I bought a stereo binocular 3,5 - 90x. I mostly use just 7 - 45x anyway as I use the microscope for examining handwritten texts. As I couldn't afford to invest into a better brand I finally decided to risk and go for Amscope. I can compare the optical quality to Zeiss and Leica I used to work with at my workplace and it's almost comparable. Along with the scope I bought a halogen fiber optic illuminator. There are see some negatives - first unless the intensity is at its maximum, the light has bad yellowish shade (which is normal for halogen lights) but the problem is that Amscope doesn't sell a filter to fix this. It's then very hard to get one somewhere due to the particular dimensions of the slot (so Zeiss filters won't fit in). Another annoying thing is a very noisy fan the illuminator contains. Unfortunately I found out it can't be replaced as easily as you can do it with your PC. I believe a better fan would be worth a little extra money bouyers would be pleased to pay. This way it's annoying. So all in all the quality is very good and I can recommend the brand. And Amscope could broaden their offer selling also the filters (so far they sell just the useless coloured ones) and make their Chinese comrade suppliers to install BETTER FANS!!! ;-)
