30x Jewelers FOLDING EYE LOUPE Gemstone Magnifying Reviews

• Stan's Review

  
  By AFJGF1BCJ7HV2 on 2007-07-04
  For the money, the is a fairly decent magnifying glass. Don't really expect it to be thirty power, though. It is more or less ten power as far as I can figure by comparing it to several expensive Hastings triplets I own.
  
  Where they got the "approximately 30x" from is anyone's guess unless they were trying to rate the thing by area magnification as opposed to linear magnification. In this case they got the formula wrong.
  
  Magnifiers are usually rate linearly, in that a 2x magnifier should make a one inch line appear two inches. This is the same as binoculars and other magnifying instruments though there is some kind of convention, I believe, of a standard ten inches with reading glass magnifiers.
  
  Whatever--the thing does have glass lenses as far as I can tell and it comes in a nifty little plastic box. It is a great little lens for a geology student or a nature buff and, at the price, makes a novel little gift.
  
  

• Takes some getting used to...

  
  By A1L79CIJNJUB3N on 2007-05-07
  Not the best optical glass, but it works. If the glass was of better quality, I would have given it a 5.
  
  

• 30x loupe

  
  By A2GDGJ1MS28DK6 on 2007-07-24
  Pretty good but have a hard time telling the difference from my 10x loupe. Clear glass lens and nice holder.
  
  

• It magnifies.

  
  By A21AX7U9UNIV75 on 2007-10-27
  Need I say more? It's sturdy and great quality, particularly for this great price. The optics are clear. It's a good loupe. You could pay more, but why?
  
  

• Jeweler's Loupe 30x

  
  By AD4PM2E1D2GQ0 on 2007-10-17
  This product, despite being manufactured in China, seems to be quite a useful tool. Easy to manipulate and with a good 30x magnification lens this loupe is a good tool for the low price at which I acquired it. Excelent for examining jewelry or to be used for your particular hobby when needed.
  
  
• Cheap and simplistically great
  By A1TGOIQ84H6Q4J on 2008-02-08
  Not much to say here. Works as advertised, and it's so cheap that it's almost scary.
  
  
• Seeing is believing!
  By AAX66LS70AZW0 on 2008-02-15
  This tool is amazing. My eye sight has diminished over the year, and this quality tool has given me the confidence I need to rate my jewels.
  
  
• Not really a 30X
  By A16A87MVW0QFVZ on 2008-02-28
  Nice lens but not really 30X. I have a 20X and this one magnifies not even close to 20X. It looks like this is just a 10X like the other reviewer says.
  
  
• 30x fikdubg ete kiyoe
  By A2BGX62R2S27JT on 2008-03-08
  I found the item to be of excelent quality and reasonably priced. shipping was quick and easy. Loupe comes with a very convenint carring case for storage in a drawer although there is no case for adding to a key ring.
  
  
• Magnifier
  By AAZD3K05I3AML on 2008-03-10
  Small and compact but is a little difficult to use. Magnifying is great when you figure out how to hold it, to view coins or gem stones. received in a timely manner.
  
  
• It's a 10x loupe with good clarity.
  By A1HR5AJMNHP7S1 on 2008-03-22
  Beware that it is NOT 30x. It's in fact a 10x loupe. Other than that, it's a good quality 10x loupe. Hope Amazon can correct this.
  
  
• Looks like a 10x loupe.
  By A16A87MVW0QFVZ on 2008-03-26
  Looks like a little higher than 10x but definitely not 30x. My 20x magnifies more. Overall quality is very good.
  
  
• Value
  By A4HU68PCI63HE on 2008-05-05
  A great little magnifier for the price.
  But, make sure the little screws that hold the magnifier to the case are kept tight.
  
  
• Is it really 30X?
  By AAPPWNP9FWVWS on 2008-05-29
  The lens does appear to be glass. Like other reviewers, I am also wondering whether this is 30X magnification. I'm having trouble focusing through it to view my jewelry, and it seems to me that I had an easier time looking through 10X when I was in the jewelry store. As a result, I'm ordering another magnifier that is both 10X and 20X and will compare those to this one and then amend this review. On another note, I should have looked here first for the 30X because I purchased the exact item, exact supplier, on Ebay and paid twice the amount as what it is selling for here on Amazon. Live and learn.
  
  
• Not 30x
  By A1KO8QYJ30DZH2 on 2008-06-20
  This is a nice loupe but it's only 10x. I have one of identical size 21mm and side by side looking at something there's no difference. Again, still a nice 10x loupe for the money but not what I paid for :(
  
  

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