Wow! The 20X Magnifying Glasses.

While looking around Amazon for fun gadgets to show on The Giz Wiz, I found the 20x Magnification Power Glasses. Here’s what Amazon says about them:

“Loupe location is adjustable on the frame for your comfort. Mounted on a black eyeglass frame for hands free use. Bright LED bulb is adjustable to illuminate viewing field. Perfect for installing & repairing camera, watch, and other electronics. 20x magnification power. Please note: The product need to simply assemble by users. Please close to the object when you use, and it is not stereoscopic, the two sides cannot focus on the same thing meanwhile.” 

And after I got them in the mail, here’s what I found. There is no diopter adjustment, so I couldn’t use these over my glasses. Actually, there are no adjustments at all for the lenses on the 20X Magnification Power Glasses. And you have to be really, really, close to the subject you wish to magnify before it comes into focus. Since you will probably be less than an inch from what you are viewing, they’ll be nothing much you can do to what you’re looking at, except view it. This will make trying to work on a project close-up rather difficult. Contrary to what it says on Amazon, there is no assembly required. You just may have to bend the frames back in shape because it’s not carefully packaged and it comes from overseas, so delivery will take a while. But they’re under $5, with free shipping! (Not Amazon Prime.)  

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