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Post by daveb on Sept 7, 2016 6:24:21 GMT -8
I just had my eye exam and went back to Vision Works to get some new glasses. I've been wearing progressives for the past five years and I'm having trouble getting my new prescription to work with the glasses they gave me.
I'm at the 49 year old mark and I realizes my eyes are getting older but after having vision works redo the lens in my favorite frames I'm still not happy with the glasses. I got my near vision good but my far vision is just off enough to piss me off. I know I can do better because when I put my single vision sunglasses on I can read the signs from allot farther away. (...and I know, it's vision works.)
My question is, and since so many of us here are hiking through scenery worth seeing sharply, do you prefer progressive lens or bifocals?
I'm thinking of having my second pair redone to bifocals so that I have a sharp upper lens with better peripheral vision.
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Post by BigLoad on Sept 7, 2016 6:50:11 GMT -8
I've worn progressives for about six years. My distance vision requires almost no correction, so I used to hike mostly in non-corrective sunglasses. However, I got tired of switching glasses to read the map, so I switched to progressive sunglasses last year. Their field of view is quite good, and I've long since adapted to the difference in depth perception.
If I get any single vision optics, it will be for playing the piano, because I don't like tilting my head back to read music through the bottom of my glasses. Six years is about long enough to be frustrated.
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Post by autumnmist on Sept 7, 2016 7:24:31 GMT -8
I've had progressives for about 10 years, but the initial transition was somewhat difficult, primarily when going down stairs. Eventually I bought a pair of glasses just for reading, especially for doing taxes as it was awkward shifting from close to middle range viewing. Then gradually over the years I got used to them, until my vision changed. Then it was more irritating and I began to hate the progressives, or at least the portions allocated to near and far term distance. When driving and hold my head straight, I was essentially seeing through the close-up portions. If I wanted to use the distance section, I had to lower my head, giving me a neck ache. Playing piano was became problematic, as well as watching tv and using the computer. Outdoors isn't an issue though unless I'm looking at something which requires very close-up capabilities. In fact, outdoor vision is a lot easier since for me it's primarily mid and long range focus. I mentioned this to one of the technicians at an optical company and was told that the relationships and allocations between short, mid and long term distance can and should be addressed by the company which provides the lenses, so perhaps that was the issue. You might want to explore this issue. daveb, was there a significant change in the strength of the glasses? That could cause more difficult adjustments. How long have you been wearing the new glasses?
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Post by rebeccad on Sept 7, 2016 7:33:40 GMT -8
However, I got tired of switching glasses to read the map, so I switched to progressive sunglasses last year. Their field of view is quite good, and I've long since adapted to the difference in depth perception. I hadn't thought of that solution, though I am not sure I want to go that route. I'll confess: when I reached the point where I absolutely was going to have to switch to bifocals...I got lasik surgery. 20-20 distance vision was the result (sometimes it drifts to about .25 diopter off, but not enough to bother with). And reading glasses, which I perch on top of my head much of the time. I use them as a headband to hold my hair out of my eyes And, since I buy them cheaply at the drug store, I have enough pairs that I can always find one, and I have them in different strengths for different jobs. It does make for extra work when hiking--I have to pull the reading glasses out of the pack to read the map, unless in very bright light (in which case I can squint and read most of it).
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Post by daveb on Sept 7, 2016 7:48:08 GMT -8
daveb, was there a significant change in the strength of the glasses? That could cause more difficult adjustments. How long have you been wearing the new glasses? No, they tweaked the axis just a bit in one eye but pretty much the same prescription. I've gone a week at a time and have my old to compare to. I even wear taller frames in order to get the full benefit of the progressives. I had the same problem with driving and after they marked my eye location with the marker at the lens place I had them lower that by 4mm. Which put the near vision correction starting at about even with my dash in my car. (Yeah, I hate a stiff neck after driving too). Which works...if the lens were at the proper correction. I'm temped to get a pair done as bifocals with the same adjustment as far as having the reading part lower down in the frames and at a farther distance for hiking and animal watching. Maybe I could use a reader glasses headband too.
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Post by Lamebeaver on Sept 7, 2016 7:55:17 GMT -8
I wear bifocals. I've tried progressives, and didn't like the lack of sharp peripheral vision with them. I understand some progressives have improved this. I have issues with bifocals too, just not quite as much.
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Post by starwalker on Sept 7, 2016 8:24:00 GMT -8
I found progressives really interfered with observational astronomy. Averted vision is important in that pastime and they were too pinpoint for that, the peripheral vision was a problem. The eye doctor told me that truckers also have problems with that as they don't turn their heads to check their mirrors, just move their eyes.
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Post by cweston on Sept 7, 2016 9:04:59 GMT -8
I have worn progressives for several years now. (I am 52.) I find them excellent for most tasks, but there was one task in particular that they just increasingly didn't work for: reading music from a music stand (or at a piano). It was getting harder and harder to hold my head at exactly the correct angle so that I was looking through the right part of my glasses (while playing saxophone). So I had a pair of single vision glasses made for that task, and that has been an excellent solution for me. (It's a little weird, because I can't see distance well at all with these glasses on.)
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Post by balzaccom on Sept 7, 2016 10:18:27 GMT -8
I use progressives when I backpack. And I bought a pair of "Go Over Everything" polarized sunglasses for backpacking. They work great, and I don't need a separate pair of glasses for after the sun goes down---these just get stored next to my hat.
The only issue I have with progressives is, ironically, a computer screen. The glasses are set for me to read with something in m lap...not at eye height in front of me.
Luckily, I play guitar, not sax, so music isn't an issue!
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 7, 2016 12:21:44 GMT -8
I've liked my progressives for a long time now.
Though my prescription Oakleys are singles as progressives were too thick to be fitted to the lens.
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Post by foxalo on Sept 7, 2016 12:47:09 GMT -8
Both my distance and close vision are so minor, that my progressives rarely get worn. I will wear glasses for reading now though, only because I'm finally at that point of needing them.
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Post by JRinGeorgia on Sept 7, 2016 16:22:52 GMT -8
I had heard of people having problems adjusting to progressives, so I was apprehensive when I got my first pair about 10 years ago. Instead I was instantly used to them, a non-issue for me. I still prefer to read "bare-eyed", I can see up close better with no correction, and for that reason I have very short lenses that allow me to look under them without taking them off.
Different types of lenses and labs can lead to progressives with a smaller or larger sweet spot, so you might want to take your Vision Works lenses to another shop to see if they think they can give you a bigger usable field of vision in the same sized lens.
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Post by cweston on Sept 7, 2016 16:46:50 GMT -8
I use progressives when I backpack. And I bought a pair of "Go Over Everything" polarized sunglasses for backpacking. They work great, and I don't need a separate pair of glasses for after the sun goes down---these just get stored next to my hat. That's what I wear hiking (and driving the car) as well. My only complaint, other than looking like a 90-year-old dork, is that I think my glasses tend to steam up more easily when I'm really working up a sweat with that second pair of glasses reducing the ventilation. My next pair of progressives are going to be transitions lenses, which will eliminate the need to extra sunglasses in most circumstances.
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Post by mk on Sept 7, 2016 17:20:50 GMT -8
so I was apprehensive when I got my first pair about 10 years ago. Instead I was instantly used to them, a non-issue for me. Exactly how it went for me, too. I think the key is to get used to moving your head instead of just your eyes. The only time I have trouble is when I'm trying to read lying down.
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Post by cweston on Sept 7, 2016 17:40:44 GMT -8
The only time I have trouble is when I'm trying to read lying down. Watching TV in a reclining position can also be a challenge.
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