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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 2890106, member: 13307&quot;]I am partial to the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/BelOMO-Triplet-Loupe-Folding-Magnifier/dp/B00EXPWU8S" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/BelOMO-Triplet-Loupe-Folding-Magnifier/dp/B00EXPWU8S" rel="nofollow">BelOmo 10x Triplet Loupe</a> ($33 on Amazon.)&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;ve found is that with the loupes commonly found in coin shops and hobby shops is that either one of the following is true:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) The glass is low quality, making it more difficult to get a clear image.</p><p>2) The viewing area (size of the glass) is too small.&nbsp; This is especially true of many higher powered loupes...yes, you can get closer...but it&#039;s like you&#039;re looking through a keyhole.&nbsp; This is true of my 20x BelOmo loupe, which has a viewing area that is much, much smaller than the 10x...so I never use it.&nbsp; I might have even given it away...</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, a loupe is <i>absolutely </i>not something you want to go cheap on.&nbsp;&nbsp; The money I&#039;ve spent on this loupe has paid itself back again and again and again.&nbsp; Think of it as two cheap silver dollars (or one decent one.)&nbsp; Wouldn&#039;t you spend that kind of money on a tool that you get a ton of use out of for a number of years (as long as you don&#039;t lose it?)&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As an example: I still have an old school Craftsman vise grips that I&#039;ve had for almost 20 years.&nbsp; I&#039;d buy two more if they still made them like that...but they just don&#039;t.&nbsp; The new (cheaper) ones break.&nbsp; The new ones don&#039;t work properly all the time, and I&#039;ve injured myself using other people&#039;s cheap tools.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s no reason to get crazy and spend three figures on a loupe...but a super nice $33 one?&nbsp; That is what I&#039;d call a great investment.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Posted realizing that most likely people will still go and waste money on a cheap loupe, especially because coin shop owners usually only carry cheap ones...so of course they&#039;re going to say they will work - because they want to sell product.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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