What a buyer needs and an online shop rarely provides

Anyone buying a magnifying lamp for private use reads the product page. Anyone procuring twenty units for an inspection department, or filling a line item in a tender, needs something else: reliable data, an unambiguous article identifier and a contact who answers questions.

You get both from us — the second part not through the shopping basket, but by email.

The data that belong in a specification

For every current series the following are available:

• EAN and article number per version — not per series, but per colour and dioptre figure
• Electrical data: voltage, current, power consumption, standby consumption
• Optical data: lens diameter, dioptres, material
• Light data: luminous flux, colour temperature, number of LEDs, service life
• Mechanics: arm lengths, reach, weight, pin diameter, maximum desktop thickness, cable length
• Scope of delivery per variant

If a line in your specification calls for a figure that is missing here, ask for it. We will tell you whether we can substantiate it — and if we cannot, we will say so too. Supplying a number we cannot evidence will not help you in an audit.

Wordings that will save you trouble

Two points on which tenders for magnifying lamps regularly founder:

"Anti-reflective lens" as a mandatory criterion

That excludes practically the entire market. Why anti-reflective magnifier lenses are the exception, and what is sensibly required instead, is set out in our article on anti-reflective coating and matting — worth reading before publication.

Edge sharpness across the entire lens

Physically unachievable with large lenses at high dioptre figures. Whoever demands it will receive either no offer or a dishonest one. The article on edge sharpness explains why.

Purchase on account, quotation, resale

For companies, public bodies and institutions the process runs as usual: quotation in advance, order on account, delivery to a different address. Resellers have their own terms; these depend on taking complete packaging units and are agreed case by case.

What we need for a quotation: article and quantity, invoice address, desired delivery date. Call or write — both are faster than any form.

A note for buyers with several sites

If the same lamp is to go to different addresses, tell us beforehand. Separate deliveries from one order are no problem; splitting them afterwards is.

And a tip from practice: before a larger procurement, order one sample. With a lamp someone sits under for eight hours a day, the impression at the workplace decides more than any datasheet.