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I am in the market for one. Can anyone tell me how much a good one will cost and which brand I should buy and from where. Thanks.  |
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Spock - I bought a handheld dual-wave UV light from Amos Advantage a couple of months ago. It is obviously not as powerful as a desktop model but it seems to do what I need. I think it was about $80. I'm not sure of the brand and I'm too lazy to go look, but it is the only one they carry. Here is the link: http://www.amosadvantage.com/scotto...rt%5Fdesc=uv |
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thx I am just a bit scared that it emits long wavs and I can go blind if things go wrong |
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I can go blind if things go wrong I wish I had a quarter for every time I've been told I would go blind  KirkS |
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Lighthouse L80 is very good. Costs about 20$, runs several years with a single set of batteries and very handy to carry around. |
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thx I am just a bit scared that it emits long wavs and I can go blind if things go wrong Not to worry. The mobile philatelic UV lamps are very very low power. The battery will go out long before your eyes do. The scientific research/industrial grade UV lamps, however, are another story. |
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ok so I should buy the one las mentioned? or is there a better one? Thanks for all your replies. |
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It depends on what your plans are...
A normal longwave (like L80) UV lamp is very good for detecting faults (and fungus etc); and it works on a very large scale of worldwide stamps.
A dualwave lamp is recommendable IMO only if you want to go deeper into world of phospors/tagging and papertypes. |
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sure we will get dualwave. now the question which is the best brand and price. |
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Hi spock, how about the small UV lamp stand I see often here in stores, used by cashiers to check on fake paper bills, it's only around US$50 dollars here, NO brand- it's brandless made in china, so you should have it over there too, also about the same price. It's just like a small reading lamp, except it's a UV light that shines down on the paper |
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Bought a hand-held, pen-like one, called a Stylus "Streamlight" UV one from theledlight.com/stylus_uv online. I've been very happy with it. cost $27.00.
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