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Pros & Cons

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Pros

This is a dream piece of kit for those tricky and fiddly times when you need three or four hands to do a small job. All in all a very handy and well constructed piece of kit. Shipped exactly as stated.

Once assembled, the two crocodile clips are easy to manipulate. It is lightweight but is more than enough for my needs. The only thing is it's a little lighter than i would have liked.



Cons

The crocodile clips that are meant to hold the item to be magnified are attached to the base with a very weak mechanism. All in a piece of cheaply made rubbish. The centre, plastic vice is very small, only an object no bigger than around 1. The centra...  Read More

Led lights are very dull and not well-positioned. The usb power cable is super-short, so you need a usb extension, a close power socket or use batteries. The mag lens is plastic and was heavily scratched on arrival.

The soldering iron holder is useless and dangerous. It swings around to a point where the tip of the iron touches the plastic of the stand. This product is not suitable for soldering.

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Highlights

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Quality


Bought for my father as a gift who enjoys his train set this helping hand has been exactly that the added light on the microsco...  Read More


And a very good price for a well made product


Could have done with the led light being a bit brighter

Price


The uses are endless at an excellent price

Competitiveness


I looked at similar products but decided for the price you get everything you need with this one


Its a nice product but wish the body was a bit better material other than all plastick

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  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 3,095 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 30 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Could have done with the led light being a bit brighter


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Until i put soldering iron in the holder it fell over


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I removed the base cover and added as much weight as possible and cured the problem


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If the manufactures did is it would cost a lot more in postage


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    There are those moments when two hands are just not enough and as i get older two naked eyes are not enough either


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Bargain product with decent features however being so cheap not really suitable for daily use unless very careful screws tend to strip


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    What i dont like is that the arms are on a rotatable toothed yaw pivot with seemingly no means of tightening it unlike the pitch adjustment


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This is a very fancy helping hands device

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