Mirrors have always been the best way to find good matches. My twist is to use acrylic mirrors and run a saw it half way up near the ends of two pieces. Then I can interlock them to view matches. This allows me to step back, not having to hold mirrors and makes it easier to move the mirrors around.

The white ā€œLā€ shaped paper delineates the size of the required match.

The early bird gets the worm but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.