Visionstar CP-180A

Small internal rooms benefit most, and the mechanism is heat rather than cost. Everything electrical in a consulting room becomes a heater — the unit, the lamp, the instruments, the computer and the two people in it. Rooms of this kind are frequently small, often internal and regularly without opening windows, so by mid-afternoon they are warm. That is uncomfortable for a patient sitting still through a long refraction, and worse for a clinician working in it all day. Forty watts less is modest, but it is forty watts that never has to be removed again.

Practices watching running costs gain the same third proportionally. A unit powered through a working week at 80 W rather than 120 W is a third cheaper to run, which across a decade or more of service is worth counting even if it is not decisive.

Laterally constrained rooms suit the 520 mm depth, among the shallowest in this catalogue. Depth is taken from the floor a patient walks across; width runs along a wall. A shallow unit gives back the more contested dimension.

Room planning is helped by how the ranges are published. Small tabletop 105 to 435 mm, phoropter arm 1510 to 1700 mm, projector stand 1510 mm — all given as heights above the floor rather than travel distances, so a room can be checked against them directly rather than by inference.

Three things need establishing. No weight is published, which matters for floor loading and delivery. No seating is supplied, so a chair must be provided separately or already be in place. And the drawer is 50 mm internally, shallower than several units here, so a trial lens case should be measured against it.

A third less power than the rest

Eighty watts total against 120 W on nearly every comparable unit here, with a 15 W lamp rather than 20 W.

Forty watts that never becomes heat

In a small internal room everything electrical is a heater. Forty watts less is forty watts nobody has to remove again by mid-afternoon.

More comfortable for the person sitting still

A patient through a long refraction feels a warm room more than somebody moving about does — and a clinician in it all day feels it most.

A third cheaper to run

The same proportion applies to running cost, which is modest weekly and worth counting across a decade of service.

Shallow where depth costs most

At 520 mm the unit is among the shallowest in this catalogue, taking its floor from the wall strip rather than the space a patient crosses.

Ranges published as heights, not travel

Small tabletop 105–435 mm, phoropter arm 1510–1700 mm, projector stand 1510 mm — figures a room can be checked against directly, without arithmetic.

A single supply voltage for the lamp

Two hundred and twenty volts at 50 Hz, rather than a dual arrangement, so no shipped-variant question arises for it.

80 W total power

The unit draws 80 W in total, a third less than the 120 W published by nearly every comparable unit in this catalogue.

15 W lamp at 220V/50Hz

The lamp draws 15 W on a single 220V 50 Hz supply.

900 × 520 × 1700 mm

The unit occupies 900 × 520 mm of floor at 1700 mm high — among the shallowest depths in this catalogue.

500 × 500 × 120 mm table top

The main working surface measures 500 mm square at 120 mm thick.

300 × 400 mm small tabletop

A secondary surface measures 300 × 400 mm.

Small tabletop range 105–435 mm

The small tabletop works between 105 and 435 mm above the floor, a 330 mm stroke.

Phoropter arm range 1510–1700 mm

The phoropter arm works between 1510 and 1700 mm above the floor, a 190 mm stroke.

Projector stand height 1510 mm

The projector stand is specified at 1510 mm.

545 × 370 × 50 mm drawer

The drawer offers 50 mm of internal depth — shallower than several units in this catalogue; check your trial lens case.

No seating supplied

The datasheet publishes no chair or seat specification; a chair must be provided separately.

The Visionstar CP-180A draws 80 W in total with a 15 W lamp, where nearly every comparable unit in this catalogue publishes 120 W. That is a third less, and in the rooms these tables actually occupy the difference is felt rather than calculated: consulting rooms are frequently small, often internal and regularly without opening windows, so everything electrical in them becomes a heater and by mid-afternoon the room is warm. A patient sitting still through a long refraction notices that more than somebody moving about, and a clinician working there all day notices it most. Forty watts less is modest, but it is forty watts that never has to be removed again. Running cost falls by the same third. The physical specification suits the same rooms — 520 mm deep, among the shallowest here, taking its floor from the wall strip rather than the space a patient crosses — and the height ranges are published as heights above the floor rather than travel distances, so a room can be checked against them directly. Three things to establish: no weight is published, no seating is supplied, and the drawer is 50 mm internally. Medigear.uk supplies the CP-180A into the UK with pre-despatch functional inspection and documentation review. Contact the Medigear.uk team for current pricing, quantity quotations, chair options, or bespoke configuration enquiries.