{"product_id":"compact-108mm-folding-bench-magnifier-with-scale","title":"Compact hands-free folding desk magnifier, illuminated, 108mm lens","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSummary\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"MsoTableGrid\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 99.915%; height: 232.386px; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 57.017px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"width: 21.0682%; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 232.386px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eCompact hands-free folding desk magnifier with light, 108mm dia. lens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 18.3901%; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 57.017px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eLens size\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 20.7111%; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 57.017px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eWorking distance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 17.8544%; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 57.017px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eMag.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 22.1395%; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 57.017px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eField of view\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 175.369px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 18.3901%; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 175.369px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eMain 108mm dia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eInset 21mm dia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 20.7111%; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 175.369px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e230mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e80mm\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 17.8544%; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; height: 175.369px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e2X (main)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e4X \u003c\/span\u003e(inset), not 12X as printed on box\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 22.1395%; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; height: 175.369px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eField of view: main lens 2 newspaper columns X 18 lines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eInset lens: 1 or 2 words X 3 lines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNice compact model (but not small! 108mm dia. lens), stack it away when not in use, carry it with you on buying-trips.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eIt has a measuring scale (in mm and inches), though you can swing the lens out the way of the scale. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhen comparing these magnifiers on the internet always look at the lens size, this is often not stated, making tiny magnifiers look like serious bench magnifiers. See a large selection of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quicktest.co.uk\/collections\/stand-magnifiers-small\"\u003e\u003cem\u003esmall\u003c\/em\u003e stand magnifiers\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso see \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quicktest.co.uk\/collections\/clearance-magnifiers\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eclearance magnifiers\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTechnical\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLens diameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eLight:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e rim of 18 LED lights, can be switched to white (’cold’ light) orange (‘warm light), or in between the two. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003ePower:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e 2 AAA batteries or USB (cable supplied)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eSize folded flat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e 50mm (2 inches) tall X 130mm (5.5 inches) wide X 350mm (14 inches) deep. Note, when folded flat \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e with the lens extended, this can be used handheld (not on stand).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eApprox size open:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e 230mm (9 inches) tall; 130mm (5.5 inches) wide; 300mm (12 inches) deep. Lens (depth) can be extended forward to 380mm\/15 inches if you need a flat table underneath, without the distraction of the measuring scale. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eMeasuring scale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e 5.5cm marked in mm and 2 inches marked din 1\/8\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e inch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eItem weight \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e(not \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eposting weight)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e: 570g\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e imported from China by QUICKTEST.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Photos\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photos looking through the lens have not been enhanced, this really is the magnification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photos taken through the lens:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe blank patch to the right is where the high-power inset lens is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe background (small text) is blurred because a camera can't focus on the far-text (not magnified) and near-text (magnified) and  at the same time.  It's quite easy to \u003cem\u003ePhotoshop\u003c\/em\u003e the photo to get everything in focus...but this photo has not been enhanced.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe two photos that look similar: one is with, and one without, using the measuring scale. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMag, size, WD\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eMagnification, lens size, working distance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eBe aware that lens size, magnification and working distance are connected. This is due to the laws of physics, it is not a choice, this applies to all simple lenses (i.e. not microscopes and telescopes). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eYou want the largest lens? A 150mm diameter lens will give a magnification somewhere between about 1.2X and 2X with a working distance somewhere between 250 and 350mm (10 to 14 inches). Ample room to manoeuvre a large object but not very powerful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eYou want a powerful lens?\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e8X magnification will give you a lens of 15 to 25mm in diameter and a working distance of about 25mm (1 inch). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eYou want a very large lens with a high magnification? This is not possible with a simple lens.  Consider one of the following: a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quicktest.co.uk\/collections\/binocular-magnifiers-surgeons-type\"\u003esurgeon’s binocular headband magnifier\u003c\/a\u003e (it uses two small telescopes not ‘simple’ lenses); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quicktest.co.uk\/collections\/fixed-magnification-microscopes-full-size\"\u003ea low-power bench microscope\u003c\/a\u003e (but select the lowest magnification) or a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quicktest.co.uk\/collections\/video-microscopes\"\u003evideo microscope\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eWant to know all about magnification and find the best type of magnifier for your application?  See \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quicktest.co.uk\/blogs\/magnifiers-microscopes\/magnifiers-and-magnification\"\u003emagnifiers and magnification\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quicktest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56351353241979,"sku":"stand-compact","price":37.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/3037\/7919\/files\/MG3B-1E-a.jpg?v=1784636923","url":"https:\/\/www.quicktest.co.uk\/products\/compact-108mm-folding-bench-magnifier-with-scale","provider":"Quicktest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}