--- product_id: 48795402 title: "The Apex Examiner Microscope, Black & Grey, LED Light Source, Glass Material, 20x Magnification, MICROSCOPES, Stereo Microscope" brand: "apex microscopes" price: "A$61" currency: AUD in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/48795402-the-apex-examiner-microscope-black-and-grey-led-light-source store_origin: AU region: Australia --- # LED illumination Battery powered 51x magnification The Apex Examiner Microscope, Black & Grey, LED Light Source, Glass Material, 20x Magnification, MICROSCOPES, Stereo Microscope **Brand:** apex microscopes **Price:** A$61 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 🔍 Discover the unseen with The Apex Examiner! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Apex Examiner Microscope, Black & Grey, LED Light Source, Glass Material, 20x Magnification, MICROSCOPES, Stereo Microscope by apex microscopes - **How much does it cost?** A$61 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.au](https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/48795402-the-apex-examiner-microscope-black-and-grey-led-light-source) ## Best For - apex microscopes enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted apex microscopes brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Ergonomic Design:** Angled eyetubes for comfortable, extended use. - • **Versatile Viewing:** Achromatic lenses provide a 3D view of specimens. - • **Elevate Your Exploration:** Experience 51x magnification for unparalleled detail. - • **Brighten Your Discoveries:** Equipped with LED lighting for optimal visibility. - • **Young Scientist's Gateway:** Perfect for introducing microscopy to budding scientists. ## Overview The Apex Examiner Microscope is a state-of-the-art stereomicroscope designed for both educational and professional use. With a powerful 51x magnification, LED illumination, and ergonomic features, it offers an exceptional viewing experience for young scientists and seasoned professionals alike. ## Description The Review Is A Useful Stereo On Terrain.Le Examine Comes With WideAngle Eyepieces X10 And X2 Objective To Provide A Total Of Grossissment X20.Le Examine Needs Two Aa Batteries That Are Inserted Into The Base To The Fairefonctionner Led Light. Review: Great low-powered microscope for the price. - I bought this microscope for use as a dissecting microscope to prepare samples for my much higher-powered Bresser Biolux. If you are considering buying this microscope, you should understand that it is a low-powered stereocopic scope, suitable for viewing the fine details of insects, stamps, coins, printed matter, jewelry, found debris etc. It'd be great for looking at live fly larvae in a drop of pond water. It is not suitable for truly microscopic life - blood cells, sperm, bacteria, diatoms etc. The distance between the eyepieces is easily adjusted to your eyes. Sometimes, it's worth using a piece of coloured card as a backdrop on the stage - the contrast between your sample and the bright white can be too strong. Other reviewers have said that it is not suitable for slides. This is not strictly correct - it has slide clips, and can be used with prepared slides of larger subjects, such as insect parts, plant stem cross-sections etc. And while a higher-powered microscope is far better for use at the cellular level, you *can* see onion cells and nuclei if properly stained, using iodine for example. There is no fine adjustment of slide position - you just have to move them carefully by hand. Even if you aren't using permanently mounted slides, a few blank slides are a very useful accessory for this scope, as you can use them to support your sample (sugar, nits, dirt...) and move it around under the scope without mucking up the stage. I have a small eyepiece camera and have uploaded a few sample images of what you can expect to see using this microscope. The image quality is limited by the low resolution of my camera (not part of this microscope set-up), and the view using the supplied eyepieces is far better. The camera's field of view (5mm x 3.5mm) is also smaller than the 8mm diameter circle that you can see using the supplied 10x eyepieces. The leaflet that comes with the scope offers a USB eyepiece camera for £55, but I would recommend shopping around, and a pair of 25x eyepieces for £18, but I have not tried these either. For £39, it is unreasonable to expect this scope to compete on quality with laboratory instruments costing £100s, but it provides good clear views of the type of subject material that it is intended for. However, I have a few minor quibbles, hence the 4-stars, not 5. Firstly, the LED is truly pathetic, and insufficient for most purposes - I know it is battery-operated, but I have far brighter battery-powered LEDs in other apparatus. Thus, you need fairly bright daylight or a desk lamp to use this scope. A second LED under the stage would have been useful for translucent subjects - the stage lets some light through, and I have sometimes found that it is useful to stand it on top of a suitable light source. Secondly, independent focusing of the eyepieces, as found in nearly all binoculars, would make this scope far more useable for anyone who has eyes with slightly differing vision, and would also allow me to look down one turret while using a camera in the other. As it is, the camera