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Good magnifying gadget

Postby Louise Pembroke » Sat 27 May 2006 5:01 pm

It's been advertised on the tv, the 'Magnicard' with built on LED light is the size and thickness of a credit card and can be used to magnify things you're looking at like washing care instructions, phone books, sewing, maps. It magnifies up to 2.5 times. It costs £4.99 from Robert Dyas or Woolworths. I got one, it's good.
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Postby Andrew MacLean » Sat 27 May 2006 5:26 pm

I like these little things. I have a round block of clear plastic that magnifies up to 3 times. I put it on the text I am reading and it makes the little letters quite clear.

I also have a similar device like a ruler. same principle applies. I'm off on Monday to see if I can find one of Lou's credid card magnifiers.

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Postby Louise Pembroke » Sat 27 May 2006 5:37 pm

Yes I like it Andrew because it's small to carry around and I put it in one of those Snowpake Polyfiles from Rymans as it is just a bit bigger than the Magnicard and it only costs a few pence, I usually use them for holding a packet of bindi
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New from JML...!

Postby Rob Armstrong » Tue 30 May 2006 12:14 am

Here's the link for the product page if anyone is interested:

http://www.jmldirect.com/product.php?cid=7&pid=181

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