Best Overall
LMZNXCZ 3 Way Mirror
- Hooks: Aluminum, telescoping
- Panels: 3 glass panels
- Weight: 3 lb
- Panel Size (L X W): 11.87 x 7.87 in
Pros
- Aluminum telescoping hooks adjust to your height
- Real glass panels, not acrylic
- Holds each wing at the angle you set
- Folds flat and travels at 3 pounds
Cons
- Hinges loosen with repeated folding
Three of the mirrors here are the same idea — three glass panels on telescoping hooks that hang over a door — and this is the one we keep recommending. The hooks are aluminum rather than plastic, the panels are real glass, and each wing holds the angle you set it at. That last part is what makes the design work: angle the sides in and the center panel shows the back of your head without you turning around.
At 11.87 by 7.87 inches per panel there's enough glass to take in a whole head of hair, and the hooks telescope so the center panel can sit at eye level rather than at whatever height the door happens to offer. It folds flat and weighs 3 pounds, so it goes into a suitcase or a drawer without an argument. Peel the protective film off all three panels first — the glass underneath is clean, but the first look through the film is not.
Our reservation is the hinges. They loosen with repeated folding, and a wing that won't hold its angle makes lining up the back of your head fiddly. That's a small annoyance to live with if the mirror hangs most of the time. What we didn't see here was the cracked-corner pattern that turns up around the other trifolds, and for something that lives on a door and gets folded away, that's the more important difference.