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I have a pair of dentist glasses
( same kind of glasses your dentist would have, best description i can give but same kind of thing your looking at on amazon, just with a headband kind of thing) ……..
just get the correct power you need, i have no idea what the mag. on mine is…… they allow me plenty of room/distance from what i am working on and just flip up the glasses like a welding mask makes it easier then glasses.
Check out ebay or maybe amazon,i have had mine for many years so not sure where you should buy them….. should be quite a bit less expensive then the amazon.com glasses you referenced.
Hi I am new to this repair game and I use my magnifying light. It has good magnification and a wide lens about 3-5inches diameter. They have a light on them that shines onto your work. They attach by clamp to the table . They are used for fine sewing and knotting wigs. They are fantastic, to adjust the distance from the work you just move the lens you can get in close or work further away.
I use a 20x microscope when soldering. It is attached to a boom stand and gives 6 inches of work room. I have all types of glasses and magnifiers, but if you really want to see what you are doing you need more than a pair of loupes.
If your doing this professionally you could go to your local optometrist and ask him for a set of ‘doctor telescopes’ (Its what dentists & surgeons use) They look like eye glasses with a big camera lens sticking out in the middle of the normal glasses lens. They are expensive! But boy! do they make it a breeze working on fine detail work (I found a pair at a flea market). They are like a hand magnifier (watchmakers loupe) but at an arms length away and can be adjusted.
A dioptic fixture is what is used by pros . It works great and has a lite w/it
This is an expensive solution, but if you are doing a lot of tiny sight-intensive work, I highly recommend CraftOptics. The folks there are super helpful, and will devise a pair of magnifying glasses that include your prescription. The glasses also have an optional LED light that I find indispensable, which attaches to the glasses and runs off of a rechargeable battery pack. There are other solutions, but I find these magnifying glasses to be the best to see with, easiest to wear, and with them I can see better than I ever imagined. The customer service offered by CraftOptics is the very best. I do not work for them, and am not related to anyone who works there. The glasses and the company are just great! Another solution is a magnifying lamp made by Brightech - specifically, the Pro Lightview XL, of which there are 3-4 different models. This lamp pivots and can be positioned over your work without tightening screws, and it also can be adjusted to sit on a desk or stand on the floor. One looks through the lamp head which has a large rectangular 5-diopter glass magnifying lens brightly lit by LED lights that can be dimmed. I love this lamp! I use both of these to see while I make beaded jewelry, repair electronics, solder jewelry and electronic connections, etc. They are both invaluable to me and I use both every single day, Good Luck!
When I first began fixing electronics as a hobby, all I needed was a reasonably priced, modest but dependable magnifying lens. The good news is that despite only costing a few dollars, this Elenco magnifying lens was indispensable to my soldering. I can now use the extra cash to buy different tools for my soldering work.
