This is my second set of progressives. My original pair are 2mm taller and maybe 3mm wider. There are two big differences I'm noticing: 1. The in focus area is much smaller from left to right 2. It appears that the new glasses go out of focus as I reach the bottom of the lenses, where my old pair were in focus all the way down.
On Aug 13, 8:50 am, powrwrap <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 13, 9:44 am, Derek <[email protected]> wrote: > > The glasses look nice, but reading with them is much more difficult > > than my previous set of glasses. These are progressives, and I got a > > new prescription written up just before ordering these glasses. The > > distance viewing is great and even working at the computer seems to be > > better than my old pair. But reading a book is pretty hard because the > > area of focus is so small on these lenses. > > > My new prescription is a little stronger than my previous one, maybe > > its something I will eventually get used to? > > Is this your first set of progressives? > > I ask because I experienced the exact same thing as you with my first > set of progressives. When reading a book the ends of the sentences > near the margins are not in focus. It's maddening. You literally have > to scan your head back and forth slightly to read the sentence. I > bought these progressives when I was still buying glasses at brick and > mortar stores (Sam's Club in this instance) and I brought them back > and had a wider corridor progressive lens installed. It cost me extra > to upgrade. It did help but I still saw fuzzy words at the margins and > spines of books. It's the nature of progressive lenses. Most people > just get used to it. > > There is a high-tech progressive lens called the Varilux Physio 360 > that is supposed to enable you to read a page without this blurriness > at the edges. But that lens costs $350. There is an online store that > sells something that is somewhat of a copy of the Physio 360 (can't > remember which store right now) but it costs $200 just for the lenses. > > My solution was to buy an oversized frame from Zenni with the lenses > tuned for reading glasses. The large lens almost solves the problem. > You could try this approach or else you'll have to get used to moving > your head back-and-forth slightly. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
