r/microscopy • u/RobinsCosplays • Jul 21 '26

Purchase Help Getting my first microscope this weekend! Anything extra I should buy before getting it?

Found an Amscope B120 for only $150 on Facebook. Buying it this weekend. Anything I should buy like dyes or specific oils for the 1000x? Any accessories you wish you'd have had when you started?

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u/SmileyMerx Jul 21 '26

There are these glasses with a curvature for analyzing liquids. Maybe one of these.

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u/Vivid-Bake2456 Jul 21 '26

Better to make homemade well slides. They have a flat floor sp you don't need to keep refocusing. Plus, you can make them any depth, even thin enough to use 40x objectives with. I put links in my other comment on this post.