I bought 3 cheap reader enhancers on Amazon as I have Macular Degeneration and was really pleased that I now have these. Just after having bought these, Later, I was taken to a specialised shop in Seattle for vision, as I wanted to find out if there were other contraception’s that maybe I should also get, but a similar range, with maybe 1 item I had missed, and some way more expensive items which I will comment on later. I bought 3 items, all at a great price between 8 and 12 $ each.: 1) Carson Multi-Power LED Lighted Pocket Magnifier (PM-33) 8$ 2) UltraOptix LED Lighted Folding Magnifier 3x 12$ 3) Mighty Bright Rigid Page Magnifier ( rigid – full page) 8$ The first 2 are similar, with the Carson pocket magnifiers probably being my preference as it is much lighter, thinner, and fits neatly in a pocket ( my breast pocket), At last at a restaurant, I can easily flip it out and read the menu, even in dim lighting conditions. I am super pleased. The Carsons also has a more modern look, as it is not so obvious you have a magnifying glass as the Ultraoptix . The Ultra optix folding Magnifier his much bigger, thicker, and while the lense is way bigger, it actually does not make that much of a difference. Maybe if you only had the 2 (Carson & Ultra Optix) , then for reading the bigger Ultraoptix would be good, but read on. For details, the Carosns switch is smaller and more difficult to get put “ON” by accident, but it does have special batteries, which cant be re-charged, so may be more expensive in the long run. Will have to wait and see how long the batteries last. Not too sure if I will use the 2 additional small higher magnifying screens on Carsons often,( at one side ), but if you are not getting a small character, for which you wish a greater magnification it is right there, and you don’t have to lift the magnifying, and hence the light does not go dimmer, (for MD a good light is essential). The Mightly Bright rigid page Magnifier is just great when you wish to read a magazine or a book, as you can see several columns at the same time, and if you are a fast reader, you can skip down paragraphs easily without getting lost. There is no light on the rigid full page magnifier, (uses a Fresnel system) so you need to get good lighting, which is not a problem at home. It is very light, but still does a great job. ( I am delighted with IKEA’s small let light for about 12 CAD each!, a powerful and concentrated light on a flexible tube about 18 in long) I was concerned about scratching the big flat plastic sheet, but actually just put in inside the pages of a magazine, and bingo, it is protected. No need to have a special cover. Next and future wishes. I saw Carson ezRead Visual Aide Magnifier (DR-200) at 73 $, but it is not wireless, so having wires linked to say an Ipad or tablet is not on, and it have the wrong connections for a tablet! But am pretty sure that soon we will se something come. I also say in the specialised shop fancy system that looked like a camera above a PC screen, which then was linked to the screen and you could magnify at the level you wished. ( you have the page flat on the desk, and see the text on screen, BUT the price was horrendous! 2000$. A straight small digital camera cost 100$ and a fixture to the screen would do the job at way less!! There were also small 3inx 7 in screens similar to a smart phone in apparence, which worked like a digital camera with a huge screen, and a few add-ons like convert a black print on white paper to yellow text on blue background, but these were also in the 500 + $ range, not that cost/benefit enough for me. Finally, in the shop, there was also a magnifying glass similar to UltraOptix, but where the distance to the page was fixed by a “box” which you place on the paper and slide alond.. This is not something you would want to take out of the house, but may decrease the arm fatigue of holding a small light glass at the right distance from what you are reading. It was also much more that the 10 $ range.