Best affordable microscope

[Peace River]

I bought the amscope T490B-LED. Will be here next week.

Have you had time to work with your new microscope? Do you have any feedback, analysis, or information to share?

 

[Cory]

Just played with my Amscope M150C... here's some pics I just took through the eyepiece with my phone... just to give an idea of the quality. And yes, I'm not happy to see so many dinos in my tank, ugggh.

I would like to find a phone holder that attaches to this eyepiece though... you do have to have a steady hand to get pics and videos.

I just bought one. Did you ever find a good cell phone holder?

 

[DSEKULA]

have a AmScope M150C-E-A 40X-1000X
It's about $125 on Amazon, nothing super special but works for some basic Id, algae, pods etc.

 

[Idoc]

I just bought one. Did you ever find a good cell phone holder?

No, I haven't gotten a cellphone adapter yet. I just hold the phone very still and pulled away from the oculars slightly to get a nice picture. But, I get a lot of blurred ones as well, lol.

 

[Silverback]

Hi

I'm kinda torn between these two:

https://www.amscope.com/omax-40x-20...und-led-microscope-with-mechanical-stage.html
https://www.bresseruk.com/bresser-biolux-nv-20x-1280x-microscope.html

I don't know nearly enough to make an informed decision, but my sense is the Omax is the better product overall - I doubt I'll be using either to it's full capability on my tank, and principally, this is to ID dino's/diatoms etc.

Any guidance gratefully received!