SW350T

I've used plenty of microscopes in the past, wanted to try a trinocular for the first time. The SW350 doesn't match up to super high end microscopes I've used in labs, but I didn't expect it to since those can run thousands of dollars. For hobbyists and at the high school and even college level, this is a great microscope, esp at this price point. Sharp focusing through each magnification level, controls are really smooth, and the LED bulb is very bright without getting hot. Base is stable and quite weighty -- I'm glad they included an arm handle to make it easier to carry! Especially love the trinocular port. Since the microscope came with two sets of eyepieces, I could try it out right away. Attached a couple pictures I took on my phone that show a slide with the 10x lens in the third port and the 25x lenses in the binoculars. Clarity was fantastic and I can see that the third port would be really useful for teaching little kids or students about microscopy because you could make adjustments for them as everyone's looking at the same thing.

This microscope is a great addition to my aquarium business and snail research! The picture and video show a rotifer eating some phytoplankton. It's definitely not a high end microscope, but much better than the cheap monocular ones. In my opinion it's a great option if you want a pretty decent home microscope. I haven't tried the camera adapter portion yet. I got the picture and video by placing my phone on a tripod and aligning it just right to see inside the microscope. The video is a time lapse.

Designed primarily for backlit microscope slide samples. Accepts relatively inexpensive microscope cameras. The 5MP camera gives a resolution of ~50nm/pixel at 1000x. There are no zoom lenses so you use 8 different magnifications by changing the eyepiece and rotating the objectives. You can front-light a sample with a microscope light but small samples may fall through the stage.

I needed a scope to look at slides of midge flies and worms and didn't want to spend a lot of money (some microscopes can cost thousands) and this scope works just fine for that purpose. Its easy to use right out of the box and takes up less space than the scope I was using previously. Overall a good value.

A couple of years ago I purchased an Amscope B120C compound microscope for just under $200 and found it excellent value for money. Among other things I used it for monitoring plankton samples typically at 40-100x magnification. I tried several methods for taking photos, including through the eye piece and with an Amscope D-SLR adapter, but in the end I got the best results by removing the binocular headpiece and mounting my camcorder via a telescope eye-piece and a custom-built tube (old vacuum cleaner pipe). At this point I wished I had purchased a trinocular microscope so I could scan the sample through the eyepieces and take pictures/movies of species of interest. I wrote to Amscope to see if they sold the trinocular headpiece separately and they said no (but to be fair their complete trinocular microscope was much cheaper than just a trinocular headpiece of other brands). Then I came across the Swift 350T trinocular microscope at just over $200. From the pictures it seemed very similar to the Amscope 120 in design, apart from the handle built into the stand - so I decided to order it. On delivery I could see clear similarities in the build, suggesting some parts were manufactured in the same factory (Swift on the left in photo). There were minor differences in the stage and the condenser adjustment was a helical mount rather than rack and pinion. The headpieces were interchangeable between the AmScope and Swift. The quality of the images was identical as far as I could tell. The camera port on the trinocular headpiece came with several threaded tubes and I was able to attach my Eagle Optics eyepiece (unfortunately no longer available) via couple of step-down camera filter rings. This telescope eyepiece has a large diameter and long eye-relief distance which makes it easier to attach a camera or camcorder. By good fortune the telescope eyepiece and regular eyepieces ended up being parfocal, making it easy to take a picture when something of interest is found by eye. The trinocular head permanently splits the beam roughly 50:50 between camera port and eyepieces (i.e. each eyepiece gets around 25% of the light). The LED is bright enough to give good dark-field images when a back stop is inserted into the filter holder (example phytoplankton shown in photo) and more than adequate for normal bright-field illumination. All in all, the Swift 350 is an excellent microscope for the money and ideal for the serious student and hobbyist.

We bought this microscope a few years back for our kids to explore science at home, and overall, it’s been a great tool. The build is solid, the images are clear, and the camera makes it fun for the whole family to check things out on the screen. Our kids have really enjoyed using it. That said, we were pretty disappointed to find that the 100X lens doesn’t work at all. It took us a while to notice because we mostly used the lower magnifications at first. By the time we realized it wasn’t functioning, the return window had closed—and I couldn’t find any way to contact the seller to get it fixed or replaced. It’s frustrating because this was supposed to be a long-term educational tool for our kids, and we can’t take full advantage of its potential. Everything else works great, but not having that 100X lens really limits what we can do. If you're considering this microscope, I’d still say it’s a good buy—just make sure you test every lens right when it arrives so you don’t end up in the same situation.

Excellent scope! I paired mine with the Swift 5MP camera. This unit is very well made, tolerances are tight and no backlash exists in any of the mechanisms. Its heavy, and has a very professional feel. Packing was excellent, plenty of foam padding and was very well wrapped to prevent dust from entering optics. Great scope right out of the box, no tweaking or cleaning required. The LED lighting is amazing.

Have wanted a decent microscope for a while, mostly to take photos. Haven't used a microscope in, 35-40 years, since high school. And it is easy to use, and does exactly what I want! Very pleased

Un producto de muy muy buena calidad, nos ha superado las expectativas. Recomiendo comprarlo en todos los aspectos

J'avais un petit biolux acheté à LIDL 50euros il y a au moins 15 ans. Avec celui-ci, c'est le jour et la nuit... Le champs d'observation est large, lumineux. L'intensité lumineuse est réglable et puissante Le condenseur n'est pas escamotable mais peut se déplacer verticalement sur environ 2cm (suffisant pour un bon contraste). Il y a un porte filtre (un filtre bleu fait partie du colis). L'iris du diaphragme n'est pas bien centrée. La tête trinoculaire peut pivoter à 360°. Les vis macro et micrométriques sont souples et précises. La tourelle révolver est agréable et sa rotation est précise. Un des deux axes de la sur-platine est dure, l'autre est souple et progressif. J'ai fait une observation jusqu'à x1000, sans huile à immersion et l'image est plus qu'acceptable. Franchement, pour le prix, 309 euros, c'est une très bonne affaire (il peut cependant se trouver à 269 sur le site du fabriquant). Seul problème réel, mais qui trouvera peut-être sa solution : il y a un petit rond dans l'objectif x100 (peut-être un reste d'huile à immersion lors des tests chez le fabriquant...). Je regarderai cela plus tard espérant que ce ne soit pas un défaut dans le verre de la lentille.

Ottime lenti, capacità di messa a fuoco micro e macrometrica, spostamento del vetrino fluido e preciso, condensatore Abby, filtro luce blu e diaframma. Led potente in trasmissione da 3W. Fantastico

Wir sind begeistert. Es ist gut verarbeitet und bietet tolle Bilder. Die Handhabung ist nicht zu kompliziert.

Very unique for right children and very bright children. :-)