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About this Article:<\/strong> I researched 9 microscopes before buying this one.  If you want to see all the microscopes I researched, see my article on the 9 best compound microscopes<\/a>. This information was for my personal circumstances only and is not professional advice to you. Read more on the website\u2019s disclaimer page. All images on this page are my own. As an Amazon associate I earn from qualifying purchases.<\/div>\n

The Levenhuk Rainbow 50L PLUS<\/a> is a microscope designed and marketed for children and teenagers but provides sufficient quality magnification for viewing bacteria and other opaque specimen.<\/p>\n

I bought this microscope because it was in my opinion the best for kids. Here’s a photo of my one straight out of the box:<\/p>\n

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The \u201crainbow\u201d in the title refers to the range of different colors you can choose \u2013 so you can get a microscope in your child\u2019s favorite color! <\/strong>I chose lime green.<\/p>\n

The specifications of this microscope are good for a beginner scope and provide room for intellectual growth through intermediate and advanced level experiments. It has 64x\u20131280x magnification (400x is all you need for high school biology!) and both above and under-stage lighting for viewing a range of visible and opaque specimen. This magnification is good enough right through high school biology.<\/p>\n

The monocular head with Barlow lens further improves user experience for children.<\/strong> A Barlow lens will generally make it easier to look through an eyepiece because you can look through the lens from a bit more distance. This also makes it good for people with glasses.<\/p>\n

The two downsides of this model are that there isn\u2019t a mechanical stage (to be fair, no microscope at this price point has a mechanical stage that I know of) and there isn\u2019t a fine focus adjustment knob.<\/p>\n

You can get by with coarse focus, but some comparable models at this price point do come with fine focus knobs. I would guess that they went without the fine focus knob to avoid overcomplicating the setup for children.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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My Overall Verdict:<\/strong> This is a good microscope for children and teenagers. I like it because:<\/p>\n