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WITHOUT GOING IN TO LENS TYPES OR DESIGNS, MAGNIFIERS COME IN ALL SIZES AND SHAPES. THEY VARY IN THICKNESS AS WELL AS MATERIAL AND LENS DESIGN. WHAT YOU WILL NEED FOR YOU AND YOUR TASK AT HAND MAY NOT WORK FOR OTHERS.THE REASON WHY IS SIMPLE. YOUR VISION OR PRESCRIPTION, ALONG WITH ANY EYE DISEASE, PLAYS A PART IN YOUR CHOICE OF MAGNIFICATION. YOU HAVE TO EVALUATE WHETHER ILLUMINATION WILL OR WON'T BE A NECESSITY. ANOTHER ISSUE IS WHETHER YOU WILL WANT YOUR ILLUMINATION IN A BRIGHT SPOT, OR FLOODING AN ENTIRE PAGE. LEDS NOW ARE THE BEST THING. WE SUGGEST BRIGHT WHITE LEDS BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT A MORE NATURAL BALANCED LIGHT, LAST LONGER, AND KEEP BATTERY LIFE EXTENDED. ILLUMINATED MAGNIFICATION WILL BE EASIER TO SEE AND YOU WILL HAVE LESS OVERALL EYE STRAIN. KEEP THE ILLUMINATION UNDER THE LENS TO PREVENT REFLECTION AND REDUCTION IN THE IMAGE. ALSO QUESTION WHETHER YOU WANT YOUR HANDS FREE OR YOU HAVE ONE FREE HAND TO WORK WITH.

REMEMBER TO ALWAYS KEEP THE FOLLOWING IN MIND; THE STRONGER THE POWER OF MAGNIFICATION, THE SMALLER THE LENS AND THE SHORTER THE WORKING DISTANCE FROM YOUR EYES TO THE TASK.

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAGNIFIERS. BELOW IS A LIST OF DIFFERENT TYPES OR FORMS OF MAGNIFICATION. THEY MAY BE GLASS OR PLASTIC. Mostly plastic!

HAND MAGNIFIERS

STAND MAGNIFIERS

POCKET MAGNIFIERS

AROUND THE NECK MAGNIFIERS-GREAT FOR HOBBIES, OR READING

HANDS-FREE MAGNIFIERS-SUCH AS LAMPS, STANDS, OR HEAD WORN MAGNIFIERS

ILLUMINATED OR NON ILLUMINATED

TV MAGNIFIER GLASSES

LAMP MAGNIFIERS-DESK OR FLOOR

HEAD WORN MAGNIFIERS

LOUPES

READING GLASSES-YES, A FORM OF A MAGNIFIER

TELEMICROSCOPES-MAINLY USED BY PROFESSIONALS

FRESNEL PAGE MAGNIFIERS-BASICALLY FLAT AND VARY WIDELY IN CLARITY

ABOUT LENS COATINGS: SOME OF THE BETTER MAGNIFIERS HAVE ANTI-SCRATCH COATINGS AND ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS.THEY CAN BE EXPENSIVE

REMEMBER,YOU DO GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. 

JUST BECAUSE THE SELLER OR MANUFACTURER SAYS IT'S A CERTAIN POWER, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT IS!

SOMETIMES IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO OWN MORE THAN ONE MAGNIFIER OR POWER  

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR MAGNIFIER OUT OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT