Tony, I have bifocals as well. Do your Opti-Visors have the small magnifier len(s) that adds to the strength of the primary one or is it one lens?
Mike On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Mike, > For me they are the only thing. I read in the other posts that they are not > for some. I have several types and the Opti Visor is the best for me. I just > can't tie with a Magnifier Light, I wear bifocal glasses and a 5X lens in > the visor. I can look through my bifocals at things on the bench and they > are clear and then look at the fly in the vise and it is clear without > adjusting the visor. The only thing I find when tying at shows is looking > up at the person I am talking to.. I do automatically raise the visor to > look at that person. I go almost all day with the visor on my head. This > would bother some people and not others, maybe I just have a hard head. The > Mag Eyes would be second choice they are light in weight but I still prefer > the Opti Visor. I have two pair the 5X for tying and 7X for rod wrapping. > The cheap ones with lights from Harbor Freight are just OK but not as good > as the better ones. They are usually on sale for less than 5.00 > You will have to decide, this is what works best for me. > Tony > > --- On *Tue, 2/2/10, Michael Bliss <flyfish...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Michael Bliss <flyfish...@gmail.com> > Subject: [VFB] Head Magnifiers > > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 11:03 PM > > I am thinking of buying a head magnifier. I looked at one at the craft > store and it was $40 for one with one lens. I looked at Ebay and they start > around $5. Does anyone use these and do you have any idea which one to > buy? Are the cheapies just as good for tying purposes as the more expensive > ones? > > Mike > > -- > Mike Bliss > Aloha from Hawaii > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
