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600x Total Magnification; 15/30/60x Objective Lens Magnification;Dual Slide Capability; Plastic Body; Battery Operated; Entry Level Microscope.

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056658

704AB11E

769188374555

37455


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2 AA batteries are required (not included)



2.7 pounds

14.4 x 11.9 x 5.2

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Average Customer Rating:

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Toys 'R' UsEdu Science Microscope 600X
 
1.7

(based on 56 reviews)

Ratings Distribution

  • 5 Stars

     

    (4)

  • 4 Stars

     

    (5)

  • 3 Stars

     

    (3)

  • 2 Stars

     

    (0)

  • 1 Stars

     

    (44)

20%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Educational (11)
  • Lots of fun (8)
  • Interactive (4)
  • Engaging (3)

Cons

  • Poor design (35)
  • Flimsy (25)
  • Boring (5)
  • Doesn't work (4)
  • Cheap (3)

Best Uses

  • Entertainment (7)
  • Young children (7)
  • Indoor (6)
  • Older children (6)
    • Reviewer Profile:
    • Parent of two or more children (27), Education oriented (15), Working parent (13), Stay at home parent (5), Grandparent (4)
    • Was this a gift?:
    • Yes (22), No (7)

Most Helpful Positive Review

 

Need to know how to use it.

Tips on how to use this product - first, to see more than just a "pinpoint" of light, fold over the plastic cup around the eyepiece. This allows the viewer ...Read complete review

Tips on how to use this product - first, to see more than just a "pinpoint" of light, fold over the plastic cup around the eyepiece. This allows the viewer to get his/her eye closer to the surface of the eyepiece.

Then, start on the lowest magnification (the shortest objective), and get the slide in focus. If the light coming through is not white (instead it's red or blue), that is because the filter wheel on the stage is not in the correct position. Rotate the filter wheel until the light coming through is white.

The prepared slides are probably relatively dirty - the best thing is to prepare a slide with a very thin section of vegetable or fruit, such as the skin of a tomato. If you can not see light through the specimen when just holding it up to the light, it will not be translucent enough for the scope. A very thin slice of potato works well also. Place the piece on a slide and cover it with the circular "statical covers."

After the specimen is in focus with the lowest magnification, switch to the next highest (medium length objective) and refocus. This scope does relatively well at high magnification. The thinner the specimen, the better the "sharpness" or resolution of the object.

For the price, this product is sufficient for beginners, as long as the child has help with it. It will take them a little time to get used to looking through the eyepiece with one eye, but if you start with something simple and easy to focus on, it helps. To get better resolution (sharper images), you would have to pay hundreds of dollars more.

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Most Helpful Critical Review

 

Punishment for parents who care

Unfortunately, like many of the Edu Science products I've encountered, this product amounts to little more than punishment for parents who actually care what their children play with and how they spend their time....Read complete review

Unfortunately, like many of the Edu Science products I've encountered, this product amounts to little more than punishment for parents who actually care what their children play with and how they spend their time. I was wary of this product and wisely tested it myself before giving my 5-year-old scientist a chance to be disappointed. Verdict: cheap, flimsy, impossible to fully focus, insufficient light power to view even some of the provided slides - a total bummer.

Save yourself the time, money and frustration and just go ahead and buy your kids some more darn video games. The only lesson they will learn from this product: "You don't always get what you pay for - sometimes you get less."

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5/4/2013
 
4.0

my dream come true

By Dex

from bangkok

Comments about Toys 'R' Us Edu Science Microscope 600X:

microscope with this price
that my dream come true
adult buy it

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2/18/2013

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

 
1.0

doesnt work

By momofsciencegirl

from jax

About Me Education Oriented, Stay At Home Parent

Pros

  • Not Worth Money

Cons

  • Poor Design

Best Uses

  • None Doesnt Work

Comments about Toys 'R' Us Edu Science Microscope 600X:

My daughter got this for xmas and it has never worked right. You see dots doesnt matter if there is a slide or not. We have tried many different things on slide and cant see anything that you would not see with out slide.

  • Was this a gift?:
  • Yes

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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12/31/2012
 
1.0

**Useless!!** Save your money

By MiffedinGA

from GA

About Me Education Oriented, Parent Of Two Or More Children

Pros

  • NONE

Cons

  • Flimsy
  • Plastic Scratchable Slide
  • Poor Design
  • Poor Quality Throughout

Best Uses

    Comments about Toys 'R' Us Edu Science Microscope 600X:

    This is a total waste of money!! Save yourself, your frustration and your kids lack of enthusiasm - buy something of value. A plastic everythign, slides included (which scratch at a hard look), a body that moves and 2 of 3 scopes that do NOT work (the only thing you can see is the spots on the lens - even when there isn't anything on the stage!). U-S-E-L-E-E-S-S. Total waste of money.

