Retired locksmith (one of several careers) here: the quality of loupes varies greatly, with a selection of Chinesium versions I tested being nearly unusable, and the claimed magnification figures being wildly inaccurate -- as usual.
Don't give up on loupes for fine work on the basis of one or two bad experiences, and if your budget can stretch to it, buy a brand-name loupe rather than one whose brand is unpronounceable.
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When I was an electronics repair tech way back, I liked using my Opti-Visor for work that required fine work for more than a minute. Relatively comfortable, and pretty cheap.
Nowadays, the video monitor/microscope stations, as seen on many YT vids, looks to be the way to go, and I've considered buying one myself, except I do so little fine electronics work these days that it would only sit under a dust sheet 99% of the time, and while I like to buy tools, I have a
lot of tools now and I am more thoughtful on "needing" a new tool these days.
What I really want is a local tool lending library, where I can buy a tool, use it when I need it, then make it available to others when I don't. I have boxes and shelves of tools that somebody needs
once, eg an Autel TPMS programmer, which I will only use once per five years, and it sits in a drawer doing nobody any good meanwhile
