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The price is also very reasonable - I paid around $40 for the EyeClops and I paid close to $70 for the inferior Uncle Milton product. I have already recommended that every grade level in our school should have one of these ready to use. I'm not sure if it is because more lights used with the EyeClops or not. Images with the EyeClops were, without a doubt, ,so much clearer than they were with the otehr microscope. We would use it look closely at various sample of items we studied in Science (like rocks, minerals, fingerprints, plants, etc).I recently bought an EyeClops and I was blown away. I used to use an Uncle Milton Digital TV Microscope in my classes at school. It works SOOOOOO much better than the digital TV microscope. We have looked at so many other things now in class with our EyeClops - skin, hair, and - our favorite - cuts on hands and arms - the kids love seeing these blown up 200 times larger than they are.
My son used his birthday money to buy this toy and it did not work as advertised on TV. It didn't happen.
It offered hours of frustration, not hours of education. Couldn't do it either.
His father and I had a hard time getting this to work as shown on TV as well. I would not recommend this toy for children.
This toy is nothing but crap. He tried desperately to get the images to show on the TV screen just like the ones from the commercials.
The only view that came in as scene on TV was when my husband pressed the eye clops against his chin to look at his whiskers.
Their ages range from 2 1/2 to 18. We looked at fabric, bugs, dust, onion skins, food, our skin, the cats' hair and so much more.
I highly recommend the EyeClops for hours of educational fun. Even the most flighty of the kids was glued to the images on the screen and we all talked and interacted and learned.
The kids were mesmerized and each took a turn looking at something they chose to view. Several hours passed quickly and the kids didn't want to stop for dinner.
I bought this for when my grand children and nieces and nephews visit. They ALL loved the EyeClops.
I had my computer next to the tv and we looked up about skin cells, dust, bugs and all.
You will find yourself grabbing it out of your kid's hands to play with it yourself. That being said, I would recommend the toy to any inquisitive child.Adults can use it to look at jewelry, coins and other small things. This is a great toy for kids that want a microscope (which are not fun to use). It is hard to focus and the 200x setting is worthless.
We think of things often that we want to see through the eyeclops. Fun for all ages. We first played with one of these at a family member's home and had to have one ourselves. It is easy to set up and use.
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