Visionstar CS-560A

Buildings that were never designed for optical practice are the whole application, and in the UK that describes a great many of them. Converted upper floors with sloping ceilings, rooms under a dormer, basements crossed by ductwork, premises with structural downstands, and any space where a suspended ceiling or a trunking run has taken 300 mm off the usable height — in all of these a 1920 mm unit is not a compromise but a non-starter. At 1600 mm the arithmetic changes, and rooms previously written off become available.

Practices with an unusable spare room gain the most concrete benefit. A room that cannot take a refraction position is a room earning nothing, and a unit that fits where the others cannot converts it into a second testing position without building work.

Domiciliary and community services operating from borrowed or shared premises face the same constraint without control over the building. Being able to specify a unit that fits a low room rather than negotiating alterations is worth having.

The 400 mm published slide stroke supports instrument handling, bringing a device fully forward and fully clear, and the 560 × 360 × 60 mm drawer is the widest in this range.

Two things belong in the decision, and both follow from the low profile. Arm travel is 140 mm, the shortest in this range, because a lower unit has less vertical room for the arm to work in — so a practice relying on arm movement to span patient heights should choose a taller unit. And no lamp wattage is published, unlike every other unit in this range, so whether a lamp is fitted at all needs confirming rather than assuming.

Fits rooms the rest of the range cannot

At 1600 mm it stands 320 mm below the standard units and half a metre below the tallest, clearing beams, soffits, ductwork and sloping ceilings that rule the others out entirely.

Turns an unusable room into a testing position

A spare room that cannot take a refraction unit earns nothing. One that can is a second testing position without building work, which is a considerably cheaper way to add capacity.

Works in borrowed premises

Community and domiciliary services operating from shared or borrowed rooms cannot alter the building. Specifying a unit that fits is the only option available, and this one fits more rooms.

A slide stroke you can actually judge

Four hundred millimetres of published travel, where every other datasheet in this range illustrates a sliding surface without stating its stroke. Enough to bring an instrument fully forward and take it fully clear.

The widest drawer in the range

At 560 × 360 mm with the same 60 mm internal depth, the drawer offers more plan area than any other unit here — worth checking against a trial lens case, since the proportions differ.

A 490 mm working depth retained

Despite the reduced height the worktop keeps a near-full 490 mm depth, so instrument bases are still properly supported.

1600 mm overall height

The unit stands 1600 mm high, 320 mm below the standard units in this range and half a metre below the tallest.

400 mm sliding surface stroke

The small sliding tabletop travels 400 mm — the first unit in this range to publish the figure.

980 × 490 mm table

The working surface measures 980 mm wide and 490 mm deep, retaining near-full depth despite the reduced overall height.

560 × 360 × 60 mm drawer

The drawer is the widest in this range at 560 × 360 mm, with 60 mm of internal depth.

90° tabletop rotation

The main working surface rotates through a quarter turn, clearing the approach to the chair.

140 mm arm movable range

The arm travels 140 mm, the shortest in this range, following from the reduced overall height.

160 mm chair lift

The chair lifts 160 mm for positioning, with a 600 mm chair depth and 500 mm base per the manufacturer's drawing.

960 × 1000 mm footprint

The unit occupies 960 mm by 1000 mm of floor area.

120 W total power

Total power draw is 120 W; no lamp wattage is separately published, unlike other units in this range.

AC 110V/220V input

The unit accepts AC 110V/220V at 60/50 Hz; supplied variant and plug configuration confirmed at order.

The Visionstar CS-560A stands 1600 mm high, and that single figure is the whole reason to specify it. The standard units in this range stand 1920 mm and the tallest reach 2100 mm, so this clears 320 mm lower than the common case and half a metre below the tallest — which in UK practice premises is the difference between a unit that fits and one that does not. Converted upper floors with sloping ceilings, rooms under a dormer, basements crossed by ductwork and buildings with structural downstands all rule out a full-height unit before price is discussed, and for a practice with a spare room it cannot equip, this converts that room into a second testing position without building work. The sliding surface stroke is published at 400 mm, the first in this range to state it, and the 560 × 360 × 60 mm drawer is the widest here. Two consequences of the low profile belong in the decision: arm travel is 140 mm, the shortest in this range, so a practice relying on arm movement to span patient heights should choose a taller unit; and no lamp wattage is published, so whether a lamp is fitted needs confirming. Weight and chair loading are also absent. Medigear.uk supplies the CS-560A into the UK with pre-despatch functional inspection, documentation review and room survey guidance. Contact the Medigear.uk team for current pricing, quantity quotations, height clearance advice, or bespoke configuration enquiries.