SE Jeweler's Loupe - 30X
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of SE Jeweler's Loupe - 30X
Customer Review: SUPRISINGLY GOOD
Summary: 5 Stars
I was quite surprised by the quality of this loupe when considering its low price.Customer Review: Good Loupe!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a nice little loupe, and a terrific price. You can't go wrong!Customer Review: great fast service
Summary: 5 Stars
I was very happy with my purchase. will recommend to my friends.Customer Review: Stan's Review
Summary: 4 Stars
For the money, the is a fairly decent magnifying glass. Don't really expect it to be thirty power, though. It is more or less ten power as far as I can figure by comparing it to several expensive Hastings triplets I own.
Where they got the "approximately 30x" from is anyone's guess unless they were trying to rate the thing by area magnification as opposed to linear magnification. In this case they got the formula wrong.
Magnifiers are usually rate linearly, in that a 2x magnifier should make a one inch line appear two inches. This is the same as binoculars and other magnifying instruments though there is some kind of convention, I believe, of a standard ten inches with reading glass magnifiers.
Whatever--the thing does have glass lenses as far as I can tell and it comes in a nifty little plastic box. It is a great little lens for a geology student or a nature buff and, at the price, makes a novel little gift.
Customer Review: Great Product at a Low Price
Summary: 4 Stars
This may not be a loupe for the professional, but for the Average Joe (like me) it is a wonderful product to help you magnify those small projects. I purchased mine to use occasionally for inspecting certain small parts on my cars engine...this is exactly what I needed.
The only reason that I give it 4 stars, instead of 5, is that it isn't a "high-end" loupe...but it is something that is more geared towards those of us that don't want to spend $30 for a Bausch&Laumb.