Looking for a simple magnifier that I can slip into a pocket or bag and carry with me. I find some things more difficult to read these days - still manage quite small type but definitely not as good as I once was.

Magnification, I guess 5x would be fine.

Light, adequate LED, not too blue.

Batteries - something common, preferably CR2025 or similar - not an obscure silver or alkaline cell.

Preferably a pop-up so that the lens is protected to some extent. Also, great if pushing back down switched off the light.

Finally, not too expensive. I simply don't need it often enough to be worth paying out for the best.

On 29/01/2021 09:16, polygonum_on_google wrote:
Looking for a simple magnifier that I can slip into a pocket or bag
and carry with me. I find some things more difficult to read these
days - still manage quite small type but definitely not as good as I
once was.

Magnification, I guess 5x would be fine.

3x would be more common. If you relax the requirement of a built in
light the credit card Fresnel lens flat plastic magnifiers are not bad.

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/s...d-samuel-shire

And cheap enough to treat as sacrificial.

Light, adequate LED, not too blue.

Batteries - something common, preferably CR2025 or similar - not an
obscure silver or alkaline cell.

Preferably a pop-up so that the lens is protected to some extent.
Also, great if pushing back down switched off the light.

Finally, not too expensive. I simply don't need it often enough to be
worth paying out for the best.

Something like this meets your spec but I think it would be too heavy
and bulky. You can get fold away lenses with no light much cheaper.
YMMV

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00524H8MC/

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Regards,
Martin Brown

On Friday, 29 January 2021 at 10:50:22 UTC, Martin Brown wrote:
On 29/01/2021 09:16, polygonum_on_google wrote:
Looking for a simple magnifier that I can slip into a pocket or bag
and carry with me. I find some things more difficult to read these
days - still manage quite small type but definitely not as good as I
once was.

Magnification, I guess 5x would be fine.
3x would be more common. If you relax the requirement of a built in
light the credit card Fresnel lens flat plastic magnifiers are not bad.

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/s...d-samuel-shire

And cheap enough to treat as sacrificial.
Light, adequate LED, not too blue.

Batteries - something common, preferably CR2025 or similar - not an
obscure silver or alkaline cell.

Preferably a pop-up so that the lens is protected to some extent.
Also, great if pushing back down switched off the light.

Finally, not too expensive. I simply don't need it often enough to be
worth paying out for the best.
Something like this meets your spec but I think it would be too heavy
and bulky. You can get fold away lenses with no light much cheaper.
YMMV

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00524H8MC/

I'd looked at the Carson but agree it is a bit bulky and, with three AAA cells, heavy, for my purposes.

Not sure what you were linking to in the first one! Edward Samuel Shire (1908-1978), Mathematician, physicist and joint inventor of the radio proximity fuse for explosive devices - very interesting but no magnifier!

Yes - I might find 3x sufficient but wanted to look slightly higher, if possible. And drop down to 3x if I have to.

On 29/01/2021 11:28, polygonum_on_google wrote:
On Friday, 29 January 2021 at 10:50:22 UTC, Martin Brown wrote:
On 29/01/2021 09:16, polygonum_on_google wrote:
Looking for a simple magnifier that I can slip into a pocket or
bag and carry with me. I find some things more difficult to read
these days - still manage quite small type but definitely not as
good as I once was.

Magnification, I guess 5x would be fine.
3x would be more common. If you relax the requirement of a built
in light the credit card Fresnel lens flat plastic magnifiers are
not bad.

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/s...d-samuel-shire



And cheap enough to treat as sacrificial.
Light, adequate LED, not too blue.

Batteries - something common, preferably CR2025 or similar - not
an obscure silver or alkaline cell.

Preferably a pop-up so that the lens is protected to some
extent. Also, great if pushing back down switched off the light.

Finally, not too expensive. I simply don't need it often enough
to be worth paying out for the best.
Something like this meets your spec but I think it would be too
heavy and bulky. You can get fold away lenses with no light much
cheaper. YMMV

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00524H8MC/

I'd looked at the Carson but agree it is a bit bulky and, with three
AAA cells, heavy, for my purposes.

Not sure what you were linking to in the first one! Edward Samuel
Shire (1908-1978), Mathematician, physicist and joint inventor of the
radio proximity fuse for explosive devices - very interesting but no
magnifier!

Yes - I might find 3x sufficient but wanted to look slightly higher,
if possible. And drop down to 3x if I have to.

Finger trouble on my part. Paste buffer had that link in it by chance.
Credit card sized flat magnifiers that fit in a wallet/purse.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/KeCool-Tran.../dp/B07F74M2QW

Carson do a more expensive version with a case.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

On 29/01/2021 11:40, Martin Brown wrote:
On 29/01/2021 11:28, polygonum_on_google wrote:
On Friday, 29 January 2021 at 10:50:22 UTC, Martin Brown wrote:
On 29/01/2021 09:16, polygonum_on_google wrote:
Looking for a simple magnifier that I can slip into a pocket or
bag and carry with me. I find some things more difficult to read
these days - still manage quite small type but definitely not as
good as I once was.

