Glasses?

[Horace]

@mik said in Glasses?:

Embrace it for what it gives you. When I first needed bifocals I was wearing contacts still so I bought some little half-highs. They were great. I could look up over them at meetings and any adversary would very often just wilt. I loved it.

The Tommy Lee Jones. Awesome.

[Loki]

The denial during the transition phase is strong. It will be replaced by gratitude when you realize how helpful those glasses are. You’ll start with cheap ones but as you require them more full time you might find good ones worth it. Good ones are hard to find, usually in an upscale prescription glasses store.

I’ve only moved up from 1.25 to 2 in about a decade.

[Klaus]

So, what's best?

Reading glasses?

Half-highs?

Multifocal?

[Jolly]

Cheapest thing is a set of reading glasses, found at the corner drug store. At your age, maybe a 2.0.

I wouldn't worry with anything else until you need bifocals or trifocals.

(BTW, they do make bifocal contacts. Or you may be one of the few that can tolerate one eye focused with a contact for one distance and the other eye focused for a different distance...Those folks are few, but for those that can, it works really well.

[Jolly]

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[Loki]

@klaus said in Glasses?:

So, what's best?

Reading glasses?

Half-highs?

Multifocal?

I theoretically could use distance lens too but really don’t need them so I have avoided and not felt any loss. I came close several times to buying.

Interestingly my readers look like regular glasses and it’s not like a go blind when looking far. Better than having them hang half way down your nose.

I have monocular vision but also did not go through the hassle of adjusting for each lens. I don’t notice the difference in each eye unless I am testing.

I’m at that point where I can’t read at all without them. Process started about 15 years ago.

[Copper]

Yes, what everyone else said.

And Jolly is right about the cheap drug store glasses, they work just fine.

You don't need the $300 glasses, which I bought back when I got them for free on my medical plan at work.

3 pairs for $20 glasses are ok, and the other good thing is that you can buy enough of them to leave a pair in every room and in your car too.

I only wear them if I am reading something within an arms length, but now I really need them for that. I can't read a restaurant menu without glasses now, that is one of many reasons to keep a pair in the car. When I was flying I kept a pair in my pocket, another in the flight bag and a third pair on my nose. Reading gauges, some had small print, was important.

[George K]

I have a pair of $20 full-frame readers at 2.75. They're great for around the house, but not good for distance. If I need to see something in the next room, I simply look over the lens.

When I leave the house to drive, I have a pair of 2.75 bifocals, with no correction on the top. Again, about $20.

Works for me.

[Loki]

More expensive glasses are purely for fashion, all the cheap ones look like they came from Walmart, not that it’s necessarily a bad thing.

If you spring for shoes, $20 readers make no sense.

[George K]

@loki said in Glasses?:

all the cheap ones look like they came from Walmart

Some people even buy neckties at Walmart.

[Loki]

@george-k said in Glasses?:

@loki said in Glasses?:

all the cheap ones look like they came from Walmart

Some people even buy neckties at Walmart.

Of course! So you would be nuts to pay even 20. I have a few 3 for 13 Costco purchases under my belt. One pair of expensive also has me be more careful and pay attention to where they are. Heck I might be saving money.

[Doctor Phibes]

My advice is get your eyes tested and talk to an optician.

I wouldn't go anywhere near those shite things from Walmart, but I've got astigmatism and have to wear progressives all the time.

[89th]

@klaus said in Glasses?:

So, what's best?

My eyesight is perfect, @Kincaid !

[brenda]

@horace said in Glasses?:

@mik said in Glasses?:

Embrace it for what it gives you. When I first needed bifocals I was wearing contacts still so I bought some little half-highs. They were great. I could look up over them at meetings and any adversary would very often just wilt. I loved it.

The Tommy Lee Jones. Awesome.

Exactly! That image immediately popped into my head.

[brenda]

@loki said in Glasses?:

More expensive glasses are purely for fashion, ...

Tell that to my eyes, one of which is nearsighted and the other is significantly farsighted. It used to be great when I was younger. I could see up close and very far. Now I have to wear glasses all the time. I even failed the eyesight test at the DMV! 🤨

[Jolly]

@george-k said in Glasses?:

@loki said in Glasses?:

all the cheap ones look like they came from Walmart

Some people even buy neckties at Walmart.

Shlax & Wing. Worn them for years.

https://www.shlaxwing.com

[Jolly]

@george-k said in Glasses?:

I have a pair of $20 full-frame readers at 2.75. They're great for around the house, but not good for distance. If I need to see something in the next room, I simply look over the lens.

When I leave the house to drive, I have a pair of 2.75 bifocals, with no correction on the top. Again, about $20.

Works for me.

I'm wearing a pair of $69 bificals from Eyebuydirect. The prescription is spot-on.

[jodi]

Get some progressive reading glasses.

[George K]

@89th said in Glasses?:

@klaus said in Glasses?:

So, what's best?

My eyesight is perfect, @Kincaid !

Mine was as well, until I hit age 45.

[Kincaid]

@89th said in Glasses?:

@klaus said in Glasses?:

So, what's best?

My eyesight is perfect, @Kincaid !