Use this chart to quickly compare features on the Home Microscope 4100 series of compound microscopes manufactured exclusively for Home Science Tools. They’re designed with students and families in mind. Click the title or price of any of these Home Microscopes to read full descriptions and customer reviews.
| Microscope: | Home LED | Home Advanced LED | Home Dual-head | Home 1000x LED | Home Binocular LED |
| Why Buy? | Home Microscope, with long-life, variable LED illumination | Better image contrast and more precise slide positioning | Simultaneous teacher/ student viewing or a digital camera | Greater magnification and long-lasting variable LED illumination | More comfortable viewing and greater image depth |
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| Magnification | 40, 100, 400x | 40, 100, 400x | 40, 100, 400x | 40, 100, 400, 1000x | 40, 100, 400x. 1000x |
| Mechanical Stage
for more precise slide control | Pre-drilled to add one | Integrated 20x60mm w/ coaxial x-y controls | Integrated 20x60mm w/ coaxial x-y controls | Integrated 20x60mm w/ coaxial x-y controls | Integrated 20x60mm w/ coaxial x-y controls |
| Illumination | 60,000-hour LED bulb | 60,000-hour LED bulb | 60,000-hour LED bulb | 60,000-hour LED bulb | 60,000-hour LED bulb |
| Diaphragm
to adjust contrast | 5-hole disc | Adjustable iris | Adjustable iris | Adjustable iris | Adjustable iris |
| Condenser
to focus light | Fixed 0.65 NA | Adjustable 1.25 N.A. Abbe | Adjustable 1.25 N.A. Abbe | Adjustable 1.25 N.A. Abbe | Adjustable 1.25 N.A. Abbe |
| Science Level | Jr. high, high school | Jr. high, high school | Jr. high, high school | High school | High school |