[Elecraft] OT - Magnifier lamp

[Terry Schieler]

Ron wrote:  " One recommendation - get the type with an adjustment knob on
the head band."

I have that magnifier also, and the adjustment knob comes in especially
handy after a fresh haircut!

Terry, W0FM




-----Original Message-----
From: Ron D'Eau Claire [mailto:ron at cobi.biz] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:39 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - Magnifier lamp

I'm an Optivisor user too since the 1980's. It's comfortable enough to cause
a fellow a lot of embarrassment. 

Back then I spent a period of time repairing land mobile radios for a
company in Oakland, CA. The Optivisor was boon for swapping out SMDs,
especially on tiny hand-held radio pc boards. 

One day as I walked through the office several attractive young women looked
up and smiled, so I couldn't resist "chatting them up" a bit. After a few
minutes it dawned on me they weren't really making eye contact but were
staring at the top of my head.

A nice feature of the Optivisor is that the magnifier hood flips up out of
the way when you don't need it so you don't have to constantly take it off
and put it on. It's so light it's easy to forget you are wearing it. And I
had. I was walking around with that darn thing sticking straight up above my
head. That's what they were smiling about. 

Pretty hard on a single guy's ego, I must say. 

One recommendation - get the type with an adjustment knob on the head band.
There's one style that uses a simpler "tab and slot" head band adjustment,
but I've found it comes loose too easily. The knob allows precise tension
adjustment that I found superior. (Yes, I bought two - one for work and one
for the 'shack'). 

And now, at an age where I've become "invisible" to pretty young women, I'm
still messing with SMDs and other tiny parts and the Optivisor is still my
constant companion. 

But, ah..., it was a very good year. 

73, 

Ron AC7AC