• rem26_art@fedia.io
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    15 hours ago

    A cheap Jeweler’s loupe from Amazon. It’s like a high magnification magnifying glass with a LED light built into it. I initially bought it to inspect my kitchen knives when I sharpen them, but it’s been useful for inspecting soldering work and other random little things.

    Others have mentioned a powerbank and one of those multiport USB chargers. I’d second those as well, tho I guess they both can climb in price depending on if you need a lot of power capacity.

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      6 hours ago

      I use an LED lighting ring when working on electronics that I can easily move around. I also have camping headgear/headlamps that until your post I never realized would be just as if not more useful for that kind of work. Thank you!

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      12 hours ago

      My girlfriend requested one of those for her birthday. She takes it hiking, she’ll get down on the forest floor and use it to inspect mushrooms and leaves and bugs.