Recommendations: Magnifiying glasses with light

I use a table lamp with a built in magnifying lens. CPC.Farnell offer a range.

I use a cheap USB microscope, for fiddly working on stuff. My major discovery was that it was a stable stand that was critical, rather than the microscope itself.

This is a good stand and cheap microscope

I actually have a VEHO microscope, but they seem expensive now, they weren't when I bought mine a decade or two ago.

My glasses prescription has changed many times over that period, but the microscope still works fine.

I use these:

What do you want to use it for and what magnification do you really need?

If for assembly work a bench mounted magnifier could be much better. See

You can buy the stand (or something very much like it) separately - should you happen to have a old USB microscope lying around somewhere.

I've seen good reviews of these, which come with a display and recording features:

If you have a spare Android phone or tablet around, there's various 'USB camera' apps that can be used to turn it into a display.

Theo