Product Description

The Galileo G-1200M Microscope is the right instrument to help you discover and enjoy the living world around you. It comes with everything you would need to get started experiencing the biological world that surrounds us everyday of our lives. Eyedropper, tweezers, spatula, test tubes, petri dish, and condenser lens are just some of the tools you will be provided with. The Galileo microscope is equipped with a zoom eyepiece that goes all the way up to 1200x power to give you an up close look at organisms. Plus the Galileo microscope comes with a projector hood which enables you to project the image produced by your microscope onto a wall, or any viewing screen. This makes the Galileo microscope ideal for group study. Safe and simple to use for ages 8 and up, the Galileo microscope will easily bring the microscopic world come to life.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #891 in Camera & Photo
• Color: Black
• Brand: Galileo
• Model: G-1200M
• Dimensions: 4.75" h x 8.50" w x 11.75" l, 4.50 pounds

Features

• Everything you would need to get started experiencing the biological world
• Project the image produced by your microscope onto a wall
• Zoom eyepiece that goes all the way up to 1200x power
• Suitable for ages 8 and up
• 1-year warranty

Customer Reviews

Too bad. Never buy this
I bought this microscope with so much enthusiasm, hoping to see common things like hair, leaf, flower, blood drop, etc through it. But this microscope is a huge disappointment.

It has three magnification levels which you select by rotating the eye piece. All three of them are horrible in quality. Even in the lowest magnification setting its too hard to bring the object to focus. Even after an hour of patience and trial and errors, I could still not focus it on anything. The medium and higher magnification levels are not even to be tried as they are horribly poor.

The built in light and project system is a joke. Its of absolutely no use as it does not work even a tiny bit.

Do yourself a favor and never buy this piece

just okay
This microscope is just one step above a toy microscope, in my opinion. Granted, my husband and I are used to lab quality microscopes (and we knew for the price it wouldn't be lab quality!) However, we were disappointed. We purchased it for our daughter and it didn't quite live up to our expections. It isn't a sturdy/solid microscope, and you can't see very clearly or in great detail. I would say just "okay" for a young, budding scientist.

Not even for the price
If you want to turn your kids off of science at a young age this is perfect for you. Focusing actually moves the entire unit and it is frustrating trying to get any semblance of focus. When you do get it focused, you can only ask yourself "Is this it?". It's like looking through several layers of saran wrap at something even when focused. I had no luck using the projector to see if it improved any. The whole product just feels cheap and flimsy, even for the price.