First thing that will let you know you've wasted your money is both the size and weight of the package. The "microscope" you've ordered is, with the exception of the screws, lenses and borderline dangerous excuse for a battery setup, is completely made of plastic less than the quality of which you would find in a kid's meal toy. There is a high chance of breaking it if you try and handle it naturally.
The slides are meh, the slide covers could easily be replaced by saran wrap or scotch tape and likely yield better results. The collection bottles are cute though, perhaps I'll do something artsy with them and try to sell them in a vain attempt to get the money I wasted back. The lenses also look like a toddler's art project.
Now for the real meat of it: functionality. Which there really is none. You can slightly see the the fibers of the lens wipe you will have to use liberally (if you have one of course, there's nothing in the package to clean the smudged up eyepiece). Nothing else can be seen. Not hair, not blood, I even tried the head of a pin. Part of this is likely due to the quality of the lenses, the rest of it due to the fact that the LED is orange. Orange. For a microscope. Something used to see small details. Clearly someone didn't think that through.
I really wish I could chalk this up to "you get what you pay for"... but the thing is I actually payed for something that should have worked. I didn't expect lab quality of course, but I expected at least SOME usability. Word of advice for any potential buyers: even if you have to pay $75 for a remotely decent microscope, you would at least gain more from it than you would taking roughly $20 out of your wallet and setting it on fire.