focuses at a very different point to the eyepiece, so I can't do that. Thirdly, I find it hard to focus accurately and reproducibly using the friction focusing mechanism. While scrolling back and forth, both the plane of focus and the field of view sometimes shift appreciably. They are steady once you let go, but if you roll through the point of focus, and then try to roll back, it's often not there, as one turn of the wheel doesn't move the scope a set distance in the same way a rack focuser would, and tends to produce some side-to-side movement. All in all though, this is a great little microscope, and would make a good introductory instrument, or a supplement to a higher-powered scope. Review: the microscope - when this miscroscope came it looked really proffesional and dietaled but when i have a go at it i thought i should of got the national muesem one because it can only zoom in x10 and that was not what i was expecting i could not evn see the cells in the onion skin which you can in any other microscope. it only moves up and down about 4cm and you cant turn the lense also you can only look at it from a limit until it gets blury in addition to that the little plastic thing inside it (what you must think is to put the spesimines in ) is only the bag to put over the misroscope and the last thing it has no slides so overall i would not advise it for over 9 , my daughter 11, was very upset with this and i did not know what to say to her. ## Features - Our Popular Apex Auditor Stereomicroscope Just Got Even Better With Angled Eyetubes For Easy Handling And A Sample Collection And The Section - The New Driving License Examiner For Visual- Whole Objects At A Magnification Of 51 And Do Not Have Or Slide (Slide Our Kits Are Not Suitable). - Other Than Its Price There Are No Other, This Low Power Stereo Microscope. Ideal For Use And Terrific For The Introduction Of Young Scientists To Microscopy. Checks Before 10Th September 2014 Refers To The Original Auditor, Replacing This New Significantly Improved Model. - Optical Components Made Of Glass, Achromatic Lenses, And Light Is Incident By A Led Unit, The Power Supply Via Batteries. - Standard Widefield Eyepieces X10 Ed And A Pair Of Goals X2 Contains A 3D Image Of The Specimens Of All Species. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B001LZEHXY | | Colour | Black, Grey | | Customer Reviews | 3.9 out of 5 stars 115 Reviews | | Enclosure Material | PLA_(Polylactic_Acid), PAI_(Polyamide_Imide), PE_(Polyethylene), Metal | | Light Source Type | LED | | Light source type | LED | | Manufacturer | Apex Microscopes | | Manufacturer Part Number | APX | | Material | PLA_(Polylactic_Acid), PAI_(Polyamide_Imide), PE_(Polyethylene), Metal | | Model Number | New Examiner | | Objective Lens Description | Achromatic | | Objective lens description | Achromatic | | Power Source | Battery Powered | | Real Angle Of View | 30 Degrees | | Real angle of view | 30 Degrees | | Voltage | 3 Volts | ## Product Details - **Colour:** Black, Grey - **Light source type:** LED - **Manufacturer:** Apex Microscopes - **Material:** PLA_(Polylactic_Acid), PAI_(Polyamide_Imide), PE_(Polyethylene), Metal - **Objective lens description:** Achromatic - **Power source:** Battery Powered - **Real angle of view:** 30 Degrees - **Voltage:** 3 Volts ## Images ![The Apex Examiner Microscope, Black & Grey, LED Light Source, Glass Material, 20x Magnification, MICROSCOPES, Stereo Microscope - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51SoOuEyBFL.jpg) ![The Apex Examiner Microscope, Black & Grey, LED Light Source, Glass Material, 20x Magnification, MICROSCOPES, Stereo Microscope - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51r0uzjgjOL.jpg) ![The Apex Examiner Microscope, Black & Grey, LED Light Source, Glass Material, 20x Magnification, MICROSCOPES, Stereo Microscope - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51wkmc552vL.jpg) ![The Apex Examiner Microscope, Black & Grey, LED Light Source, Glass Material, 20x Magnification, MICROSCOPES, Stereo Microscope - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51yaZ+uJBcL.jpg) ![The Apex Examiner Microscope, Black & Grey, LED Light Source, Glass Material, 20x Magnification, MICROSCOPES, Stereo Microscope - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41QSS25zuJL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great low-powered microscope for the price. *by Y***S on 21 March 2013* I bought this microscope for use as a dissecting microscope to prepare samples for my much higher-powered Bresser Biolux. If you are considering buying this microscope, you should understand that it is a low-powered stereocopic scope, suitable for viewing the fine details of insects, stamps, coins, printed matter, jewelry, found debris etc. It'd be great for looking at live fly larvae in a drop of pond water. It is not suitable for truly microscopic life - blood cells, sperm, bacteria, diatoms etc. The distance between the eyepieces is easily adjusted to your eyes. Sometimes, it's worth using a piece of coloured card as a backdrop on the stage - the contrast between your sample and the bright white can be too strong. Other reviewers have said that it is not suitable for slides. This is not strictly correct - it has slide clips, and can be used with prepared slides of larger subjects, such as insect parts, plant stem