Visor-type hands-free headband magnifier with light, visor-type, lenses 1.5X to 3.5X

Details

Four pairs of lenses giving 1.5X, 2X, 2.5X and 3.5X magnification. Traditional 'closed-in' design cuts out distractions and protects the eyes from lathe-work swarf (chips) and shavings, or from the dirt produced when polishing.  Simple sturdy (but comfortable) no-frills design. 

Magnification & working distances: see chart on next tab.

Lenses: optical grade acrylic

Presentation: lenses housed in a plastic box, everything nicely presented in a large cardboard box. 

Origin: imported from China by Quicktest

Magnifications

There's a box of five lenses, each of a different magnification and working distance. You can clip them onto the visor singly or in pairs (add the two magnifications); in addition you can swing down the extra-high-power magnifier. Altogether, this gives you a choice of 30 different magnifications / working distances, like this:

Applications

1.5X and 2X (lower magnifications, longer working distances) 

• Crafts: model-painting, hand-stitching, beading, general jewellery-making, fly-tying, crochet, leather stamping.
  
• Professional: electrical, art and antiques restorations on larger objects, lathe work with larger items, changing watch batteries / straps.
  

2.5X and 3.5X (higher magnifications, shorter working distances) 

• Crafts: antiques and DIY repairs, jewellery and general watch work (batteries and straps), hobby and crafts, electrical work.
• Professional: watch repairing (including changing very tiny batteries), small jewellery repairs/soldering, PCB inspection/micro-soldering, mould-making, lathe work with smaller items, painting miniatures, paintings and fabrics restoration. 

More info. 

Everything you need to know about magnifiers and magnification.

All about (and reviews of) loupes (small high-power folding jewellers' magnifiers).

All about (and reviews of)  binocular (head-worn) magnifiers- especially the surgeons-type.

See  loupes with UV lights.

With most magnifiers* magnification and working distance are related.  Download our Excel sheet, enter a magnification to see the resulting working distance, enter a working distance to see the resulting magnification.

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