I have a regular one from Hobby Lobby,but I think I with to try a lighted one.There are dozens on the internet and Amazon,with all the reviews it’s crazy.
Can you point me to what you have found effective.
I have had my optivosor for years and found a cheapish clip on light with a clip on 2 AA battery pack. It’s not bad but the bartery pack keeps falling off.
Re John’s link above, I have one too, the original version on the left, not the newer zenon one. Same as John, it’s works, but the battery falls off regularly. I ended up duct taping mine on and it was still a pain. Battery life is short, cord management is awkward, etc. I ended up installing a ten-gazillion lumen worklight overhead and ditched the optivisor light finding it more trouble than help.
Sorry, this doesn’t help what to buy, but one to avoid. I recall reading positive comments here about some other makes with good lights, hopefully folks will chime in soon.
Donegan (the company that developed the original optiVISOR) makes a clip-on light for their like the ones others have described. Here’s their catalog page for it:
https://doneganoptical.com/product/visorlight/
I would have sworn they made a version with the lights built in, but I can’t find it now at their website. I may be thinking of knock-offs of the OptiVISOR.
I have a cheap Red Chinese knock-off visor that I got at a show years ago. It really helped, but I decided after I started using it, that I wanted additional light, aimed along my line of sight. I figured that when I wore my old one out, I’d upgrade to a model with built-in lights.
In the meantime, I bought this style of magnifier, which seems to be gaining in popularity these days:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32921448580.html
It does put good, focused light right where I need it, but I found that the weight of the battery pack is irritating on the bridge of my nose. Also, despite having 6 different lenses in increasing magnification, none of them provide the same magnification as the loupe on my visor. So I don’t use this one; I just can’t get used to it.
I don’t think the clip-on light for OptiVISORs would cause the same problem, since the weight is on the visor and distributed via the strap around your head.
red chinese? really?
Hi;
I found one at Harbor Freight. The lights are built in and focused to the centerline area. The thing has four clip on visor like Glasses? and is rechargeable. Very light-weight for what it is and very stable for what it is.
Second the Harbor Freight version…last price I saw was 5.95, decent magnification with the flip-down lenses and fairly light and comfortable to wear.
Used it quite happily for years until I switched to regular 2.5X readers from the drugstore. Much more comfortable…without the goggle-type ‘tunnel vision’…and my pre-existing work table lamp provides better lighting than the little battery pack lights ever could.
Just my [2cnts].
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Red%20China
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/red-china
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_China
He seems to be correct,oh by the way,did you have an optivisor recommendation
Yes. it’s a pirate or unlicensed copy of the product developed by Donegan Optical, and it’s produced in the People’s Republic of China. Therefore, Red Chinese copy.