Re: How is this biolam microscope??

A lot of these poorly done scopes are manufactured outside of China as well
(e.g. India). And the Nikon E200 is completely manufactured in China and
hence could be called a "Chinese microscope".

I think we should distinguish between poorly manufactured microscopes, which
are mostly assembled by the lowest bidder, and quality instruments. I am
sure that we (US or Switzerland) could also produce enough junk these days
if we ensured that our salaries get reduced by a factor ten and introduced
very poor manufacturing conditions. The sad story is that we keep the
production of low quality products going and it's not so much a "Chinese"
problem. Maybe we should call these scopes "profit greedy scopes" rather
than "Chinese scopes". No?

BTW, what reservation do you have with Nikon and Olympus scopes. Since 1980,
these scopes are of excellent quality. How old a scope are you talking
about?

Gregor

"Dr. Georg N.Nyman" <gnnyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Alex wrote:
>> http://www.usedmicroscopes.co.uk/budget%207%20big.html
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
> I have read Kevin's reply and can only agree to it. Do not ask if you do
> not accept that most cheap microscopes are garbage and not worth the money
> spent for the postage. If you want to go for a good microscope, then do
> not buy a Chinese microscope - whatever name it might have. Go for an
> older and used Zeiss, Leitz, Reichert and depending on the age and
> condition maybe also Nikon and Olympus (I have got some reservations about
> the latter two). But if you buy a second hand Leitz, you won't be
> disappointed. A similar I would give you if you tell me you consider an AO
> microscope - the older ones, those which have been made in the USA, are
> not too bad (for what you pay) but the more modern ones have been made in
> China etc and most of them are garbage as well.
> Thats my honest opinion - sorry if you don't like it.
> Regards George Nyman


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