What Microscope to Buy in 2024

Looking to buy a microscope? This video will help you figure out which one is right for you.

I invented a bunch of cool microscope products. Check them out at https://microsafari.org

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| Recommended Microscope Purchase Links |

►Mobile Microscopes
Carson Microbrite Plus: https://amzn.to/3PTYFKZ
Generic Mobile Microscope: https://amzn.to/4asgwRg
(Or from Us): https://microsafari.org/products/mobi...

►Digital Microscopes
Pluggable USB Microscope: https://amzn.to/3TRV7tZ
Matata Studio M2B: https://amzn.to/3VTbAke
Andonstar AD203: https://amzn.to/3VL8n6a
(Or from Us): https://microsafari.org/products/port...
Andonstar AD246S-M: https://amzn.to/3vOGteX

►Compound Microscopes
Swift SW200DL: https://amzn.to/4aRCnlg
(Our equivalent): https://microsafari.org/ms-205T
(Ours comes with a super helpful setup video)
(This microscope is what is used in our Horizons Lite Kit and our Sperm Observation Kit)
Amscope B120C: https://amzn.to/3PVhnSg
Swift SW380T:https://amzn.to/3USQLV8
(Our Equivalent): https://microsafari.org/ms-305T
(We include our in-house filter kit and reflected light illuminator giving you darkfield, polarized light, rhineberg, and reflected light modes, which is why it is more expensive. This is also the microscope included in our Horizons Kit)
Amscope T720: https://amzn.to/3UhsgAy
Zeiss Axio Imager: I'm holding onto this for future videos as a stage prop but if you want it that bad feel free to email us and send an offer. Anything under $10k will not be considered.

►Stereo Microscopes
Amscope SM-1BSX-64S (the less expensive one): https://amzn.to/49pi2Cw
Amscope SM-4TZ-144A (the one with the nice sliding boom stand): https://amzn.to/43QdJik

►Microscope Cameras
The Smartphone Eyepiece Adapter that worked the best for us:
https://amzn.to/3QGlm5J
A couple of cameras that were our favorites from everything we tested:
https://amzn.to/4bfs0YU
https://microsafari.org/products/usb-...
https://microsafari.org/products/hd-d...

| Chapters |
00:00 Categories & Samples
02:19 Mobile Microscopes
07:32 Digital Microscopes
14:16 Compound Microscopes
22:11 Stereo Microscopes
25:32 Microscope Cameras
31:31 Final Awards

In case you are wondering, this video took me 110 hours to make between testing microscopes, recording footage from all of them, and editing. These videos take a lot longer to make than people realize.