Anyone use reading glasses?

[beagledave]

Looking for favored types/brands of reading glasses. Especially sun readers for reading outside.

I know that they sell them at grocery and drug stores..other than that I don't have much knowledge about them.

Thanks!

[raz]

Unless you are devoid of coverage, I'd strongly recommend a trip to your ophthalmologist to get a script to match your eyes.

[Michael]

I used to buy them at Costco--the 3 pack. Once I got a prescription set, my vision was substantially better since my eyes were slightly different. After that, I started using the prescription to buy them at Zennioptical for $8 and $10. They are fine. Whenever I have to start stretching my arms out I get another prescription and buy some more from Zennioptical.

My college-aged daughter has bought a half dozen pair over the last year. She's apparently the most eyeglass-stylish student on her campus!

http://zennioptical.com/cart/home.php

[beagledave]

raz wrote:
Unless you are devoid of coverage, I'd strongly recommend a trip to your ophthalmologist to get a script to match your eyes.

I did.

I already wear RGP contacts, and at the last visit she told me what power of glasses to get. She said I could order them anywhere.

[Mr Downtown]

For those of us with ordinary old-age presbyopia, why are expensive prescription glasses substantially better than just having cheap readers lying around every room?

[AAA]

What do you guys do that have eyes whose vision changes day-by-day and sometimes hour-by-hour? Mine are all over the place. I'm not sure how a prescription would help. Might get 'measured' during one of their times where they are outside of the 3 sigma control parameters.

[OWC Jamie]

Mr Downtown wrote:
For those of us with ordinary old-age presbyopia, why are expensive prescription glasses substantially better than just having cheap readers lying around every room?

If you have standard pupillary distance and both ayes are equall in magnification need, then over the counter magnifiers shouldn't be a problem.





I have prescription readers and progressives for computer work and seeing far away.

Life was a lot easier with contacts and regular sunglasses.



edit: my speeling and typing is getting horrible, eh ?
:-)

[cbelt3]

progressive bifocals here. If my eyes change, i just automaticaly tilt my head and bring stuff into focus. It's kind of interesting how well it works now. I expect I look a little odd tilting my head up and down whilst peering into the middle distance.

[guitarist]

Aha, you're at that age. It's common for folks to think they can just get drug-store readers, and that's the solution. Or that some over-the-counter readers are better than others. There's not much to 'know' about them, they all use the same material. It's an inferior, temporary solution at best, there are no good ones.

Don't kid yourself, make an appointment to get your eyes checked, and get a prescription for precise lenses!

Look at it this way: your eyes aren't going to improve, it's not a temporary condition. It's a normal decline in short-range vision, and the decline will continue a little for a few years, then stabilize. The condition is permanent. It's treatable with lenses calibrated for your vision. The quality difference matters. A lot.

The over-the-counter ones are like a 50-year-old RCA tube TV with bad reception. Professionally-made reading glasses are like a modern LCD HDTV, by comparison. Are your eyes worth it? Do you ever read anything? A cereal box? A magazine? The label on medicine bottles? Books? On a budget, places like Lenscrafters, etc., are pretty good. Once you get a prescription, and have custom-made lenses, you'll be glad you did.

Then, if you want extra pairs for disposable reasons, sunglasses, etc., those can be handy-but-disposable extra credit. You can also get progressive lenses with clip-on sunglasses, or even prescription sunglasses, if your pocketbook allows.

[August West]

guitarist, did you read the thread ? It seems his doctor approved this.