Reichert 11625 Minus Cylinder Phoropter/ Phoroptor – Used

Description

What’s Included

• Reichert 11625 minus cylinder phoropter
• 90-day Digital Eye Center warranty

Condition & Warranty

Used. This unit was checked and is working well; before shipping it receives a full cleaning service, with every lens individually cleaned and the buttons lubricated, and it is tested again before it is packed. The unit shows signs of use, and the clear plastic covers on each side have some cracks. The metal stand is not included — the phoropter ships without a stand. Covered by a 90-day Digital Eye Center warranty on parts and workmanship.

Reichert 11625 Minus Cylinder Phoropter — Used Manual Refractor

The Reichert 11625 minus cylinder phoropter is the minus-cylinder version of Reichert’s classic manual refractor, built for everyday subjective refraction in optometry and ophthalmology lanes. The sphere range runs from -19.00D to +16.75D in 0.25D steps, with a +0.12D sphere in the auxiliary dial for fine end-point checks, and cylinder power runs from 0.00D to 6.00D. A ±0.25D cross cylinder refines axis and power without hand-held flippers, and the rotary prisms cover 0 to 20 prism diopters for binocular and vergence testing. Because the Reichert 11625 minus cylinder phoropter is fully mechanical, it needs no power supply and works in any exam room.

The conventional phoropter is still the reference instrument for subjective refraction. A 2025 paper in Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics (National Library of Medicine) described a quasi-vector-based subjective refraction method performed with a conventional phoropter, showing how the standard manual instrument remains central to refraction technique.

Why Practices Choose the Reichert 11625

• Wide sphere range — -19.00D to +16.75D in 0.25D steps handles high myopes and hyperopes, with a +0.12D auxiliary sphere for fine adjustments.
• Full cylinder coverage — 0.00D to 6.00D in 0.25D steps on a 360° double-scale axis with 5° graduations.
• Built-in cross cylinder — ±0.25D Jackson cross cylinder for axis and power refinement in the instrument.
• Rotary prisms — 0 to 20 prism diopters in 1 prism diopter graduations for phoria, vergence and binocular balance testing.
• Wide PD and near range — 48 mm to 75 mm pupillary distance and a 5 to 28 inch reading distance scale.
• Fully mechanical — no electronics or power supply, which keeps the instrument simple to maintain.
• Minus-cylinder convention — the format most US optometric practices are trained on.

Clinical Applications

• Subjective refraction and spectacle prescribing in routine eye exams.
• Astigmatism refinement with the built-in cross cylinder.
• Phoria, vergence and binocular balance testing with the rotary prisms.
• Near-point testing across the 5 to 28 inch reading distance range.
• Over-refraction for contact lens and spectacle checks.

Who This Is For

• Optometry and ophthalmology practices that need a dependable manual phoropter.
• New or satellite exam lanes adding refraction capability on a budget.
• Clinicians who prefer the minus-cylinder convention.
• Practices keeping a manual backup alongside an automated refraction system.

Technical Specifications

Compare Minus-Cylinder Phoropters

Also consider the Reichert 11625B, the newer version of this Reichert design, or the illuminated Reichert 11636 for lighted scales in dim refraction lanes.

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