 Okay, so this is an unboxing video loops from Amazon. So if you're a dental professional, a dental hygienist, I know I can't live without my loops so much so that if I forget them at home, I just want to turn around, like I need to get them. They're basically magnifying eyeglasses. And imagine looking inside the mouth and seeing the teeth a normal size, well how about having them magnified? So much better, it will change your life. They can be very expensive, but I have found loops on Amazon that are not $4,000, they're not $2,000. They are $69.99, I had to double check the price because they're on sale. I have paid anywhere from $69.99 to $80 on Amazon, but I've also had more expensive loops. I remember buying loops from a dental convention, they were about $1,000, they were amazing. I loved them, but it's nice to have spares. And they just, eventually I wanted new ones because they started to look old, I was tightening them all the time, but it just wasn't working. But I have also had $4,000 loops from when I was a dental hygiene student and they worked great too. But the Amazon ones are comparable and I'm going to show you guys exactly what they look like and how and why they are comparable and what the differences are. So just a quick screen share here, I bought these ones from Amazon, I'm going to leave the link for you down below. I like this one because it comes with a light. You want a light with your loops, trust me. You might be thinking, well, what's so special about a light? We have the overhead light at the dental office. Well, even with an overhead light, I just ended up turning my overhead light off when I used to work at the dental office. And I would just use the light on my loops and patients actually appreciated it too. They would usually say to me, oh my goodness, I don't like that overhead light thing. You don't turn it on, you just use the light on your safety glasses. I really, really like that plus it's more concentrated light. So it goes exactly where you point the light to. I don't know about you, but with the overhead light, I was always messing with it and I could never see, especially when you're looking at the back of the mouth. So these are the loops that I'm going to show you today. They are fantastic. I'm going to leave the link for you guys on the bottom. Have a look 69.99. It comes with a case. It is amazing. It comes with a light. This is what it looks like here. These are what they look like. It comes with a light, a case. It comes with actually all kinds of things to help maintain your loops as well. So let me just jump right into it and show you. Now I have ordered these before, but in the 2.5 magnifiers, in my old age, I find that now I need the 3.5 magnifiers. I was having to go closer and closer and I kind of thought, wait a minute. I think it's time for me to get new loops because I shouldn't be doing that. I should be sitting up straight. So these are 3.5. You should be looking at the 2.5 magnifiers. I would say if you don't need glasses or the 3.5, if you do, I now need glasses. I don't always wear them, but I do see better with them. So the 3.5 is the way to go for me. The nice thing about Amazon is you can take them back if they don't work for you. You guys, this is what they look like. Okay? Fantastic. They're not heavy. When you're looking at loops, you want to make sure they're not too heavy here or, you know, well, anywhere, but it's very common in the more expensive loops who have the more, you know, amazing, I don't know, magnifiers. They talk about the latest technology. They're heavy. Your head is going to hurt. These are not heavy and they look okay, don't they? There's so many out there that can be bigger, wider. No thank you. I think I look silly enough, but they don't look bad, right? You can adjust them this way. Can you see how they're getting wider and then they're coming in? So the way you adjust them is going to depend on how you sit when you're seeing clients and just what works better for you. I find the closer, the closer together for me, the better. So that works for me. And I love how you can adjust them this way too. This is where the screwdriver comes in, okay, because you're going to need to tighten these areas every so often if you find you are constantly adjusting them. I find when I sit down, because these are obviously going to be in the case, when I sit down, put them on before my patient, I do just have to adjust them. Because every patient is different. Some are going to be higher in the chair, some are going to be lower. You're going to need to adjust them, probably switch this up a little bit too. Think where you are going to want to sit and then you're all good to go. So don't put on any gloves until after you do your adjustments. I tend to even tell my patients, don't mind me. I have these really funny looking safety glasses on with my magnifiers, but they're awesome. Just takes me a second to adjust them. So they're not like, okay, what are you doing, you weirdo. But they don't look bad, right? Like I don't look too horrible. Not that looks matter, but sometimes they can be too much too cumbersome. Now what I actually like about these ones, so with loops, you can get the magnifiers attached to the lenses so they don't move. So all you have to do is move up and down this way. But the thing about that is they're obviously glued in. So somebody is going to be there from a company to know how you normally sit. And then they glue them in, sort of what works for you. I have had those before. I thought they would be amazing, but that's where the $2,000 to $4,000 comes in because you're paying for that. But the thing is, I would want them moved sometimes. Like I would be doing this like, okay, this is how it should be working for me. But for this patient, I kind of need to sit this way. Well, you can't move them if they're glued to the lenses. So I do actually suggest now getting ones that move like this so you know what works for you and then tighten them. It's better that way and more versatile. So it also comes with a charger for the light and the light that you're going to attach on to your loops. I highly recommend the light. Even for $70, even $80 because they are on sale now. They're normally closer to $80. Even for $80 to get loops and a light is fantastic. I remember in dental hygiene college, it was a matter of, can I afford the light? Not