Could benefit from a glass cover, but a fantastic item!

I’ve been a crafter for a long time and I recently got into felting in a BIG WAY, so I was thrilled to get the chance to try one of these. Since I wear glasses and am only getting older and more mole-like with each passing day, I often struggle with the detailed tasks associated with crafting or even DIY repair jobs on small, fiddly items.

This Magnifying lamp makes that so much easier, I couldn’t be more thrilled! The quality is great and it delivers on exactly what it promises.

There are two things that potential buyers should consider. It has a relatively short cord that ends in a USB plug. This might be confusing for less tech-savvy older folks (for example if Grandma wants it for her embroidery!). For me, I just plug it into a power bank, which makes it more portable, but not everyone has one of those.

Something that did affect me is the clamp mechanism. While it’s a fairly basic one it doesn’t work well on sloped or angle table edges. On top of that any table which has a square frame close to the edge will likely not be a candidate as well. For example, I have several desks which have the metal frame attached close to the ‘lip’ of the desk and it can’t go in far enough to grip steadily on those.

I was still able to find a table to attach it to and most people will be fine, but it did reduce my options a bit and was worth mentioning.

Though I still think it’s fantastic the one thing that bothered me was the lack of a bag. Most items these days have useless bags, but this one actually needs one and doesn’t have it! The glass could easily get scratched in storage. Since I have cats, I can’t leave it out, so I ended up putting it in my closet with a pillowcase over it until I can sew a cover. It’s really strange that it doesn’t