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Hi All, Really sorry for the very boring topic.
Im mid-forties, been staring into screens for decades and realised my close up reading ability has gone downhill alot, so went for an eye-test and got prescibed glasses for close work.
Just got them and for reading print or phone they are brilliant. For screens though, past the length I would hold a book or phone at they are no good.
Does anyone else have a pair for reading, and another pair for screen work?
Again, apologies for the very boring middle aged subject.
I do, and I have to say they make a very big difference!
I don't actually need glasses for reading yet - I'm actually slightly shortsighted, but the screen is in a grey area where no glasses is a bit fuzzy and with glasses is too strong.
See the optician. If you work with screens there is a good chance your employer will pay for them as they're specific to screen use.
I expect as age advances I'll end up needing a reading pair as well!
Yep. Two pairs here. I rarely use the reading pair as they make me dizzy when I try to look more than 3 feet away.
I just use my distance pair and hold everything at arms length.
Really should get varifocals.
Thanks for the input.
I actually went for 2 eyetests, out of curiousity to see if they matched. May sound a bit paranoid, but they worked out pretty much the same.
I told both Opticians I work with computers all day, neither metioned getting 2 pairs or varifocals and fitterd me up for reading glasses focal length. They are good, but sad to say, I hardly ever read.
Really should get varifocals.
Noooooooooo! Don't do it!
Varifocals are awful; like being pissed the entire time. I didn't realise how bad they were until i went for a walk in the woods; a hideous experience with nothing properly in focus and screwy peripheral vision. They've subsequently gone back for refitting with single vision lenses and a separate pair for work / reading up to arms length.
Noooooooooo! Don't do it!Varifocals are awful; like being pissed the entire time. I didn't realise how bad they were until i went for a walk in the woods; a hideous experience with nothing properly in focus and screwy peripheral vision. They've subsequently gone back for single vision and a separate pair for work / reading up to arms length.
This is the perception of less than 2% of the population!! Unfortunately with your symptom some sort of multifocal (Bi/Tri or Vari) or seperate pairs are your only answer
Stupid question time-
For another pair for computer use, do I take the same presciption in and say they are to be for computer use, not reading or is another test required?
Ok, I'll take your word on that, [b]Hustler.[/b] As part of a new-found tiny minority I was very disappointed, as I bought for top of the range 'tailor-made' varifocal lenses. I certainly didn't feel safe driving in them, and biking was horrendous - kind of like having a migraine. But hey ho. Live and learn.
You just need to ask your optician for a specific screen use prescription.
It will be somewhere in strength between your reading prescription and your distance vision.
We can all give opinions but your optician will know best.
Bodgy, I know its after the fact but did your opticians spend any time with you explaining how to use the vari's and making sure they were set up correctly, as there is some distortion in all v/focals but in a tailor made this should be minimised. I too would be disappointed from what you say but its v unusual at that lvl of lens.
Incidentally we and some other opticians carry a kit that can give you an approximation of looking thru a v focal lens,so if you are becoming a first time wearere it might be worth asking about this before spending.
Varifocals are awful; like being pissed the entire time. I didn't realise how bad they were until i went for a walk in the woods; a hideous experience with nothing properly in focus and screwy peripheral vision. They've subsequently gone back for refitting with single vision lenses and a separate pair for work / reading up to arms length.
Completely wrong; if you get measured and tested by a competent optician (the tests should take at least 30 minutes) and the glasses are made to the correct dimensions you should be able to adapt to them within a few minutes, like most of the rest of us who find varifocals absolutely fantastic.
[b]@globalti[/b] - Er, sorry, old bean, but my experience is my experience and not in any way [i]wrong.[/i] Atypical perhaps, but I know what happened, and how awful it was. And it wan't the experience that you describe.