Eyeclops Bionic Eye Multizoom, Green

This was the favorite toy at our place this Christmas. It was purchased for a 6YO cousin, but all the kids (and adults!) were clamoring over it. It was so easy to use - take it out of the box, fill it with batteries and plug it into the TV! It does take 5 AA batteries. Fortunately, we had them ready. It worked fine with rechargeables. We tried it on 3 different TVs and had good results with all three. I was prepared for it to be difficult to focus, but it worked great for us. Just be a little patient with it and you'll get some great results. The pictures on the TV were very sharp. There are 3 levels of magnification - 100x, 200x, and 400x. It's not like a microscope where you have fine tuning, but you can adjust the distance at which you hold it slightly. This is a very cool toy. I may buy one for us too!

This toy is fine, not something he goes back to over and over again. Some good laughs by all at Christmas when his dad put it up to his nose!

This was purchased for my oldest son, 7 at the time. It really doesn't work well. It takes forever to focus and actually "see" anything. Both boys ended up using it as a pretend "laser blaster gun" and not for its intended purpose, despite the fact that they both love science. Two years later, I dug it out to try to see if their age would affect their patience with trying to see things magnified with the very expensive laser-blaster-gun-thingy...but to no avail. Cool concept, but lacking in actual practical use.

We got this for my daughter as a Christmas gift. She, my wife, and I all LOVE it. We looked at everything within reach of the cable's length with this Bionic Eye. What we couldn't reach, we brought to it! It's simply impressive. Just a few things we looked at- carpet, socks, dog hair, human hair, skin, salt, pepper, sugar... We leave the zoom feature on 100 because we can't really see very clearly with the stronger settings. I don't think it's a defect, I just don't think we've figured it out yet. The plastic piece that rotates for the focus feature seems a little flimsy, but it has held up just fine so far. Highly recommended toy and tool. It will amaze and teach you and your child.

I purchased this for my 9 year old disabled son for Christmas...he really likes it, within minutes of opening the box he was scanning everything within a few feet of the TV. On the plus side its usable for older children, and has positive educational value. On the negative side, the cord prevents random experimentation, as everything must be viewable within feet of the TV screen the Eyeclops is connected to. In addition, its quite challenging for younger users to get the viewfinder to a good usable position to be able to adequately view the items they are looking at...overall, though, its fun, seems to be well made, offers lots of study opportunities...

My daughter loves everything about science from rocks to solar system to knowing how things are made/work. We got this for her for Christmas as she really liked it. The only bad thing is with this one you can only go so far from the TV because it is a Plug-n-play style system and it's hard to really see much in the 400X mode. We had to switch it to the 100x mode for her to really see things like the threads in jeans, etc. The 400x just basically brings up a black blurred screen. Not worth $50 but is worth $20-$25.

I bought this product based on the reviews. Either I got a deffective product (it doesn't seem to be the case) or the reviewiers have set the bar very low for quality. The problem is that the image quality is very poor. We see a sort of permanent "ghost image" of what looks like electronic circuitry, in a tone of red. Most of the stuff we looked at (ants, grains of sand, etc) appear very dark, and you can't make out the details. Looking at your skin produces the same results, you don't really see much but a bunch of shadows and vague forms. The poor quality does not motivate kids to use it; after a couple tries my kid gave up on the device. So did I. The only thing it did well was magnify small print in labels. The enclosed treasure-hunt map has very small print with clues to be followed; you can't see them with the naked eye, but the device shows them clearly. I do not recommend this.

We have had loads of fun with our Eyeclops. It is a nice addition to our classroom. The kids enjoy looking at all sorts of specimens from leaves and bugs to crystals. All that's needed it an old TV and a steady hand to hold the Eyeclops in focus. It does take a little effort to hold it at just the right angle to focus, but with a little practice a 5 or 6 year old can handle it well. It is interesting enough even for older children, though it's designed with younger kids in mind. Its made from hard plastic and can handle the inevitable drops and oopsies involved with using it with children.