28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
2 bucks each? yay!, July 29, 2011
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Brian Donahue - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SE Jeweler's Loupe - 30X (Set of 2) (Jewelry)
These are a super deal. All metal and with cases. To the reviewers complaining about how it is not 30X magnification- magnification is calculated in different ways. It's all relative to distances between the object and the loupe and the eye. Also this is not the type of magnifying glass that you hold up to things- you put it right up to your eye and hold the thing you are inspecting right in front of it.
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22 of 27 people found the following review helpful
NOT 30 POWER! They are 10 to 12 power!, December 3, 2010
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Harry (Top Central IL.) - See all my reviews
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Using and comparing with some magnifiers I own, I tested and found that these are between 10 and 12 power. The Chinese marketers tend to exaggerate their products a lot. SEEMS TO BE A TREND WITH ALL CHINESE PRODUCTS. Not bad for the price, but I wanted 30 power. Too cheap to return catagory.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
good quality and superior value, January 5, 2012
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The construction and materials are good, the magnification is probably closer to 10X and it doesn't look like or feel like a piece of junk.
The product consists of 2 identical units each in their own cardboard outer box and plastic keeper box. A transparent plastic lid hinged on a black plastic base with foam insert cutout to hold the loupe.
The loupe case is of metal construction with even and uniform chrome finish, screw fastener to the hinge and clear even lens. The text 30x-21mm is ink printed onto the loupe cover and can be rubbed off with a fingernail. A ring screw fastens the lenses and spacer into the loupe frame.
In use the loupe is held very close to the eye and the subject about 1 inch from the lens.
The diameter is about the size of a quarter, fits easily into a pocket and would be handy to take about when looking at jewelry, stamps, coins, pellets, electronic components, insects or other small objects.
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