SWIFT SW150 Compound Monocular Student Microscope with 40X-1000X Magnification, Glass Optics, Extra 25X Widefield Eyepiece, Coarse and Fine Focusing, Dual Illumination, and Cordless Capability

I love this microscope!!! I love the compact size and portability! I am a scientist who fell in love with the subject as a kid because of my access to science equipment (I was homeschooled, and my dad was a science teacher), so I purchased this microscope with the intention of introducing my nieces and nephews to science at a young age. This model is small, but not too small to handle as an adult. The material feels durable and easy to handle - I doubt even young kids can break it easily. I like that it is battery powered - now we can take our lab anywhere!My favorite part of the microscope is its high quality imagery. I literally gasped when I finally brought my specimen (a strand of hair) into focus on my first try. I was able to see miniscule features of my one strand of hair in such high definition that I could not look away. I am excited about what experiments I can conduct on my own, and the ones I will be able to design for and with the young people in my family!I have had experience with microscopes, and the instructions were still a little bit confusing. I would recommend the company put out a microscope tutorial, or the buyer look one up on youtube. Otherwise, I believe the machine can be learned pretty quickly.I am grateful that a high quality instrument that is portable and easy to use for adults and children is on the market and accessible. I look forward to using this for many years.

The media could not be loaded.  I got this as a present for a kid based on recommendations from microscopy youtubers (really, there's such a thing and they're fascinating). The body is entirely metal, stage is solid, fine adjustment is easy to use. The image quality is wonderful for this price. I attached a video of a paramecium (?) wandering around some water from moss in the backyard, but the actual image looks even better. There's no chromatic aberration (the blue/red tinge you get at the edges of objects with lower quality optics), and very little blurring at the edges of the field of view. I had a couple issues with the adjustment knobs sticking, but customer service helped me fix it quickly (rack it all the way up and push down to engage the gears) and haven't had any trouble since. Also the 25x eyepiece originally didn't fit but they rushed out a replacement and asked for the serial number so they could make sure it doesn't happen again, so 5* for customer service as well. Can't say enough good about this.

No instructions so at first I thought it was broken, but once I figured it out I was very pleased. Well worth the price.

This was so easy to use. Keep in mind the power switch is a double throw with center off. Left is bottom light and right is top light. The intensity control works for whichever light is selected. Focus is very easy and clear. You probably will not need to use your glass as I was able to remove my reading glasses and focus perfectly with this scope table lift control.Only the two lower magnifiers were usable. The highest magnifier on the turret was not usable so far and I doubt it will ever be because it is just to strong. This is not a problem with the scope because that is the case with any scope I am, sure. Magnifying to 1000 or even beyond 600 is not usually usable. I am not an expert, but I have heard this from experts. Therefore, any scope you buy with magnification of 1000 or higher is more of a gimmick. I am still giving it 5 stars because the two lower magnifiers are commonly usable settings and work great. I will keep trying the 3rd magnifier and see if anything can come of it, but the second magnifier is so powerful that depth-of-field is very shallow. Therefore, it makes sense the 3rd strongest magnifier will be near impossible to use if not completely so. But again, this will be the case with any scope you buy.It runs on batteries, but plugging in the power supply switches from battery to wall power. There is a mechanical switch that triggers when the power supply is plugged in.A nice effect is that if you focus with the 10x ocular and then switch to the 25x, it pretty well remains in focus. The fine adjust work great. Under the table is a rotating wheel that switch between seven different diameter condenser holes, but it had little effect for me. I would have preferred to rotate between colored filter lenses. I may find some colored plastics and modify this unit to rotate a few colors.All in all, this scope works great. It is not too large and doesn't need to be assembled. Therefore, it can be easily returned to its box for storage. However, it does come with a little cover.It will also accept standard scope cameras in place of the eye piece.

I bought this for my future mad-scientist grand daughter's 10th birthday. She loved it! We've had a lot of fun exploring the micro world together. I think the monocular design is a little easier for her to use than my binocular microscope. The Swift SW150 has a very clear image and the top light and low power objectives are great for studying larger objects. I have no idea what Swift customer service is like because so far, we haven't had any reason to contact them.

This thing is pretty cool though the highest magnification is impossible to focus. This means you dont get to take advantage of all the product claims to offer. But it's fun when you just want to blow something up a little bit.

Great features and quality at a very good price. Bought to explore nature with grandson. Lighting works so well for bugs, feathers, leaves and flowers of all kinds. Focus knobs work well and are simple to use. Springs on slide holders make positioning easy. Swivel eyepiece makes sharing fun. Light weight, well designed handle and battery power make moving it anywhere in house a pleasure. One of our favorite learning tools. Very good quality.

Great microscope but I'm not sure if it was just mine but one of the eyepieces has a permanent smudge

It's the best of the made in China scopes. Nearly all part are made out of Metal. Glass is of good quality. Also bought another one that looked very similar but returned that as it had a lot of plastic on.It's a shame it doesn't come in a nice box, just a plain brown box, or have a nice case for it.

As I am studying human biology I thought this microscope would be a good starting point. It can be used with the mains plug supplied or with the enclosed batteries. Great fun looking at different specimens. It comes with a cover and instructions. Easy to transport if wanting to use in the field and the fact it’s battery operated is a bonus for this. Happy with my purchase. Was packaged well.