Review on MAGDEPO Page Magnifying Sheet 3X Lightweight Optical Plastic Fresnel Lens With 3X Card Magnifiers, For Reading Small Prints, Map, Book, Magazine, Etc by Scott Bailey

So first of all, I know how magnifiers work. Unlike many of the 1-star reviews here, I understand you have to hold the sheet away from the page.But in my case, these magnifying sheets just don’t work. I have a minor astigmatism, and I wear contacts to correct it. With my contacts in, these magnifiers were *okay*, but not great. Everything was a little darker, and letters in a magazine looked shadowy and out of clear focus. After a few minutes it was very fatiguing to try and read.But without my contacts in place I could barely read magazine text at all, no matter how far I held the magnifying sheet away, or how far the magazine was from my face. A cheap pair of 2.5 reading glasses is much clearer for me. These sheets are supposed to be 3.0, so I don’t think it’s a case of them not being strong enough. Perhaps the astigmatism causes an issue, but as I said, regular reading glasses are totally fine.In any case, I’m returning them. Based on the many 5-star reviews, they seem to work for most people (my wife thought they worked fine). But if your eyes are astigmatic, maybe it’s not the best solution.