After studying einschlägigeb forums and websites of clubs, I have decided for a stereo microscope, because the recommended age of all experts was for a "real microscope" with "over 16". Well, "from 16" is a bit exaggerated, but "not under 12" for a microscope with 600-fold magnification is certainly true. Since the small researchers still lack the imagination or understanding of what is there actually sees.
"Not under 14" at least for Dissecting and microtome, without which one can not make good use of a "real" microscope.
The Bresser was among the "professional" and made the cheapest in all assessments a good figure. I can not add anything:
+ It is easy to use.
+ Mechanically robust.
+ Also looks high quality and feels good.
+ Price / quality: perfect.
There is no additional accessories here - such as pipettes, chemicals, cutlery or the like. This has to be procured separately. Nevertheless - the processing and equipment of the device rechtfertgen the price completely. And it offers a Experimentierkasten or truly professional tool as a supplement. The Experimentierkasten example, there are Bresser or cosmos or ... for about 20, -
All in all not very cheap pleasure for a "children's gift". If you consider that such a high-performance value can then be used to Abi and well into the study, it is also OK again.
My 10-year-old daughter came very quickly handle it. Even my two daughters smaller (8 and 6) had their fun going to see the world even through the microscope.
May collect a friendly boy who even on a child College already had experience with microscopy (a "real"), was absolutely impressed by the great 3-dimensional impressions that are possible with a stereo microscope. They had just put a dead moth under the microscope. What he had seen under a microscope, was totally boring in comparison.
Normally, a stereomicroscope is a "normal" microscope supplement rather than replace. Magnifications of 80x is not enough to see the inside of a cell or the exact cellular structure to increase clearly.
For high-resolution details the enlargements are not enough. To see that it is a composite of small cells The magnification ranges in the observation of a Zwiebelhäutchens example only. For now, but that's enough.
For children as an entry and for the "pleasure of research" I think this instrument ideal.
All in all 5 stars.