cross-sections etc. And while a higher-powered microscope is far better for use at the cellular level, you *can* see onion cells and nuclei if properly stained, using iodine for example. There is no fine adjustment of slide position - you just have to move them carefully by hand. Even if you aren't using permanently mounted slides, a few blank slides are a very useful accessory for this scope, as you can use them to support your sample (sugar, nits, dirt...) and move it around under the scope without mucking up the stage. I have a small eyepiece camera and have uploaded a few sample images of what you can expect to see using this microscope. The image quality is limited by the low resolution of my camera (not part of this microscope set-up), and the view using the supplied eyepieces is far better. The camera's field of view (5mm x 3.5mm) is also smaller than the 8mm diameter circle that you can see using the supplied 10x eyepieces. The leaflet that comes with the scope offers a USB eyepiece camera for £55, but I would recommend shopping around, and a pair of 25x eyepieces for £18, but I have not tried these either. For £39, it is unreasonable to expect this scope to compete on quality with laboratory instruments costing £100s, but it provides good clear views of the type of subject material that it is intended for. However, I have a few minor quibbles, hence the 4-stars, not 5. Firstly, the LED is truly pathetic, and insufficient for most purposes - I know it is battery-operated, but I have far brighter battery-powered LEDs in other apparatus. Thus, you need fairly bright daylight or a desk lamp to use this scope. A second LED under the stage would have been useful for translucent subjects - the stage lets some light through, and I have sometimes found that it is useful to stand it on top of a suitable light source. Secondly, independent focusing of the eyepieces, as found in nearly all binoculars, would make this scope far more useable for anyone who has eyes with slightly differing vision, and would also allow me to look down one turret while using a camera in the other. As it is, the camera focuses at a very different point to the eyepiece, so I can't do that. Thirdly, I find it hard to focus accurately and reproducibly using the friction focusing mechanism. While scrolling back and forth, both the plane of focus and the field of view sometimes shift appreciably. They are steady once you let go, but if you roll through the point of focus, and then try to roll back, it's often not there, as one turn of the wheel doesn't move the scope a set distance in the same way a rack focuser would, and tends to produce some side-to-side movement. All in all though, this is a great little microscope, and would make a good introductory instrument, or a supplement to a higher-powered scope. ### ⭐⭐ the microscope *by L***A on 4 April 2011* when this miscroscope came it looked really proffesional and dietaled but when i have a go at it i thought i should of got the national muesem one because it can only zoom in x10 and that was not what i was expecting i could not evn see the cells in the onion skin which you can in any other microscope. it only moves up and down about 4cm and you cant turn the lense also you can only look at it from a limit until it gets blury in addition to that the little plastic thing inside it (what you must think is to put the spesimines in ) is only the bag to put over the misroscope and the last thing it has no slides so overall i would not advise it for over 9 , my daughter 11, was very upset with this and i did not know what to say to her. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect microscope for children *by P***L on 24 September 2012* My six-year-old child got very interested in looking at things such as cloth weave close-up through the wrong end of binoculars, which give a small magnification. Clearly time to get us a microscope! As a child I had a 'toy' high-power microscope which was pretty useless. The focussing was too crude to cope with the tiny depth-of-field; there wasn't enough light; only very thin specimens between slides could be viewed; it was impossible to tell what part of the slide you were looking at, or move the object with any control, or find something again if you moved the slide. Don't bother with low-price high-power microscopes. This low-power low-price binocular microscope, on the other hand, is brilliant. The 20x magnification is perfect to see loads of features you don't notice with the naked eye, while still easily understanding what you're looking at. No glass slides are involved - you just get out in the woods, grab a handful of nature, stick it under the scope and be amazed! The 3D view is great. The built-in light is ample. The useful depth-of-field of a couple of millimetres makes focussing easy, even for youngish kids. Any object up to about an inch thick can be viewed. Its made of plastic and doesn't weigh much but the build quality is fine for amateur use. Overall, very pleased. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/48795402-the-apex-examiner-microscope-black-and-grey-led-light-source](https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/48795402-the-apex-examiner-microscope-black-and-grey-led-light-source) --- *Product available on Desertcart Australia* *Store origin: AU* *Last updated: 2026-05-03*