SE Helping Hand Magnifier w/LED Light
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of SE Helping Hand Magnifier w/LED Light
Customer Review: A great product at a surprisingly low price
Summary: 5 Stars
Product shipped fast and arrived without delay. Minor assembly required, which was easy to do.Customer Review: A jewelry maker's best friend
Summary: 4 Stars
Bought for a jewelry maker's gift...she loves it! Soldering findings and clasps in place is now so much easier. It really is an extra pair of hands.Customer Review: Bottom line, Poor Product....
Summary: 1 Stars
Granted this is not an expensive item, but I think it's reasonable to expect that it is at least functional. When I received the tool the package was not open, but loose and a little rubber thing fell out - I wasn't exactly sure what it was, but held on to it. Next, I notice one of the metal clips lying in the bottom of the shipping box - haven also fallen out of the package. Luckily, nothing fell out of the shipping box. I start to assemble the tool and test the light - remember that little rubber thing? Well it's the cover for the on and off switch. How it fell out I'll never know because getting it back in and working was so much trouble I gave up - I'll try it again after I fix the wiring. Oh yes...FIX the wiring. The light flickered at random and within a minute of setting it up, stopped working entirely. I found out that (1) - the ground for the light doesn't appear to have good contact - it relies on the negative wire from the LED contacting the flexible shaft which in turn contacts the body of the light - this wasn't providing a good connection or so it seemed and (2) The positive wire was so badly connected that it barely had any connection at all and broke off within a minute or two after removing the top cap in an attempt to trouble shoot the issue. So - I'm going to have to lengthen and solder a new wire from the LED to the positive connector and probably run an actual negative wire to the body. None of this is particularly difficult, take a few minutes at most - but that's not the point.
As for everything else - works fine, but then there's not much that can go wrong with a magnifying glass and a couple of clips.
If you buy this - you may have to do a little retro-fitting to make it work.
Customer Review: Cheap
Summary: 1 Stars
These are cheap, but also cheaply made. The light is useless, and none of the parts are constructed very well. After modest modification my set is somewhat usable. Definitely look for a different set!Customer Review: Cheap helping hands
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this helping hands about a month ago because I am is always tinkering with electronic gadgets and always needs a third hand to hold something while soldering. When I first opened the package, I knew right away I had paid for what I got. The alligator clips are a little flimsy, you have to tighten the wing nuts down extremely tight to get everything not to move, and the extra light had issues. The first time he used the helping hands was to fix the light, twice. The first time the light quit working, a wire had come unsolder-ed. The second time, the bendable neck came loose form the base.The only thing has has not complained about was the magnifying glass. I should have returned this and looked for one of better quality.