Magnifying visor?

[Billnpatti]

:surrender: I have used on from Harbor Freight wit no problems and cost is low :hatsoff:

This is just my personal take on Harbor Freight. I have bought a lot of stuff from Harbor Freight and, in most, if not all, cases Harbor Freight stuff is imported from places such as China, India, etc. and for the most part is pretty cheaply made of poor quality materials. Having said that, however, if you are using it only occasionally and you have one of their 20% coupons, it is often cheaper to buy their stuff and just toss it and replace it with the same junk when it fails or falls apart than it is to buy the good stuff. I have gone through about 3 of their small vises. When you tighten down on the screw that holds the vise from turning on the base, it doesn't take much to strip the threads. No telling how many ratchet wrenches and sockets I have broken due to poor materials of construction. I finally reached the point of diminishing returns and have now bought good sockets and ratchet wrenches. My next small vise will cost a bit more and come from someplace other than Harbor Freight. Oh, I'll still buy a few things from them. Harbor Freight is okay for some things but if you are using a thing regularly or using it in your work, then you need to pass up Harbor Freight with its cheap prices and break out that stash of money with all of the dust and cob webs on it and buy the good stuff.

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

and the visor is quite a bit cooler in summer than the optivisor

I've had the same opti-visor for a bit over 10 years now, have the #'s 5, 7, and 10 lens and am just now starting to see the lens pegs fatigue.

In looking at the visor you pictured the first
thing that came to mind was how much cooler and lighter it looks, comfort is important.

With a battery hanging off the front though not sure how much lighter they are.

I tried to add lights to the visor in the beginning, I found it easier to just add more lighting overall.

 

[rijerolmon]

A friend of mine had this posted in his shop...
"Quality is like buying oats, if you are looking for good clean full oats you gotta pay the price....If you are willing to settle for oats that have already been thru the horse, they come cheaper."

 

[dave_person]

Hi AB,
The visor is also sold without the lights. I think it is around $70 from Rio Grande. The LED lights are brighter than any of the visor lights sold for the optivisor.

dave

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

One benefit to visors. Being near-sighted and wearing corrective lenses, but ... ahhhh ... advancing in years, I can't do any really fine "close up" work unless I remove my glasses. Then I'll have perfect vision from eyeball to 6-8" away.

But who wants to run machinery, even w/ safety glasses, with your noggin so close to the chuck or quill?

BINGO - Don the visors and play around w/ the lenses, while wearing your regular eye glasses, as when using both, I can now dial in PERFECT vision at a distance of 2-3'! It has surely helped my machining operations and other mechanical tasks.

 

[jefair1]

There is a guy on EBay that has a lighted visor with interchangeable lenses. It was about $25. If I can find his name, I will send it to you.

 

[Ames]

Yes, use them all the time.

opti-visor with #5 lens seems to give the best trade off between magnification and working distance for my needs.

X2 :thumbsup: Just add your own lighting as needed. I use a gooseneck lamp over my vise.