With an ageing population, magnification solutions are becoming a fundamental presence within optical and rehabilitation services. More eye and social care professionals are prescribing devices that offer assistance to those with a visual impairment beyond standard spectacle correction. With improvements in materials, lens technology and with new innovative and attractive designs, the range of products has become extensive in recent years. Patients seek good quality devices that are robust, simple and practical to use and there is now a wealth of products in the marketplace offering just that.