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Wanting/needing to buy a magnifier visor for up close work. 

Any recommendation for brand and magnification would be appreciated. Did't realize there were so many to choose from until I did and amazon.com search.  (Jim Sabella)

Opticians is the one most commonly used by jewelers. Eschenbach makes one that is lightweight and is held in a frame like a pair of eyeglasses.

Both are available from Otto Frei.  (Gary Soeffker)

I bought mine off Ebay and it was $10. 10x magnification and has a small led light that is useless. (John Smith)

Both the Optivisor and eschenbach have interchangeable lenses for different magnification and focal distance... (Gary Soeffker)

Don't fool around, get the Donegan Optivisor. The lenses are optical grade glass not plastic (acrylic), the entire device and all accessory lenses (from 1.5 to 3.5 X) are made right here in the USA, and you can fit an additional pivoting loupe of 2.5 X to either or both lenses.  My current setup has the 2X lens plate and one 2.5X loupe that can be swung into place over my dominant eye. I use it for many inspection/repair applications as well as fly tying, rod building, and woodworking, etc., etc. Optical quality glass, not soft, easily scratched acrylic lenses. No financial interest, etc. (Jim Sency)

I guess it depends upon how much magnification you need, but I hardly ever use my visors any more. I buy +5 reading glasses from Duluth Trading Post and that gives me plenty of magnification for rod work or fly tying. They also carry +4s. They are kind of pricey at $20 but they are well made. The reading glasses are a lot more comfortable than the visors. I've also picked up some +3.75 and +4 at Dollar Tree. Not bad for a buck apiece. (Larry Myhre)

I'm going to add my 2 cents on this. I needed + 6 so I had a pair of +3's and bought the flip up magnifiers for sunglasses and clipped them on the readers to get the magnification I needed. It was a cheap solution. I can in crease with stronger readers and reduce by flipping the clip ons up and put of the way. I believe I got the flip up, clip ons at my local fly shop and the regular readers at the drugstore. (Phil Crangi)

For routine close-up work, I have had made a pair of bifocal safety glasses with +2 in the main lens and +4 in the bifocal lens.  Use them for rod making, fly tying, machining, anything that requires seeing up close.  But, I still have to go to the optician's flip visor for really close work, such as splinter removals, etc., but not very often.

I was able to get the bifocal glasses made up at a safety supply house, in part because I wanted them to be safety glasses, for working on machining. They were not cheap ~ $150.   (Rick Kruger)