The microbox looks good to me everything you need in not too big quantities
plus it must fit in the box :)
very neat
My microscopy chemicals are two storage boxes with sealed lids
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The microbox looks good to me everything you need in not too big quantities
plus it must fit in the box :)
very neat
My microscopy chemicals are two storage boxes with sealed lids
I wish my collection was as compact, add in dissection kit etc, and it all mounts up.
I think it looks worse than it is because as an alternate downside, it's not very high either. Out of the two, this is the one that think I'll outgrow and look to replace quickest. The compound is perfectly fine and ultimately I find that you just use it less, most of the time is in the actual slide preparation in many respects whereas you tend to be doing stuff(tm) with a dissecting microscope and I was definitely spoiled by the one I used on the NDB course in comparison but it costs 5x+ as much to buy.
Neil
Not sure of the size of your budget but like you after a course at HA I was spoiled by the zoom stereos.
This one, although via Fleabay, is very good. It is a Gx optical model and a trinocular.
It is quite a bit larger than than the one you illustrated.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XTL3T101-T...item1c350b6146
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLYMPUS-SZ...item1e7da4a055
always a few S/H on Ebay
Trinocular scopes seem to cost a fair bit more than binocular.
This is a good site to keep your eye on. Scopes come around fairly regularly.
Make sure you click on relevant sub menus, eg. Both pre-owned, ex lab., as well as bargains, ex demo., not forgetting there may be several pages in each category. As they are supplied by a microscope company there is a bit more assurance than Fleabay.
http://www.usedmicroscopes.co.uk/index.html
While there are undoubtedly some deals to be had I think Ruary raised good points, especially about buying from eBay as a beginner, which I certainly class myself as at the moment.
As an aside, apart from Brunel are there any other companies people use or recommend for buying additional kit for making up slides? Brunel's site is a bit of a nightmare to navigate and there are a few things I want that they don't seem to carry.