really. Maybe I'll just buy the loops without the light and get the light later. It was a difference of $1,000, which is a lot. But I did end up getting the light when I was in school because I had the student discount, but for $80, even you guys, such a steal. So you just have to plug it in like that. Now I haven't charged this yet because I literally just did the unboxing and let me remind myself how the light attaches on. We're going to do this together here. You guys can laugh at me. It's funny. I've used these all the time. I think it's this way. Maybe I'll look at the instructions you guys and you guys can laugh. Oh, I remember. I think it's just at the front. You're probably laughing at me. It's funny. I have another webcam over here and they're probably laughing at me too. But hey, if you guys buy these, you will know how to attach the light and not go through. Sorry, guys. I feel like I need like another set of hands here. Well, this is live. You guys know, ah, see, okay. So I'm going to show you guys how to do that in case you're curious. It's so easy. Some of the reviews in Amazon actually say it doesn't come with very good instructions and people couldn't figure out how to put the light on, but it's actually not that hard. So you just slip it on. You see this little piece. Sorry, guys. You see this piece here? Sorry, the cord's like in the way, but you literally just slip it on like that. If you guys need help, just send me a message, okay? So this is what it looks like with the light. What you want to do is put the cord above you. So I did already attach this. Anyways, you want to put the cord above you. I believe it comes with, it's actually hard to see with those magnifiers. It comes with this handy dandy little doohickey thing. I bet that's to keep the cord in place, but just for the sake of this video, I'm just going to kind of show you what I normally do. So I like put it behind me and I usually like attach the cord part like off to the side here, like right here, so don't mind this weird cord, but I put it behind me. I put my light in my pocket of my lab coat because I do like to wear a lab coat when I'm seeing clients. You could even do this like that. I mean, the patient doesn't care what you look like just so you know. I'm turning on the light here, check that out, you guys, and then you can move it. Now it does come with this orange cover. That is if you're working in a dental office and let's say you're doing a filling or something that cures quickly, you don't want the light to be directly on it because it's going to cure it too fast. So you are going to move the orange cover. I'm never going to use the orange cover, so I'm probably just going to take it off. But for the sake of this video, so for now I'm just tucking it behind. Isn't that bright? So what you want to do is you want to have like some test of some sort to figure out what works best for you, move the light, and then there you go. That's all it is. It comes with a charger, all of that, you guys, very, very easy. I find with these loops, typically I have to charge it depending on how long I have it on for, maybe once a week if that. So the battery charge does last very, very well. I would highly recommend these loops. I'm just going to turn off my light for the price point. It comes with all kinds of things, just to remind you guys, these are fantastic. I have used them before. I'm a big fan of these because I tend to talk to my patients a lot when I'm cleaning their teeth or doing teeth winding or whatever. So what I tend to do quite often is let's say they ask me a question that's going to take me more than a couple minutes to answer. I'm not going to talk to them, sorry, I'm not going to talk to them with these on like, yeah, you know, so you should be brushing and flossing and no. What I'm going to do is I'm going to take these off and just leave them around my neck. So sorry guys, I did just have to extend that but since I'm talking anyway, I can show you. But so I like to just leave them around my neck and talk to the patient like a normal person and they come with these. You can buy these anywhere like Walmart, Amazon, but they're normally like $5 a piece, if not more, depending on the ones you get. So see, I can just leave them around my neck, talk to the patient like normal and when I'm done, put them back up and then there you go, I'm good to go. So it comes with that. It comes with the screwdriver for the tightening, which is so helpful. It comes with a nice cloth to keep them clean. So I typically wipe them before and after. I do disinfect my loops as well. I do my best to not touch anything with my gloved hands. So even if I'm going to say, take these off in the middle of a teeth cleaning and talk to the patient, I'm going to take my gloves off first, but you never know what's going to be airborne. So it is good to disinfect, say the like handles and parts and things or at the very least wash them in soap and water. That should be fine, but maybe contact the company if you're not sure. But I've been doing that for years with my other ones. And I had the same loops, same company, but just a 2.5 magnification. Now I needed 3.5 because I'm getting old. Whoops, I clearly didn't attach that very well. But yeah, these loops are amazing, you guys. For the price point, I highly recommend it. And don't forget, it comes with this great carrying case as well. How professional does this look? So you can keep the loops safe as you're carrying them, transporting them. It has little compartments, you know, showing you where everything goes. Amazing loops. I am so excited to have new ones. For the price point, you can't go wrong. It does have a little instruction manual if you need it. And a nice cleaning cloth that I had shown you guys before. So again, you guys, just a little screenshot here. I ordered them from Amazon. I'm going to leave the link for you down below. They are on sale now. I highly recommend them. Okay. Thank you guys for watching. Let me know if any questions. I have had $4,000 loops to $1,000 loops to $69.99 loops. And I highly recommend the $69.99 loops. I have my own practice. I can buy whatever loops I want. So if I'm going with the cheaper ones, hey, there has to be a reason why. Why pay more money if you don't have to, right? So I hope this helped. Thank you guys for watching and I'll see you in the next one.