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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 556325, member: 16510&quot;]<b>It depends on what you are trying to do.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It depends on what you are trying to do and yes I have aged my eyes well over 20 years of my actual age of 55 right now.&nbsp; A couple of thoughts:&nbsp; <b>Those desktop magnifiers are not very fine quality or strong and I think even if you used one you would end up going to your loupe to see &quot;what you think you saw&quot; with those.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What are you doing most?&nbsp; If general looking at coins for grading never use anything bigger than a 5X and a nearby 60 watt bulb.&nbsp; If your using a 10x for this you are unnessarily working your eyes to hard.</p><p>If for die varieties you have no choice but to use a 10x or 14x followed by a 20x for additional close work.&nbsp; These will damage your vision.</p><p>I look at from 2500 to 7500 Lincoln&#039;s each week and I will &quot;pay the price&quot;, already am.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While you are looking at coins and if near a window with trees outside about every 10 minutes or so relax your eyes and let them look at green trees or something neutral in the distance - this will relax your eyes and keep the strain down.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Be careful what you get hooked on - if a 10x you will have difficulty with most everything else and will want to gravitate back to what is familiar.</p><p>Buy the very best available such as Bausch and Lomb Hastings Triplet no matter what the cost - those are your eyes after all.&nbsp; There may be a couple of as good or better German ones also.&nbsp; The Bausch and Lomb are going to be around $50 each but are guaranteed forever and well worth the money.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sidebar::: One of the South&#039;s finer dealers that come to my show never uses a loupe at all - he actually grades and prices instantly as he sees the coins and takes no longer than 30 seconds to do all that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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