I am looking for a Magnifying lamp that will fit a regular bulb (I would use a good LED bulb 100w equiv or higher). Almost all of the lamps on Amazon seem to be the same chinese knockoffs where you have a a reasonably sized piece of glass with 5x or 10x magnification and a ring of crappy LEDs around the outside of the glass, which would not be bright enough to really see things compared to a good 100w equiv LED bulb.
however the design is old, and the glass size / reading area is quite small.
I’m hoping that some one knows of a different site or location that might sell something like the older design with more glass and able to use regular bulbs (led versions).
The problem with a single bulb is getting the light where you want it. With a single bulb you will be fighting shadows all of the time. Been there, done that. Not good.
that’s a very good point. I wouldn’t mind a ring of LEDs, but nearly all of the ‘Ring LED’ mag lamps on Amazon do not mention lumens or quality of LEDs, so it’s difficult to get a sense of their true brightness or quality or warmth.
I use an old school desk lamp with a magnifying glass. And I have replaced the old school 40W bulb with an E10 400lm led bulb. Works for me, does not even get luke warm.
But I do admit: a quick search (just now) only resulted in one picture of a sold out light.
yep, that lamp is same I linked from amazon for the old school lamp, it’s currently $40 w/no bulb.
Can you link which E10 bulb you are using? I have not really looked into the bulbs, was going to use one of the FEIT ?regular? sized bulbs from the multi packs at Costco which now come w/a slider to ?set? the warmth/white level.
I use the most down to earth Ikea 400 lm. it looks pretty much like the B10 shape on THIS page. A similar lightbulb (200 lm version) sits in my fridge for many years now, after a €10 Whirlpool special fridge lightbulb died in 2 seconds (and the store owner said: no warranty on bulbs and batteries, hè hè hè.).
At the photo lab we had lenses about 8 inches in diameter with a ring fluorescent light and tungsten bulbs. this was to get a more natural color to inspect photographs. Since photo labs are extinct there are probably a bunch of these floating around.
it might be worth it to set a pricewatch for $50 and try it out. for those that you used ones like these, would the 5x version that is cheaper be a decent option or is the 10x just a better choice here?
