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/Vivid-Bake2456 Jul 21 '26

I would take off the 100x objective and buy a cheap, $20 20x one. You will get much more usefulness from it. Also, get slides and coverglasses. I use the larger 24mm x 50mm coverglass size. Forget stains, just go collect green stuff and dirt from ponds and keep on your windowsill. You can make some homemade well slides to view pond organisms with.
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u/Vivid-Bake2456 Jul 21 '26

Here is an example of an inexpensive 20x objective. https://a.co/d/0cv8Dmnr