My family has been blown away by this trinocular microscope. Setup and use is very easy. The unit itself is quite sturdy and stays in place while replacing the various slides. I love that we can also display the images onto a larger screen making functionality even better. The brightness of the lighting is also great. Having the ability to magnify up to 5000 times is also amazing and much better than standard microscopes. I can see so many uses for this product for many backgrounds, from schools to medical clinics.

The Kentfaith Trinocular Compound Microscope has some very nice features and nice quality parts mixed with some low quality parts, which is why I gave it a midrange rating of 3 stars. The optical system is great. The magnification is as advertised and the microscope as a whole is good quality metal and solid parts. Unfortunately, the knobs that control the position of the slide plate are low quality. You twist the knobs to make the slide plate go up, down, forward, backward, left and right. The knobs feel loose and just feel cheapy. When raising or lowering the plate, when you let go of the knob, it slips a little bit and does not stay where you originally wanted it. This kit comes with slides that are already prepared, empty slides with everything needed to prepare slides yourself, multiple lenses, and it all stores safely and securely in a sturdy canvas zippered case with foam cut-outs for each piece to store and travel safely.

When I ordered this I did not expect the quality item I received. This is a great microscope, it comes with a ton of accessories and the magnification is really great. It's so cool to find different things to look at and the level of detail is wonderful. I love the under lighting feature and did I say the magnification was great?? This would not be something you would find in a forensic lab as it's more a high-end home type item but that's exactly what I got it for. I did not get this to use in a lab type setting but more for hours of fun around my home. This does not disappoint. If you had kids around (maybe older than 5 or 6) I can see they'd have a great time looking at all kinds of things around the house and yard from ants to leaves!

I know it sounds typical of some reviews but I really cannot say enough good about this microscope. It's really nice and much better than I expected!

Super high quality microscope with a huge amount of accessories all in a compact carrying case. This is professional quality. Can be used with or without digital viewer. Everything needed is included.

I really like this microscope. I was able to see more detail on my slides then with the first microscope I purchased. I should have gotten this one first. It was cheaper and the quality was much better.

This is a nice beginner microscope. This also comes in a nice storage case. The magnification is pretty decent which makes this a very nice starter - less like a toy - microscope. The included magnification lenses are an added bonus as well as the sample plates. This was a good find.

This microscope is fun because you can see so many cool parts of the organisms you're looking at. It is easy to adjust all the mechanisms on it. The included slides are neat specimens that kept my kids interested going through one by one on their own.

We used a USB battery pack for the light so we wouldn't have to be right next to an outlet, and that worked great. The carrying case and foam it comes in will protect it well (and it actually did protect it from damage to the box during shipping).

This is a good quality microscope that's capable of real, practical use. This is a substantial device. There's metal in all the right places, like the objective lenses, nose, and especially the arm and base. There's an assortment of eyepieces, too. But, it does seem odd that there's only 2 of each eyepiece, so using the trinocular feature requires trading out an eyepiece, and giving up the binocular view. In use, I like the traditional geared fine/coarse focus knobs - they move smoothly and with enough weight to keep from jerking. Also, I like that the stage has fine controls, too, which makes it a lot easier to narrow in on the subject. And, I like the built-in light sources as well. This can be powered by 4 AA batteries or by plugging into AC power. The adapter is included, too. And lastly, I like that this kit is complete. It has everything needed to get up and running right out of the box. There are a bunch of minor accessories that includes some prepared slides, so you can try it out right away.

excellent quality and super fun to use !

Prior to this microscope, we owned a swift SW150 student microscope valued at about $130, so we had some experience with better than junk toy microscope use. Swift appears to be a company what is focused on microscopes whereas this particular microscope appears to be from a company that is rebadging an existing product.

That said, this is a full package, perfect as a basic student with microscopes. I do think that a lot of the cost of this set is in the extras. You get a the form cut case, a power cord, two sets of viewfinder lenses, a set of what look like some kind of Barlow lenses, a 2 megapixel USB camera, a cell phone mount, a set of 10 premade specimen slides, and an instruction booklet. You also get a bag with blank slides, tweezers, swabs, a small test tube and small specimen dish, a cleaning cloth, gauze and a small knife.

The microscope itself is fairly basic though it does boast four objective lenses, a fully articulated specimen stage, under and over specimen lights, course and fine focus knobs, a binocular viewfinder and a monocular viewfinder. There is a lot of plastic on this thing. The body of the microscope is metal, but the specimen tray, microscope head, and binocular viewfinder are all made of cheap ABS plastic. So too with the lenses which may be glass but have housings made of plastic. Oddly, the barlow lenses are metal.

In use, the microscope works well enough. The adjustable specimen stage definitely puts this microscope above other budget options because you only have to move the stage instead of the slide to see what you’re looking at. One thing to note is that the stage doesn’t move down very far, this makes it kind of useless for looking at larger items such as phonograph styluses. My Swift microscope does not have this issue.

The image quality of this microscope is acceptable and the twin lights allow for using the microscope with slide of for flat objects. We used it to look at pen on textured paper. Image quality-wise, It’s a very serviceable microscope for beginner use.

One thing to note is that the USB camera has a CD installation disk. This is kind of a problem since CD-R om drives stopped being a thing on computers about a decade ago. Apparently there are drivers you can find online, but in the box there is no link or QR code to take you to where to find them. It’s also windows only. This is definitely something to be aware of if this is a feature you’re looking for.

Bottom line: Very usable microscope with some nice quality of life things. I don’t like all the plastic, especially at just under $300 (at time of review). You can get all metal microscopes for a little bit more. They won’t have all the extras, but I’m not sure all the extras are all that much value added anyway. Still, I really like that it has its own pack away case and the 2 MP camera is a useful thing to have if using with kids.