    • Was this a gift?:
    • Yes

    Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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    12/28/2012
     
    1.0

    Piece of JUNK

    By Concerned mom

    from Virginia

    Pros

      Cons

      • Poor Design
      • Terrible

      Best Uses

        Comments about Toys 'R' Us Edu Science Microscope 600X:

        This EduScience microscope is the biggest piece of junk. Toys "R" Us should be ASHAMED to carry it. Thank goodness we got a gift receipt with this- we'll be returning it ASAP. And any of the reviews that say it's good must be written by EduScience employees who are paid to lie. Awful awful awful product. I wish I could give it ZERO stars.

        • Was this a gift?:
        • Yes

        Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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        6/10/2012

        (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

         
        1.0

        Unusable except at 150X

        By Liam's Dad

        from Maryland

        About Me Education Oriented, Parent Of Two Or More Children

        Pros

        • Educational
        • Works okay at 150X

        Cons

        • Dirty Optics above 150X
        • Flimsy
        • Poor Design

        Best Uses

        • Indoor
        • Older Children

        Comments about Toys 'R' Us Edu Science Microscope 600X:

        Save yourself the trip to return this by not buying it. It works okay at 150X, though it is unusable at higher magnifications. It is too unstable and the optics too dirty to view well anything above 150x. The manufacturers should have made it 20X, 50X, and 100X, as your can see some really neat stuff at those magnifications and the instability of the product would not have mattered very much if at all.

        • Was this a gift?:
        • Yes

        Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

        (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

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        5/31/2012

        (2 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

         
        4.0

        good

        By Person

        from Temecula, CA

        Pros

        • Educational
        • Engaging
        • Interactive
        • Lots of Fun

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Entertainment
          • Indoor
          • Older Children

          Comments about Toys 'R' Us Edu Science Microscope 600X:

          If you think that this is bad then you don't know how to use a microscope. I saw perfectly fine with it because I actually know how to use a microscope. Just follow the directions that It comes it. A small kid isn't going to know how to use a microscope.

          • Was this a gift?:
          • No

          Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

          (2 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

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          5/29/2012

          (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

           
          1.0

          Very Poor Quality

          By NanaK

          from Columbia, SC

          About Me Education Oriented, Grandparent

          Pros

          • NONE

          Cons

          • Flimsy
          • Poor Design
          • Poor value
          • Unusable

          Best Uses

          • None

          Comments about Toys 'R' Us Edu Science Microscope 600X:

          Purchased this for my 8 year old grandson's birthday. Absolutely worthless. It does NOT focus. It does not magnify. The optics are so dirty and flawed you have no idea what you are really looking at through the eyepiece. You would have much better luck looking at an item through a regular magnifying glass.
          This item is made of plastic...even if it worked at a minimal level it wouldn't stand up for long. I am taking it back today and ordering a new microscope from another source.

          • Was this a gift?:
          • Yes

          Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

          (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

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          1/28/2012

          (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

           
          1.0

          DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY

          By Disappointed mum

          from UK

          About Me Working Parent

          Pros

          • Nice case

          Cons

          • Boring
          • Doesn't work
          • Flimsy
          • Poor Design
          • Poor value
          • Unreliable

          Best Uses

          • Can't think of any

          Comments about Toys 'R' Us Edu Science Microscope 600X:

          I bought it as a Christmas present for my 8 year old son. It looked great in the case, but didn't work from the moment we took it out. It's absolutely rubbish and a complete waste of money. Unfortunately I also bought the telescope - which is also rubbish. I certainly won't be buying anything by this manufacturer ever again.

          • Was this a gift?:
          • Yes

          Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

          (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

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          1/8/2012

          (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

           
          1.0

          Utter junk

          By NOMREDUSCIENCE

          from Canada

          Pros

            Cons

            • Flimsy
            • Poor Design

            Best Uses

              Comments about Toys 'R' Us Edu Science Microscope 600X:

              The words "utter junk" don't do this item justice. Akin to a dollar store purchase. Shocking ripoff. AND no instructions.

              • Was this a gift?:
              • Yes

              Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

              (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

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              12/29/2011

              (1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

               
              1.0

              Absolute TRASH!!!

              By Jim

              from Arkansas

              Pros

                Cons

                • Cheap
                • Poor Design
                • Trash

                Best Uses

                  Comments about Toys 'R' Us Edu Science Microscope 600X:

                  optics are dirty and misaligned, did not work at all. Total garbage.

                  My 7 yr old son's EXACT words " I don't understand, why would Santa bring me something that doesn't work?"

                  Thanks Edu-Science for ruining my kids Christmas.

                  • Was this a gift?:
                  • Yes

                  Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

                  (1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

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