Suggestion for a bench top magnifying lamp?

[Johnny1234]

Hi all.
Hope this is an appropriate category for this question. I am look for a magnifying lamp for my work bench.
Looking for something sturdy and reliable as I have run into to many POS in my travels. Maybe around 100
dollar range.
Many Thanks
Johnny1234

 

[pucho812]

I used to have something similar although mine was a standard fluorescent bulb. But here you go, 25 bucks and doesn't take up much counter space.

https://www.amazon.com/Magnifier-St...pcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A2UPMZGQGXZTQ0

 

[NOON]

If you're getting on in years and working on surface mount things then it's worth getting something with really good optics in the lens, I've found cheap ones to have more distortion, smaller usable area and poor depth of field. You can get much better quality in the second hand market. I got a great deal recently on 5 medical grade inspection lamps from a doctors surgery that was closing down. Still had fluoro tubes but you can easily get LED replacements on Amazon etc.

 

[Whoops]

I use this one, it works fine

 

[ruffrecords]

I have exactly the same model. Had it about 10 years now. Works perfectly. Also you can use it with reading glasses and get a kind of telescope effect. Very useful when reading values of very tiny components.

Cheers

ian