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This thing does everything you'd expect a Magnifier Workbench Lamp to do. There was another brand I found about the same price form a different seller and the reviewer said the springs were so tight that the lamp did not want to stay in place. This particular one has a couple of wing nuts at 2 of the elbows so you can put it into position and tighten them up. The glass stays exactly where you put it. If you loosen the wing nuts the springs are strong enough to pull the arms back to a folded position. For the price you can't pass this one up if you're looking for a magnigying glass to do hobby work on small things.

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I've used this a numbe of times now. I have very poor eyes and this helps with repairs of small items like bearing, bicycle parts and pulling splinters. Leave the elbow fitting loose and then tighten them up. Stays in position just fine. The cover keeps dust off, but as extra protection for the underside light, I completely bag the head light with a plastic bag and twisty tie b/c of my dusty environment. I move it around easily from workbench to work desk too. Good lamp for the money and packed like gold from Ft. Nox.

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Does it's job very well after increasing the tension on all the hinges so it stays put. Two improvements would be possible:

1) The lens protection cover tends to fall down when the lens is at an angle. There is a spring mechanism to hold it up but it is not strong enough. I rigged some rubber bands as hold down springs.

2) The lamp gives off too much heat. That is annoying since one tends to work with one's head close to the lens.

As I get older my eyes needed one of these.

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Seeing the preponderance of very favorable reviews, I was somewhat hesitant to give this lamp a relatively low rating, but this was my experience with the lamp. First, the supporting arms are under-engineered for the size of the lamp head, which is 10" long and 7.75" wide it's not a featherweight head, which is not necessarily a bad thing but the rest of the rig needs to easily and freely support it. Second, the thumbscrews are undersized and it takes more torque than feels comfortable to fix the arm in position I got a sense that I would not want to be using them often because they might fail. Third, the uppermost thumbscrew secures the lamp head, and the head wants to rotate if not fully torqued down. Fourth, there is a lot of perimeter distortion in the glass. What's good about it are (1) the brightness of the lamp (florescent), (2) the glass cover which stays up by friction, (3) the very nice base made of cast metal not junk stamped parts, and (4) the protective cover over the bulb, something I've not seen before.

I use this type of lamp daily. You might not, and its shortcomings may work for you your mileage may vary. I am replacing a well-worn old companion lamp and was trying to get away with replacing it for $50. That didn't work.

Lastly, to keep things in perspective, here's the non-magnifying workbench lamp that I use and that I absolutely adore ... I want a magnifying lamp built like this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DNCJNY/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

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We dont have any problems with lamp staying in place after setting it up. It is a good solid product and we are happy with the purchase. The problem I have and hence 4stars instead of 5 is that the light bulb burned out after 1 month from purchase. I think that is too short it is not being used everyday or 24/7. So I had to buy replacement and will see how long one bulb lasts.