a bargain—until you start using it. The Home Microscope is different. First, it is built to our unique, high quality standards. Then our experienced quality control specialists inspect and adjust every Home Microscope in our facility here to ensure it is perfect before we ship it to you. Finally, we back up our top quality commitment with a lifetime warranty on this Home Science Tools microscope. These extra steps do add some extra cost but are well worth it as they ensure you get an enjoyable-to-use, trouble-free microscope that will last a lifetime. Don’t just take our word for this—read the product reviews and see what our customers have to say.

Watch our Home Microscope video to find out more + see this scope in action!
(Or, for a printable guide to the Home Microscope's features, click here.)


Product Specifications

  • Monocular 45° inclined head with 360° rotation for convenient viewing
  • 10x wide-field inclined eyepiece with large 18mm field of view
  • 4x (0.10 NA), 10x (0.25 NA), and 40xR (0.65 NA) objectives meet DIN standards and are achromatic, parcentered and parfocaled to prevent color distortion and keep the slide in coarse focus as you switch to higher or lower power
  • 40x objective is retractable
  • Separate fine and coarse focusing with a slip clutch to prevent damage to slides or optics
  • Durable and smooth all-metal rack-and-pinion focusing
  • Large 110 x 120mm stage with clips and stage stop; pre-drilled for a mechanical stage to make viewing easier
  • NA 0.65 condenser with five-hole disc diaphragm to adjust light levels for optimum resolution
  • 5-watt cool, bright fluorescent illumination
  • Specimen field of view is 4.5mm at 40x
  • Rugged aluminum frame, stands 15" tall
  • Includes operating manual, a dust cover, and a spare light bulb
  • A replacement light bulb is available
  • Also available with an iris diaphragm and 1000x magnification or as a 3.0 megapixel digital camera microscope
Compare features of the scopes in the Home microscope series with this comparison chart.

About the Home Microscope

Quality. The quality of the Home Microscope is exceptional. These microscopes are built to our own unique specifications for safety, mechanical reliability, optical quality, and overall usability. Then each microscope is inspected and tuned by our experienced microscope technician at our US facility before the microscope is shipped to you. This process ensures you'll receive a high-quality, reliable instrument that is working perfectly.

Lighting. The Home Microscope has fluorescent lighting, which is a cooler, brighter illumination than the standard tungsten that most scopes at similar prices have. With fluorescent illumination you'll have more flexibility for viewing greater specimen variety.

Lifetime Warranty. Unlike some of the other educational microscopes you might see online, Home Science Tools guarantees that your Home Microscope will be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use for the life of the instrument – so if you have any problems, we are happy to repair or replace your microscope immediately.

Value. The Home Microscope was developed with students and homeschool families in mind. You get an easy and enjoyable to use, trouble-free microscope that will last a lifetime. It is possible to find cheaper microscopes, but we are confident that you won't find better value for your money.

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PRODUCT                        PRICE QTY
MI-4100STD Home Microscope
In Stock
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$249.95 $179.95
$249.95 $170.95
 






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 -  Monday, May 07, 2012
home microscope
Reviewed By: donna barnett 
bought this for my son and we love it. the access to the video series was very helpful. thank you

 -  Thursday, April 12, 2012
Quite Pleased
Reviewed By: Margo 
Very happy with this microscope. Read the reviews, and thus far, it has shown to be excellent and true to others comments. Thankful for the price, as it was lower than the Apologia microscope we were looking at, and it still allows us to do our studies the same.

 -  Saturday, March 31, 2012
great 4 kids
Reviewed By: megseys 
It is an awesome tool to have. It is durable and easy to figure out. The kids love it and it works great!!!!!!!!

 -  Thursday, March 22, 2012
good beginner
Reviewed By: heather marie 
i bought this for my homeschoolers. the free slides that came with it were fun. we were unable to see the paramecium, germinating pollen and cheek cells. these were the only ones that required 400x. the other slides we could see perfectly.

 -  Friday, February 10, 2012
Extremely pleased
Reviewed By: Tamary Shoemaker 
After reading all the reviews, I chose this microscope, hoping it would be as good as it sounded. It is. I am very impressed with it and feel it was well worth the cost. It's a huge step up from the cheaper microscopes we've had in the past, and I am confident it will carry us through my kids' high school years. I especially like being able to focus so accurately.

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