Can anyone please help recommend a microscope with floor stand?

Professionals Only! Electrologist to Electrologist (pros only)
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Hi

Can anyone recommend me which microscope with floor stand should I get? I already hv 6X loupe which I can’t live without, but I hv a client with dense fluffy vellus hair on her ears. So I’m thinking to get a higher magnification but low budget as I don’t think I’ll use much of it as I’m dependent on loupe most of the time.

Thank you for your time,
Nora

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Hi
Where did you buy your loop from? I have just finish my training and now searching for a descent and comfortable one. I bought one off EBay x3, but it is not great.
Many thanks

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I’d like to keep my post relevant to the topic, so I just inbox u the link I posted on hairtell a while ago.

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Have you tried searching the topic here? There are several detailed threads discussing different models that work for electrolysis.
Zeiss Opmi 99 is one of the practical models that works and is popular with those that use surgical stereoscopes for electrolysis. James Walker is perhaps the most knowledgeable electrologist on stereomicroscopes and if you can contact him, he will assist you with advice.

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most electrologists I now who use a microscope for doing electrolysis use a zeiss OPMI microscope. They are not inexpensive however.

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Thank you for your reply. I’ll try if there is and 2nd hand zeiss OPMI 99 or something here to try 1st in Australia. If not, probably will buy from India.

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Hello, can it be a good solution for professional electrolysis tu buy the type of microscope used for jewelry, for example:

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This will not work if you are profesional. The microscope is ok but you need longer articulated arm with more flexibility.
You can take a look at this post if you want something relatively cheap :

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Thank you for the info & being so supportive.

Before I start thinking of to do DIY, what do you think of this? => https://bargainmicroscopes.com/mobile-floor-stand-mounted-3-90x-zoom-magnification-binocular-boom-microscope/

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I didn’t find such a mobile stereomicroscope in France for such a price! Ideally, I would like to buy a mobile microscope but I do not know if it’s a reliable company and if they can send it to France.

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In France they sell the loupes HEINE HRP X6 to $ 1500, do you think that is a good investment for a first device? The working distance is 340 mm, is this a sufficient distance? I do not know if it’s obvious to keep the focus of the work area because it forces you to stay still. Is it difficult to keep the focus?

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Hi,
Would it be possible to get pictures of vellus and terminal hairs at different magnifications. I don’t know if your unit has the green and amber lighting or not. I’ll gladly pay for your time to do this. I live in southern Texas. And there are no reps or resellers here. So, I’m literally flying blind trying to figure out if it would be a good investment for me. Thank you.

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I have absolutely no idea how to get pictures.I can definitely view different hairs at differing magnifications and stages of growth. But it’s eye pieces this is a mechanical and fiber optic lighting system opmi -99 . I think the only thing special about it is the objective lens but I’d have to check what it’s specs are, or James would know.but hooking a camera to it I dont see how unless you stick the lens to the eyepiece.

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Hi,
I reached out to James, and never heard back.

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You are welcome to come and try mine but I’m all the way in Ottawa canada. I’m also moving in the spring to atlantic Canada . My previous electrologist who worked with me has the identical microscope in Montreal, she also would proabably let you test. Another electrologist in toronto, Nat Vincent has a leica and a huge surgery zeiss scope , they are NVelectrolysis on bloor street in Toronto they may also be of assistance. James is closer but he’s often between buffalo and the Carolinas so when he’s south he may be able to show you his. Try calling his phone number from his site executiveclearance.com I almost always get a reply from him there.

You wont find reps for these microscopes they are all 20 years or more old. The only way you DO get one is to find someone retiring or occasionally on ebay or similar. Prescott Microscopes would be your dealer in the US for most modern microscopes
Unfortunately I’m probably taking mine with me when I move next summer as it cost me well over $6000 all told and I am likely to still be practicing out east. for a few years yet. I’m currently determining what I’m going to pare down but I dont think that will be one of them

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Thanks for the offer. Unfortunately, I’m stuck for now. I’m going to try to get to west coast sometime next year. Hopefully I can meet with a couple of vendors then. In the mean time I sent my orascoptics in to get a prescription put in. Smart move to take your scope with you. Honestly, the price you paid is not much more than what I paid for my orascoptics. I paid 3600.- back in 2017 for my multizooms.