Attachment magnifiers

Clip-on magnifiers are placed directly on the reading material. They are very suitable for longer reading sessions because the distance to the reading material is always the same. Additionally, you can maintain the head and body posture you are used to when reading without a magnifier. Some clip-on magnifiers also allow writing underneath. The clip-on magnifiers are available without light and with integrated lighting. 

Because the magnifier is placed on the material, it is also very suitable for hand tremors.

Clip-on magnifiers with and without lighting

Bright field magnifiers, also called Visolettlupen or reading stones, are a special form of clip-on magnifiers. They consist of a very thick lens or a "stone" made of magnifying glass, which is moved over the reading material for reading. The reading stone is one of the oldest optical devices and was probably already used in the 11th century by Hasan ibn al-Haitham, an Islamic scientist and naturalist. Back then, reading stones were mostly made of quartz or rock crystal; today they are made of acrylic or silicate glass.

Due to the special shape of the magnifier, light from the surroundings is captured, providing very good illumination during magnification. Children can often achieve high magnifications when approaching the magnifier. Older people should use a reading or magnifying glasses together with the bright field magnifier.

We offer bright field magnifiers with and without reading lines made of acrylic glass as well as Visolettlupen - also as magnifier segments - made of silicate glass from SCHWEIZER Optik. We also carry the bright field magnifier menasZOOM from ESCHENBACH as well as the illuminated clip-on magnifiers Makrolux and menasLUX with integrated SMD LED lighting, also from ESCHENBACH.