[amphibian]

Hi all
have been looking at microscopes on eBay have found one that seems very cheap an education set with up to 900X does anybody else have one of these if so does it work as well? link - Educational microscope. 100x, 400x and 900x. New | eBay UK

If this is no good can some one recommend one.

cheers Richie

[trickydicky]

Thats the same as markf1fan uses mate.
as long as its got 100x to 400x i am lead to believe it will cover ALL of the little critters that do our koi harm

[markf1fan]

plenty good enough near the same as mine. infact it costs more then mine and mine did the job finding white spot easy. your only ever use 100x and 400x

[amphibian]

cheers guys will order it tonight

[Daran]

It will do the job but if you can find one with a built in light and a mechanical stage it would be soooooooooooooo much easier

[markf1fan]

Originally Posted by Daran

It will do the job but if you can find one with a built in light and a mechanical stage it would be soooooooooooooo much easier

100% agree thats what i want mext time i buy one.

[Big_al]

Originally Posted by Daran

It will do the job but if you can find one with a built in light and a mechanical stage it would be soooooooooooooo much easier

Daran, I understand the advantage of an in built light, but what is a mechanical stage ?

AL,

[markf1fan]

Originally Posted by Big_al

Daran, I understand the advantage of an in built light, but what is a mechanical stage ?

AL,

if im right its where you can move the table the slide sits on. with the cheaper ones you have to move the slide.

[Daran]

The mechanical stage is where you can move the sample slide buy means of a couple of knobs up and down and side to side instead of sliding it about by hand .You can cover the slide more accurately this way than by hand

[pondy]

im told the ones that Lidl sell are very good and cheap and can be connected to the computer for better viewing of your nasties