Doctor, my eyes have seen the years / And the slow parade of fears …
… As people age, their ability to focus is lessened and many decide to use multiple-focus lenses, which can be bifocal or even trifocal, to cover all the situations in which they use their sight. Traditional multifocal lenses have two or three distinct horizontal viewing areas, each requiring a conscious effort of refocusing. Some modern multifocal lenses, such as progressive lenses (known as “no-line bifocals”), give a smooth transition between these different focal points …
It was time. Time to get either Bifocals or Progressives.
Yet I knew a dozen people who couldn’t get used to progressive lenses. … They’re sitting on the shelf.
Click PLAY or see how they work on YouTube.
Happily, I’m getting used to them quite rapidly.
The worst thing I can report is that I need to have a ‘head on a stick’ (vague sports cliché) … For each focal length I need adjust my head position exactly. When I get it wrong, the world is plenty blurry.
Imagine yourself on a ship in stormy seas, drunk. … That’s what progressive lenses are like when you don’t focus.
I do find myself fatigued end of day after concentrating so much positioning my head.
Also, lens cleaner is essential with these, once or twice a day.
Leave a comment if you’ve an opinion on them.
Mine ($749) are pretty much on the shelf. I think the rest of my vision is pretty good and I never felt I needed glasses and don’t notice any improvement with them. my $10 leopard spotted winners special reading glasses usually win out.
I got the new “concentric circle” contacts, and they work perfectly! I can read, see, race etc with no lines, no focusing issues… it’s like my eyes are better!
Cool. … Mine are OK.
But perhaps I’ll try the concentrics next time around.
Do they sell concentric circle glasses ??