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Review on Magnetic A4 LED Artcraft Tracing Light Pad – Ultra-Thin Light Box with Physical Buttons Control, Memory Function – USB Powered for Animation, Sketching, Designing, Stenciling, X-ray Viewing – Includes USB Adapter by Andrew Agarwal

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Not all tracing paper can be used as a light table!

While trying to archive family photos, I was looking for something that could be used as a light table for viewing negatives and slides. (Pressing the leaves against the white lid of the bin quickly got boring.) The first model I ordered said 'Agptek' in the picture, but what I got was basically a black panel marked with in LEDs arranged in a grid. The "touch button" was touch sensitive (yes!) so it was easy to toggle on and off when in use. The big problem is that while it could be useful for highlighting a blank sheet of paper, when trying to Looking at negatives and slides was *useless*. (An even bigger problem: I bought an "open box" which arrived with oddly crumpled top tape and a hole in the white bottom, and when plugged in the overheating revealed why.) But useless for my purposes nonetheless. I read in some posts that they confused this with the "real" Agptek. I've never heard of them but bought one (this one) for about $7 more than the other one listed. It's day and night (literally). This device has real buttons (which I think will fail one day) that don't respond to unintentional touches, e.g. B. when using a magnifying glass. The light level changes from comfortably low (in the picture) to very high (although I've seen some underexposed shots before). and holding the buttons, you can steplessly decrease or increase the brightness. But most importantly (as you can see in the picture) it really is a "lit surface", not many lights; the surface is evenly illuminated from edge to edge. This is very important when trying to read a small number or looking closely at an image. At full brightness, the device got a little warm after a while, but after a month of intensive use (I had over 400 sheets) it didn't overheat. I usually plug it into an existing Micro USB charging cable that I need to use as a phone, and also plug it into a battery pack, to charge phones (but can't say how long this will take). All in all, it made my job a lot easier. It is very small and light and fits in my laptop bag for the trip home. This made my filing task a lot easier and looks a lot better than the LED matrix type, even for tracking (I compared it to my sister). It wasn't worth the $7 savings. I would recommend this Agptek to anyone. It was the best return on investment in this project! even for persecution (I compared him to my sister). It wasn't worth the $7 savings. I would recommend this Agptek to anyone. It was the best return on investment in this project! even for persecution (I compared him to my sister). It wasn't worth the $7 savings. I would recommend this Agptek to anyone. It was the best return on investment in this project!

Pros
  • Painting, art and craft supplies
Cons
  • I don't remember, but there was something