glasses, after you're over the hill

[chhotii]

I desperately need to get new glasses. It has been bad for a while that I needed new glasses. But over the weekend, I broke my backup pair of glasses-- which I had been wearing for years-- and had to switch back to the non-backup pair of glasses. The primary problem with the non-backup pair is that the anti-glare coating flaked off in scratches and

Comments

[quietann]

I've worn progressives for years. They really do work as advertised, once you train yourself to move your eyes to where you want on the lens.

With very very small type, I do take my glasses off... the correction just can't quite get there.

[whitebird]

I've had progressive lens glasses for around 7 years now, when I stopped wearing contacts because we couldn't make progressive contacts work right for me due to how they sit on my eyeballs.

The progressive lens glasses take a few days to get used to, but once you do, things do just seem to work out fine.

[whitebird]

Oh, and my prescription is way out of date because my most recent glasses broke and I'm on the prescription before that set, and well, they're out of date, and I'm an idiot. Not taking care of your eyes properly is not the best lifestyle choice, in my opinion.

[ceo]

I totally hear you on resistance to progressives. Fortunately I currently only have a problem with reading small type or fiddly close-up work, so just taking my glasses off works fine for now. I have a pair of "computer glasses" that I keep at work and occasionally remember to wear, and have been considering reading glasses for home.

[jim_p]

I've had progressives for a number of years now. The main advantage is that by tilting your head you can "dial up" the exact amount of correction you need for a given task, from reading to distance and everything in between. The disadvantage is that the corrected field of vision is smaller than with single-vision glasses. I found this to be a particular problem when driving, as I'm trying to watch the cars in front of me while trying to read road signs at the same time. I solved this by getting a second pair of single-vision glasses at my distance prescription.

[chhotii]

That's a great idea!

[achinhibitor]

Yeah, I wear progressive lenses -- no tell-tale line. But you still rock your head up and down as you change the distance of the things you look at, so someone who knows what to watch for can tell your gettin' old...