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reached a certain age a few years back and needed reading glasses, about 1.5's. Recently I find driving at night the radio, dials, sat nav etc are getting a bit blurry. Longer distance vision is fine still and no problem seeing the dials etc day times. Need glasses for both short and long distance at night if that makes sense. Anyone with same experience? I guess a trip to opticians beckons
No idea, but
I guess a trip to opticians beckons
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very long sighted so i ended up with vari-focal. driving at night i
also use yellow lenses to cut down the glare.
Opticians, will sort you out with some bifocals
Bifocals not so good at middle distance ie the dials on the dash.
Varifocals are what you need.
Edit, get an anti reflective coating to reduce glare from headlights at night.
Yellow lenses may help if your night vision really bad, but look awful for general use.
You need varifocals, which are the best invention ever in the universe for people who are getting more mature! Be sure to find a good optician who takes plenty of time measuring your eyes and getting everything worked out because the positioning of the close and distant zones and the graduation between them is crucial to success or failure. You'll read lots of complaints from people who spent lots of lolly and didn't get on with them but I really do believe that's down to the optician. They should also spend quite a bit of time with you looking at weight vs. density (and refractivity) charts and selecting the best lens material for your prescription so as to get the lightest weight and the thinnest lens.
Good vision is so important to me that I don't skimp. I got anti-reflection coating and frameless titanium glasses which weigh just a few grammes. The transition between close and distant is seamless and not noticeable and they are absolutely perfect. It took my brain about 10 minutes to get used to them.
I would recommend that you use a small independent optician, not a big chain. If you're lucky enough to live in the area, Junaid Ali at Ideal Eye Care in Wilpshire, Blackburn, is a top bloke and will happily haggle on the price - he expects it.
^ Thanks that's really helpful, off to opticians then before I really do turn into Mr Magoo