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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4907 |
Other half has varifocals, the first set had a very narrow area that suited her. The second set were broader. The varifocals are ok if you are doing a bit of everything. But I have noticed her using the single focal glasses if doing one task for a longer period. She has a couple of different focal length glasses as do I.
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24th Dec 2019 9:21 pm |
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Andy131 Member Since: 09 Dec 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 2187 |
tried bi-focals for a month and after a couple of near misses pulling out of junctions have stuck with single focus long distance ever since. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
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24th Dec 2019 11:24 pm |
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snappa Member Since: 16 Apr 2008 Location: Watching C-beams near the Tanhauser Gate Posts: 1633 |
Tried varifocals and had to take them back and change them for normal glasses, couldn't get on with them at all. |
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26th Dec 2019 9:29 am |
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Boxbrownie Member Since: 17 Mar 2019 Location: Looe Posts: 2053 |
A note with my bi-focals, I tried the first pair for a week before taking them back with just “something” odd with them, so had a long chat with the optician and decided to try a pair of bi-focal with a smaller/lower reading area, result.....perfect.
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26th Dec 2019 11:00 am |
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Tigger Member Since: 30 Mar 2011 Location: L15KRD Posts: 2555 |
I simply can not use more than one pair of glasses and swap between them; I WILL lose whatever pair I’m not wearing at the time!
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26th Dec 2019 12:26 pm |
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Dartman the one Member Since: 04 Apr 2013 Location: Seville, Spain Posts: 1689 |
Not all reactive glasses work in all cars, there is a reactive coating that works with the FL2, as it has a coating to the windows that filters the UV frequency required to make most reactive glasses react along with many other cars. The coating required for the Freely is in the expensive spectrum my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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26th Dec 2019 2:29 pm |
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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 5062 |
Ive found getting the inter-pupillary distance correct is more important for vari-focals than for other glasses.
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26th Dec 2019 5:39 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3156 |
I must point out that I do not have a normal field of vision in my right eye anymore, so my results are not purely due to the glasses, but rather the size of the unobstructed area of lens.
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26th Dec 2019 9:50 pm |
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Bobupndown Member Since: 26 Dec 2014 Location: Upside down behind the TV! Posts: 2816 |
Im at the point where my optician says I should consider glasses for driving. I use them for reading / computer use at the minute. I really do not want to have two different pairs of glasses to chop and change between. I already have a home pair and a work pair (that stay in work) but Im terrible for misplacing them, this would just double the problem!
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27th Dec 2019 4:46 pm |
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Jimboland Member Since: 06 Dec 2015 Location: Northants Posts: 735 |
I tried all options when I first needed glasses and eventually settled on vari-focals as being the best compromise. They did take quite a bit of getting used to but now the only down side is that I have to move my head a bit to see to the left and right whereas before I could just swivel my eyes. In all scenarios glasses are better than no glasses and fortunately with them I have very good vision. The worst bit when driving is while looking over your shoulder when joining a main road at a junction with and acute angle when you are looking through the part of the lens that is not in focus, but all that means is that anything you see is a bit blurred but not so much to cause any problem.
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28th Dec 2019 11:32 am |
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DEG5Y Member Since: 22 Jul 2016 Location: Widnes Posts: 172 |
I wore bifocals for many years until I changed to vari-focals about tens years ago.
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28th Dec 2019 11:59 am |
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