I have the Fusion. I bought the lighting strip, but still have not attached it.
I keep my micro handles on all the time, just tilted back so they are out of the way. They have extra lights and they are right down by the needle.
I normally have to turn the wheel so the needle is at it's highest, and recently learned to wet my finger and put it firm against the back side of the needle. I can see they hole so much better with my finger against it, and it seems like the thread goes into the needle hole easier that way. I put the end of the thread to the hole and pull my other finger back, and it sort of pulls the very end of the thread with it.
Probably not describing it well, but it's made threading my needle much less of a chore.