Customer Reviews

Educational Insights GeoSafari Jr. Talking Microscope

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(19)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

My kids LOVE this microscope - they are 6 & 4 yrs old respectively. They have spent a lot of time peering through the microscopes viewfinder to look at the included creepy crawlies. Unfortunately - because the storage for the slides isn't intrinsic to the microscope - they've gotten lost. I was also disappointed that there wasn't an expansion pack of slides for the kids to learn more. Great toy - but limited.

This really IS a very cool toy. But today is the first time we used it and already the buttons don't work properly. I am going to write the company. In theory if this toy worked as it should I would give it kudos all around. The slides are durable and seem safe enough. The pictures are good and you can, like with any microscope adjust the clarity. There is a volume control on ours so that is also adjustable. It is just getting the buttons to work that is frustrating. From the get go they had my son frustrated and he gave up after a few minutes and walked away. While it was working however, he was facinated with the facts about the bugs. He still has a little trouble keeping one eye closed while looking into the view finder though. (He's 5) I will update this if the company helps us out by replacing the item with one where the buttons work better.

My son adored this toy and showed it off to everyone. Then the buttons stopped working after a week. He is so sad that it lasted such a short amount of time.

The slides are photos.
The slides are limited in number to what you get with the microscope, so once you've memorized them, the "educational value" becomes limited.
The stage of the microscope is on such an angle as to make it difficult to place "found objects" on it to view under magnification.
Really, is this the best we can come up with for the 5 to 7-year-old crowd interested in science?

We bought this for a 5 year old and she enjoys it. Very durable. I was disappointed that the "prepared slides" are not of actual bugs - they're pictures of bugs - some of them very, very tiny pictures. For example, the bee picture is microscopic, so when the slide is put in the microscope, it's still smaller than a real bee.

I agree with other reviewers that additional slide sets would be nice - even if they don't have a "talk" code to go with them.

I bought this for my 5 year old nephew for Christmas. He loved it, his parents loved it, my parents loved it, my husband and I loved it. In fact, the adults were so impressed by this fun educational toy that poor Dev didn't get to see it that much Christmas day! But even in the short time he spent with it, he was already spouting off facts about bugs like a tiny little Mr. Wizard.

I purchased this toy for my son and when we first opened it up, he was very excited after looking at the slides on the microscope. However he was highly anticipating learning facts about the bugs on the slides and when I put the batteries in for him, that feature did not work. We entered the codes just as the directions stated and it never not once told us a fact about any of the 12 slides included. I am very upset, my son is upset and I regret buying this product. I will write to the company and ask for a replacement or that I get a full refund.

Cool was all we heard with the changing of each slide. Our budding entomologist loves this microscope. She took it to school to share with her friends and the teacher bought one for their classroom. I just wish you could purchase extra slides.

I purchased this for my Grandson and he loved it. Tells a story about each bug slide. Good learning tool as well. His father had a good time looking at the slides as well.

This is a great idea and my 3-yr-old was really excited to work with it, but the buttons didn't work and wouldn't let me enter the code for the slides. The slides are pictures of bugs and aren't really magnified. I'm waiting to hear back from the manufacturer about the faulty buttons. I'm probably just going to return it. Wish it could have worked!