That's an interesting combination. I might try it the next time I'm ordering some glasses.
What I use are mono-vision lenses. My left lens in a distance correction and the right is moderate close distance, about computer screen focus. I really prefer this combination to bi-focals, even though I have take off my glasses for really fine close-up work. On Jul 20, 3:00 pm, Thom <[email protected]> wrote: > A bifocal on one side and single vision on the other side is actually > a very handy thing for people that need to see where their feet are > going and do occasional close work. > i.e. hikers and fisherman and golfers, that need to see maps and > hooks and score cards. > > This has been one need that seems to be driving me to shop in a > storefront where they can deal with this common but custom variation. > I am hoping someone can tell me I am wrong. > > I was just going to place an order on the sale at EBD, which seemed to > allow this variation. After all I am willing to pay full price for > half a bifocal. So I checked bifocals, entered ADD in one lens, left > the other as no ADD, and they even gave the option for 70-30% which I > want minimal area for the bifocal, so that was good, and I even added > an explanation comment.It all seemed smooth. > > But when I hit submit it wouldn't take it without BOTH ADD's. And > zero ADD was NOT an option. > > Am I asking too much for online sources? Can any of them do this? > Has anyone tried this before? > > Do I either have to go back to storefront glasses (YIKES!), or use my > old method of the stick-on bifocal magnifier on single vision > glasses? I don't want to juggle a pile of glasses when hiking and > biking, and I have a HEAVY astigmatism as my main problem so cheapo > readers are no help. (Bad enough cylinder that $39Glasses thinks it > worth charging $59 extra for my -3.00 on one eye...but thats a whole > other thread) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
