iOptron ST-80 Digital Microscope Reviews

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The most helpful favorable review

+++ Great Microscope - The One to Get +++

This is truly a great scope. Here are the pros and cons:

Pros:
-Decent sized. Not as big as a scary lab scope, but not a small as a joke scope for a little kid.
-Bright light. Pictures very clear.
-Interesting prepared slides.
-Good selection of specimen (gum media, yeast, and shrimp egg). Yeast is surprisingly active.
-Extremely fast shipping and delivery (shipped/old from Adorama Camera)
-Contains a light pen to view physical objects (needs batteries which come with the scope).
-High magnification levels.
-Easy focusing.
-Comes with blank slides AND cover glass.

Cons:

-THE PICTURE LIES! This microscope is actually white, not silver. (MINOR)
-Must be plugged in. Not that major, but batteries would be nice. (MINOR)
-Digital microscope software only compatible with Windows. (MAJOR)
-Packaging was extremely tight. Very tough to get things out of the microscope carrying case without feeling like you're going to break it. (MINOR)
-Cover glasses are very sticky and stick to each other/the slides. (MINOR)

With only one of the cons being major, I'd definitely suggest iOptron ST-80 Digital Microscope to anybody looking for a good one. 

The most helpful critical review

+++ Defective optical eyepiece +++

I purchased the iOptron ST-80 Digital Microscope as a Christmas gift for my 10-yr old son. The microscope is reasonably acceptable and functional for the price-range. However, the eye-piece adapter for taking digital-images did not pair with any of three PCs to which I attempted a connection (running W7, Vista and XP, respectively). Each connection-attempt generated a pop-up message saying "the device has malfunctioned", or "the connected device is defective and should be replaced".
After several attempts to contact the mfgr, my calls were finally returned - and the digital imaging eye-piece was promptly replaced - and now works fine. Although a little slow in their response, the mfgr addressed the problem to my satisfation (so I'll change my rating).