Questions before checkout

Yes. The image shows on the 2 inch screen instead of a small eyepiece, the clear base keeps the microscope steady on the object, and one side wheel sets the focus. Most children manage it with only a little help at the start, and a parent can watch the same screen alongside them.

The lens reaches up to 1000x magnification at 2 megapixels. That is enough to bring insect wings, leaf veins, paper fibers, a coin surface or a strand of hair into clear view on the screen.

No. It stores up to 200 photos on its own 32MB memory and shows everything on the built in 2 inch screen. When you want to keep the pictures, plug it into a Windows or Mac computer with the USB cable and copy them across.

The 600mAh battery runs about two hours per charge and refills over the included USB cable in roughly two hours. It works cordless once charged, so there is no wire trailing during a backyard hunt or a session at the table.

Almost anything small and flat enough to rest under the base. Popular subjects are leaves, flowers, insect wings, coins, banknotes, salt or sugar grains, hair and paper fibers. Press the clear base onto the object, turn the focus wheel until it sharpens, then save the photo.

It comes in four soft grip colors, white, orange, pink and purple. Each one includes the same 2 inch screen, eight LED ring light, focus wheel, clear base, USB cable and yellow neck strap.

Yes. Because the view appears on the screen rather than through an eyepiece, a couple of children can look together, and a parent or classmate can see the same image at the same time. That makes it easy to share a find without taking turns at a lens.

Each order includes the microscope, a USB charging cable, a yellow neck strap and a user manual. It arrives ready to use, so you can charge it, hang it around the neck and start looking at a leaf or a coin straight away.