Magnifiers Help an Old Woman to Read

Fonts on newspapers, books, and especially maps seem to be getting smaller and smaller. They’re so tiny now. Coupled with my failing eyesight, these fonts are smaller than ants to me and would have disappeared from my sight if not for the existence of magnifiers. I’ve been using magnifiers since 2 years ago when I realized I cannot see as well as before, and that words that used to be average to me now seem so tiny. Of course, I attribute that to the general trend of smaller fonts as well, but whatever the case, I never leave home without magnifiers now. As I’m typing this, I am typing in font size 18, and will edit it to be smaller later. I cannot see beyond font size 12 anymore, they become almost like run-on lines for me.

My son bought me1 LED With 2 Magnifiers Black from a site called DealtoWorld.com, which is a very good site to purchase gadgets, so he says. I do like looking at the useful gizmos they sell on DealtoWorld.com, I have to hit the Control  and + keys to make the words bigger, but the pictures already do a good job in selling me the product, actually. Before he made the purchase, he asked me to look at the magnifiers in the Microscopes&Magnifie  section, and I was rather astonished things like magnifiers can be sold online. I thought the only thing people could buy online were books and DVDs! No wonder online shopping is all the craze for the younger generation. If only we had those in my days.

As you can see from the pictures, this keychain actually has two magnifiers, which I sometimes use concurrently while reading or looking at the map. Magnifiers are really good for reading maps as people are trying to squeeze too much on the maps these days, resulting in landmarks that become too tiny for the naked eye. Picture 2 shows you the button that is used to turn the light on. That is a feature I haven’t seen in other magnifiers, and this button allows you to turn the light on for extended periods of time, without the need of holding on to the button. Pretty nifty, I must say.

I attach this set of magnifiers to my bunch of house keys so I can just whip it out to use them while scrutinizing the subway map. I’ve given up trying to read newspapers though, it’s just too tiring for my eyes to read the newspapers through magnifiers. Carrying this around is definitely more convenient than the magnifying glass I used to have with me, which was way too bulky and prone to scratches anyway. Moreover, glass is not the safest thing to carry around with someone as clumsy as me.

I guess this set of magnifiers would make a very practical gift for your aged parents and relatives, and I’m glad my son got me one. Of course it wouldn’t have hurt if he had also bought me a new bed, but I’m happy with my set of magnifiers for now. The fact that he shopped for it proves that he thought of me, right? Anyway, I highly recommend getting it for any loved one above the age of 60 who have problems with small words that are prevalent in today’s world.