Most versatile hands-free headband magnifier, lenses 1.5X to 14X + battery light

Details

The most versatile. Five pairs of stereo lenses + one high-power auxiliary lens. Used in combination these give 30 possible magnifications from 1.5X to 14X. LED lights adjustable in brightness and position. Headband comfortable to wear for hours. Suitable for spectacle-wearers.

Magnification & working distances: see chart on next tab.

Light: 3 X LED. Two brightness levels, adjustable in two directions.

Power: 3 X AA batteries (included). NOTE: battery-only, this model does not have USB charging. 

Lenses: optical grade acrylic

Presentation: lenses housed in a plastic box, everything nicely presented in a large cardboard box. NOTE: the manufacturers have supplied these in the wrong box, the pictures on the box show USB charging, not correct. 

Origin: imported from China by Quicktest

Learn all about magnification and how to choose a magnifier, click here.

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:

NOTES:

• The 1X lens gives no magnification on its own (it does magnify slightly, on objects 500mm away, but your arms are not that long)
• You will lose stereo vision if you get too close to the object. For those with normal vision this is somewhere between 50 and 70mm.  6X magnification is, about the strongest (closest working distance) you can get if you want to maintain stereo vision.  

Applications

Long working distance (lower magnifications) with the main lenses for 

• 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 most watch batteries / straps.
  

Higher magnifications (shorter working distances) with the main lenses for

• 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.
  

Highest magnifications with the auxiliary lens 

• Instead of checking your work periodically with a jewellers loupe, it's handy to swing the auxiliary lens down for very close inspection, then flip it back out the way and continue working.  
  

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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