Inventory:  

Microscope Depot is more than a microscope store or reseller, they manufacture and distribute their microscopes themselves. High power compound microscopes and stereo microscopes account for the bulk of Microscope Depot’s offerings. They also feature digital microscopes complete with everything you need for photos and video. Microscope Depot offers a few specialized microscopes for metallurgical sciences and has a host of ideal solutions for students at any level.

And while they don’t sell third party microscopes, you’ll find other brands represented amongst their lab supplies and equipment. Microscope Depot offers software and computer hardware for microscope photography and video. You’ll also find slides, prepared slides, stage warmers, lighting accessories, immersion oil, capture cards, books and student resources available for purchase at Microscope Depot.

Microscope Depot manufactures quality microscopes, but customers looking for brand name optics by Zeiss, Leica, Nikon, Meiji and other leaders will want to look elsewhere. Despite a variety of brand name microscopes however, we think Microscope Depot’s inventory is superior to many competing sites and retailers. You could conceivably purchase everything necessary to construct a functioning life science laboratory or hobbyists haven solely with the help of Microscope Depot.

Site Features:  

Microscope-depot.com is coherently organized and makes finding what you need a simple matter of navigating the sidebar. We were impressed with the amount of detail supplied with every product. You get a solid grasp of the microscope you’re considering thanks to complete tech specs. Product pages also link to relevant accessories like lenses, polarizer kits, mounts, adapters, filters, etc.

If you come to Microscope Depot looking for news resources, FAQs or general information about microscopy, you’ll leave disappointed. Beyond a glossary and an explanation of microscope parts, Microscope Depot doesn’t offer much in terms of a learning center or resource library.

Support and Shipping:  

Like many competing microscope stores, Microscope Depot offers free shipping to the continental United States. If you’re an international customer you’ll have to call Microscope Depot to arrange shipping as they do not offer international shipping for online purchases (with the exception of Canada). Shipments are insured to cover any damage or loss. Microscope Depot’s return policy is somewhat opaque, but they typically offer warrantees of three to five years on their products.

Whether you’re looking for magnification of 1000x or 10x, Microscope Depot has a huge inventory of compound and stereo microscopes along with the accessories necessary for microscopy and laboratory work. We like Microscope Depot’s straightforward presentation and detailed information on their products. With quality microscopes of every type and degree of sophistication at competitive prices, we can comfortably recommend Microscope Depot to our readers.

For more, be sure to read reviews of our top three microscope stores selections: Microscope.com, Amazon.com and Microscope World.

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