Hope the light be more brighter

Unfortunately, I had to return this one. It was top-heavy a little bit bigger than I was expecting didn't fit well on my end table. I personally didn't like it but it did work well..

The light is an afterthought on this magnifier. The 6 LED lights that it touts are in one small spot where the magnifier head meets the arm. They may look bright in one spot, but they don't give off much overall light. Our mistake, but we thought the 6 lights were spaced around the ring of the magnifier, so the light would shine directly down on what you're reading. The spot light is just that "“ point the light at a spot. Yes, the little spot is adjustable up and down, but it just doesn't light things up the way we expected. It's hard to judge light in pictures, but we took these in natural light so you could see the minor difference between dark (off) and light (on).

Another small thing that we find annoying is the giant plug with a red light that's always on. Granted, it's only pennies, but those glowing plugs use constant energy. We're no experts, but we think it probably has something to do with LED, as another one of our lamps does the same thing. We never minded as much because the lamp is used daily, so if it needs to maintain energy then so be it. But this is a minor appliance to use occasionally. Leaving it plugged in and glowing seems to be a waste. And for such a tiny LED to begin with, one would think that a regular plug would be fine to give it power when you want to turn it on. Whatever. We'll just live with plugging and unplugging when we want to use it. The lights are so dim, we probably won't use them much anyway "“ just the magnifier.

As far as the magnifier itself, we have no way to gauge the accuracy of the 8x level. We just know that it makes things somewhat bigger depending on how you hold it underneath. We mainly wanted it for the kitchen to read package directions that are being printed increasingly smaller as the years pass. The worst is the measurement fractions. Would it really hurt package designers to print 1 / 4 cup in line with the regular characters rather than letting the font change it to ¼ symbol? Rant over. The magnifier is a magnifier.

As far as ease of assembly, that was a snap "“ literally. Only time will tell us the quality of how well the unit holds up. Overall, it's a good size, we like the phone holder, and it seems handy for its intention. It's only the light that's disappointing.

Bought for making lures,helps a bunch

I am 73 years old and my eyes are not as good as they once were. This product gives me the ability to continue crafting a little bit longer. Good clarity, and easy to use.