Actually that magnifier didn't come from radio shack, the radio shack one now has a plastic lens. I got that one from a flea market for $5.00 as for the soldering station I love it, I had the older model weller but the temp sensor in it would always go bad and then they just discontinued the whole thing, and this one was the new model. Oh and the problem I had with certain radio stations was due to bad reception, when I put the tuner in the car it worked perfect. How long have you had your soldering station Mark?