Magnification, I guess 5x would be fine.
3x would be more common. If you relax the requirement of a built
in light the credit card Fresnel lens flat plastic magnifiers are
not bad.

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/s...d-samuel-shire




And cheap enough to treat as sacrificial.
Light, adequate LED, not too blue.

Batteries - something common, preferably CR2025 or similar - not
an obscure silver or alkaline cell.

Preferably a pop-up so that the lens is protected to some
extent. Also, great if pushing back down switched off the light.

Finally, not too expensive. I simply don't need it often enough
to be worth paying out for the best.
Something like this meets your spec but I think it would be too
heavy and bulky. You can get fold away lenses with no light much
cheaper. YMMV

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00524H8MC/

I'd looked at the Carson but agree it is a bit bulky and, with three
AAA cells, heavy, for my purposes.

Not sure what you were linking to in the first one! Edward Samuel
Shire (1908-1978), Mathematician, physicist and joint inventor of the
radio proximity fuse for explosive devices - very interesting but no
magnifier!

Yes - I might find 3x sufficient but wanted to look slightly higher,
if possible. And drop down to 3x if I have to.

Finger trouble on my part. Paste buffer had that link in it by chance.
Credit card sized flat magnifiers that fit in a wallet/purse.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/KeCool-Tran.../dp/B07F74M2QW


Carson do a more expensive version with a case.


My father had a really good German one that slid out of a holder
rather like some mobile phones used to. Quite expensive though.

I think it was one of these :-

https://www.eschenbach.com/products/...magnifiers.asp

Optima low vision?
The trendy way is an app on your phone these days of course.
Brian

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"polygonum_on_google" wrote in message
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Looking for a simple magnifier that I can slip into a pocket or bag and
carry with me. I find some things more difficult to read these days -
still manage quite small type but definitely not as good as I once was.

Magnification, I guess 5x would be fine.

Light, adequate LED, not too blue.

Batteries - something common, preferably CR2025 or similar - not an
obscure silver or alkaline cell.

Preferably a pop-up so that the lens is protected to some extent. Also,
great if pushing back down switched off the light.

Finally, not too expensive. I simply don't need it often enough to be
worth paying out for the best.

On Friday, 29 January 2021 at 13:27:45 UTC, Andrew wrote:
On 29/01/2021 11:40, Martin Brown wrote:
On 29/01/2021 11:28, polygonum_on_google wrote:
On Friday, 29 January 2021 at 10:50:22 UTC, Martin Brown wrote:
On 29/01/2021 09:16, polygonum_on_google wrote:
Looking for a simple magnifier that I can slip into a pocket or
bag and carry with me. I find some things more difficult to read
these days - still manage quite small type but definitely not as
good as I once was.

Magnification, I guess 5x would be fine.
3x would be more common. If you relax the requirement of a built
in light the credit card Fresnel lens flat plastic magnifiers are
not bad.

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/s...d-samuel-shire




And cheap enough to treat as sacrificial.
Light, adequate LED, not too blue.

Batteries - something common, preferably CR2025 or similar - not
an obscure silver or alkaline cell.

Preferably a pop-up so that the lens is protected to some
extent. Also, great if pushing back down switched off the light.

Finally, not too expensive. I simply don't need it often enough
to be worth paying out for the best.
Something like this meets your spec but I think it would be too
heavy and bulky. You can get fold away lenses with no light much
cheaper. YMMV

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00524H8MC/

I'd looked at the Carson but agree it is a bit bulky and, with three
AAA cells, heavy, for my purposes.

Not sure what you were linking to in the first one! Edward Samuel
Shire (1908-1978), Mathematician, physicist and joint inventor of the
radio proximity fuse for explosive devices - very interesting but no
magnifier!

Yes - I might find 3x sufficient but wanted to look slightly higher,
if possible. And drop down to 3x if I have to.

Finger trouble on my part. Paste buffer had that link in it by chance.
Credit card sized flat magnifiers that fit in a wallet/purse.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/KeCool-Tran.../dp/B07F74M2QW


Carson do a more expensive version with a case.

My father had a really good German one that slid out of a holder
rather like some mobile phones used to. Quite expensive though.

I think it was one of these :-

https://www.eschenbach.com/products/...magnifiers.asp

Mixed reviews as you go round. They seem pretty effective but not as rugged as I'd like - at least, as I'd really expect at the price!

On Friday, 29 January 2021 at 15:37:55 UTC, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Optima low vision?
The trendy way is an app on your phone these days of course.
Brian

Yes - and sometimes that is fine. But I find it difficult to use one-handed which is sometimes necessary.