{"product_id":"large-swan-neck-bench-magnifier-130mm-dia-lens","title":"Very large hands-free gooseneck desk magnifier, illuminated, 130mm lens","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSummary\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"MsoTableGrid\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 99.915%; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"width: 23.7464%; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery large (130mm dia lens) hands-free desk magnifier,  gooseneck  fitting, with light \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;\"\u003eRef. 7768-24LC\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\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 17.6759%; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;\"\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: 19.997%; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;\"\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: 17.1402%; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;\"\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: 21.4253%; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;\"\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=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 17.6759%; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;\"\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-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e130mm 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\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 19.997%; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;\"\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-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e174 mm\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; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e \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-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eNot 147mm as printed on box\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\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 17.1402%; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;\"\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-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e2.5X\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; background: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003e \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-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eNot 8X as printed on box\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\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"139\" style=\"width: 21.4253%; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: currentcolor windowtext windowtext currentcolor; padding: 0cm 5.4pt;\"\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-fareast-language: EN-GB; layout-grid-mode: both;\"\u003eField of view: nearly 2 newspaper columns X 15 lines of text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; 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\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\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\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\u003cbr\u003eExceptionally good quality and quite large lens. Although the lens is only 10mm dia. larger than its smaller sister (DT120C), that 10mm = 20% larger in area which really makes a difference, just lovely to use. \u003c\/span\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;\"\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;\"\u003ePersonally, I like it \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e having an extra inset lens, I find them distracting, if you really want an extra closeup lens, select a free pocket magnifier from the list of free gifts. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso see our \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\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. For workshop repairs use the white light; for reading at night a warmer light is easier on the eyes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\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;\"\u003eApprox size in use:\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 200mm (8 inches) tall; 170mm (7 inches) wide; 280mm (15 inches) deep.\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-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\/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-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e(not \u003ci\u003eposting weight)\u003cb\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e2000g\u003c\/i\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;\"\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. Because it was broad daylight we forgot to turn the light on, which would have made the image brighter and more spectacular.\u003c\/p\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 between 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":56345838125435,"sku":"stand-vlarge","price":62.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/3037\/7919\/files\/7768-24LC-c.jpg?v=1784636923","url":"https:\/\/www.quicktest.co.uk\/products\/large-swan-neck-bench-magnifier-130mm-dia-lens","provider":"Quicktest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}