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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3878869, member: 19463"]Laugh all you want. I have two functional eyes and a pair of $1 Dollar Tree +3.5 diopter (strongest they sell) readers gives me a portable binocular microscope over my trifocals. For more money you can buy +6 glasses elsewhere but too strong will make it hard to converge the image depending on the condition of you eye muscles. I no longer use the clip on magnifiers shown in this old photo and favored by some older dealers I knew because I prefer seeing in 3D - something a $100 squinter glass can not do.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024666[/ATTACH]</p><p>They make lighted versions but I don't know how they would work over glasses.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/SE-Illuminated-Dual-Flip-Magnifier/dp/B003UCODIA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/SE-Illuminated-Dual-Flip-Magnifier/dp/B003UCODIA" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/SE-Illuminated-Dual-Flip-Magnifier/dp/B003UCODIA</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3878869, member: 19463"]Laugh all you want. I have two functional eyes and a pair of $1 Dollar Tree +3.5 diopter (strongest they sell) readers gives me a portable binocular microscope over my trifocals. For more money you can buy +6 glasses elsewhere but too strong will make it hard to converge the image depending on the condition of you eye muscles. I no longer use the clip on magnifiers shown in this old photo and favored by some older dealers I knew because I prefer seeing in 3D - something a $100 squinter glass can not do. [ATTACH=full]1024666[/ATTACH] They make lighted versions but I don't know how they would work over glasses. [URL]https://www.amazon.com/SE-Illuminated-Dual-Flip-Magnifier/dp/B003UCODIA[/URL][/QUOTE]
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