Page-size magnifier, handheld + stand + hangs around neck

Summary

2.5X magnification, 300 X 200mm

Page-size flat magnifier, lightweight, you can hold it in your hands.
Fold-out legs that make it a 'stand magnifier'
A cord makes it into a 'hang-round-the-neck' hands-free magnifier.

Lights powered by batteries or from any USB source.

Details

Ingenious 3-in-1 design, and it even has lights, a rim of LED lights that can be set to 'bright' (best for reading if you have very poor sight) or 'dim' (for not disturbing your partner in bed). The lights are powered by batteries or from any USB source with the USB cable supplied.

Technical

Magnification, 2.5X

Size of lens 240 X 160mm

Overall size

- as a handheld magnifier (folded): 300 X 200 X 15mm

- with legs folded out, as a stand magnifier: 300 X 200 X 110mm

- length of cord (to hang round neck as a hands-free magnifier) 1000mm

Weight 270g

Lights: 12 LED lights. Two settings, dim and bright.

Power: 3 AAA-size batteries (supplied) or USB (from any computer, mobile device or USB mains adaptor), cable supplied.

Further information

Everything you need to know about magnifiers and magnification.

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

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

See a guide to magnifiers for the partially-sighted.

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* excluding surgeons-type, digital & phone magnifiers, and microscopes.