Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is without a doubt the best hand-held magnifier I have used, and I've tried many of them. I have very low vision so cannot read most books without one. What sets this one apart is: 1. I can actually read across the page without having to constantly move the device left and right. I was very surprised by this, since the lens width is just under 5", but I actually have no trouble seeing the entire width of a book page at a single glance. And the lens being rectangular rather than circular gives much more viewing flexibility. 2. The illumination is superior to any other magnifier I have seen in this price range. Most hand-helds have a bulb at one end of the lens and the illumination of the visual field is not uniform. The part of the lens away from the bulb is darker and often unusable. But this magnifier has an LED bulb at each of the four corners of the lens, making the illumination uniform and quite bright. I have tried and thrown out more magnifiers than I can count for making my reading experience awkward and tiring. But this one is a keeper. It has everything I've always wanted in a hand-held and didn't believe was out there. Fantastic purchase.