Progressive glasses - adjusting to using them

[spanishman]

Switched over to progressive glasses a week or so ago. Proving what an old git I am now. Still getting used to them.

I am sure others have switched to them. How long did it take people to get to the point that they did not notice the difference?

 

[1finny]

Big change that - can take a couple of weeks.
Equally, some people never get on with them - its all a bit too wobbly

 

[ticker_tape]

Please explain what they are?

 

[bear66]

Close-up (reading), middle distance (computer) and long distance in one lens.

 

[spanishman]

Close-up (reading), middle distance (computer) and long distance in one lens.

Correct. Mine are -7.0 at the top and -4.75 at the bottom. Still getting used to changing my head position.

If the glasses are OK I might switch to progressive lenses when I play golf.

I currently play with a -6.5 lens in my stronger eye. With -4.75 in my weaker eye (it should also be -6.5 for far vision). This allows my brain to cope with the imperfect sight. With my strong eye dominating when I look into the distance. The weaker eye when I try read stuff. So I can see my ball in the distance and read a scorecard.

 

[spanishman]

Distance and reading are fine now. So I will definitely be sticking with them.

The difficulty I have is on the computer. I live in a small apartment and do not have space to set up a full workstation. So I normally use a laptop on the dining table. I am still trying to adjust my seat position and screen angle to get something that works. The fallback so far is to pull the glasses a small way down my nose. However I would prefer not to have to do that.

 

[ticker_tape]

Sounds complicated. I did have a pair of reading glasses that I kept mislaying and so I went for a new pair.
I ended up with a pair of glasses, and although my distance vision is only slightly down in the left eye.
These glasses 2 pair £180 have an extra little square at the bottom of them to read through.

They are rubbish as I always have to look down to read small print.

However on the subject of looking for glasses, I was renovating a house and a mate painter and decorator was marching past a few times so I asked him what he was look for.... my gegs he said.... he actually was wearing them ! .... time he had a new pair.

 

[DCI_Gene_Hunt]

So they're Varifocals?

 

[1finny]

Yes - two different names for same thing

 

[NYboro]

I never got used to them for the computer - I use a pair of reading glasses with blue light filter for that. Apart from that, they're brilliant.

 

[John67]

Been using Varifocals for a few years. Took about a week to get used to them but tbh it wasn't that big an issue, although I am blind as a bat without them!!

 

[guisborough_rob]

Variofocal contact lenses are superb. It took me a few trials to get the correct pair but once I did, I never looked back.

 

[spanishman]

So they're Varifocals?

Sorry. The Spanish optician called them progressives. I did not think what they are called in English.

 

[spanishman]

I never got used to them for the computer - I use a pair of reading glasses with blue light filter for that. Apart from that, they're brilliant.

Mine have a blue light filter. Plus they are photochromic.

 

[spanishman]

Variofocal contact lenses are superb. It took me a few trials to get the correct pair but once I did, I never looked back.

Ta. My missus is wearing them already. Disposables for golf. I am probably going to switch over to them when I have used up my latest batch of monovision ones.

 

[NYboro]

Mine have a blue light filter. Plus they are photochromic.

Also called progressives here and mine are photochromic as well. I still don't like them for computer work - have to move my head too much with a large monitor(s). Specific computer glasses work for me.

 

[br14]

I have three pairs of specs. One with progressive lenses for general use - driving etc. One for computer use (as per NYboro). And one for reading (though these days I tend to be always reading a screen).

The problem with progressives is that as your eyes deteriorate (my eye doc says it should stop between 65 and 70) you need increasingly stronger magnification, and so the area for each lens section and the transition from one magnification to another becomes tricky. I've had to buy larger glasses for that reason, otherwise there's too much distortion.

 

[spanishman]

Also called progressives here and mine are photochromic as well. I still don't like them for computer work - have to move my head too much with a large monitor(s). Specific computer glasses work for me.

As I am shorted sighted I can just pull them down my nose a little. If all else fails.

 

[spanishman]

I have three pairs of specs. One with progressive lenses for general use - driving etc. One for computer use (as per NYboro). And one for reading (though these days I tend to be always reading a screen).

The problem with progressives is that as your eyes deteriorate (my eye doc says it should stop between 65 and 70) you need increasingly stronger magnification, and so the area for each lens section and the transition from one magnification to another becomes tricky. I've had to buy larger glasses for that reason, otherwise there's too much distortion.

Only 61 now. So still hoping one pair will be ok. Have got a second pair of progressive sunglasses for hols.

 

[Redwurzel]

I was told varifocals could make me dizzy, but I took to them straight away.

What I do find is that they are naturally a bit fuzzy in the middle. The top is best for long distance and the bottom for reading so some head movement is required and the long vision is never quite as good as using a single lens for me.