Aven Tools Mighty Vue Inspector vs Vision Luxo Wave LED light magnifier

For PCB work/rework at home, I've got a 5" circular fluorescent tube magnifier from Office Depot. It works OK but the optics are not particularly clear. I find I have to have to perfectly positioned, and then only the center is in focus. It's mostly fine but I want to step my game up. I'd love to get a eyepiece-less stereo microscope like a Mantis or an Evo, but I'm not that rich.

I'm looking at either the Aven Tools Mighty Vue Inspector, or the Vision-Luxo Wave LED lighted magnifier. The camera is a fun addition on the Aven Tools, but unsure how useful yet. I do plug a USB microscope until an HDMI display, and it really is a game changer there.

Any thoughts to optical clarity between them? Reliability of the brand? Build quality? etc? Probably a 5-diopter, and hopefully that's not too close.

https://aventools.com/collections/mighty-vue-inspector

https://www.glamox.com/en/pbs/products/indoor/arm-based/wave-led/

Thanks

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Posted Feb 6, 2024, 6:55 PM UTC

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