Varifocals report
Jun. 23rd, 2010 08:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julesjonesAs noted earlier this month, over the last few months I've gone from occasionally needing reading glasses when I'm tired and/or the light's dim, to not wanting to take out my contacts in the evening because then I can't wear reading glasses and thus can't read.
I was persuaded by the optician to try varifocals rather than bifocals, on the grounds that they're much better than they used to be. I was somewhat dubious, recollecting my experience with them 30 years ago, but since they have a 30 day money-back guarantee if you don't get on with them, I ordered a pair. Picked up the new varifocals on Saturday. Have not had the contacts in since, until this morning, when I put them in because too long with glasses gives me a headache simply from the weight on my nose, and I was starting to feel it a bit last night.
Granted, I paid for the flashiest options, and I have a pretty low reading prescription, but they worked so well that I wasn't quite sure they *were* varifocal until I tried reading at home, and found that something I couldn't handle before without a reading lamp was suddenly sharp and clear. These will not be going back, probably for "cold dead hands" values of "not going back". :-) The only issue I have with them so far is that at my standard reading prescription, they're great for reading but not quite strong enough for fine work like cross-stitch.
Specsavers have a 2 for 1 deal on the more expensive frames, which I buy to get the lightweight titanium for the aforementioned weight-on-nose problem rather than to look cool. Unfortunately the 2 for 1 only covers the basic lenses, so I have to pay for the add-ons, in particular the high index plastic which also reduces the weight. Since the second pair will be a back up pair, I have gone for the lowest end of the range on that rather than the highest end as I normally would, and I also didn't go for the best option in the lens shaping. I'll be interested to see how good the second pair are compared to the first, but they won't be made up until I've formally accepted the first pair.
I was persuaded by the optician to try varifocals rather than bifocals, on the grounds that they're much better than they used to be. I was somewhat dubious, recollecting my experience with them 30 years ago, but since they have a 30 day money-back guarantee if you don't get on with them, I ordered a pair. Picked up the new varifocals on Saturday. Have not had the contacts in since, until this morning, when I put them in because too long with glasses gives me a headache simply from the weight on my nose, and I was starting to feel it a bit last night.
Granted, I paid for the flashiest options, and I have a pretty low reading prescription, but they worked so well that I wasn't quite sure they *were* varifocal until I tried reading at home, and found that something I couldn't handle before without a reading lamp was suddenly sharp and clear. These will not be going back, probably for "cold dead hands" values of "not going back". :-) The only issue I have with them so far is that at my standard reading prescription, they're great for reading but not quite strong enough for fine work like cross-stitch.
Specsavers have a 2 for 1 deal on the more expensive frames, which I buy to get the lightweight titanium for the aforementioned weight-on-nose problem rather than to look cool. Unfortunately the 2 for 1 only covers the basic lenses, so I have to pay for the add-ons, in particular the high index plastic which also reduces the weight. Since the second pair will be a back up pair, I have gone for the lowest end of the range on that rather than the highest end as I normally would, and I also didn't go for the best option in the lens shaping. I'll be interested to see how good the second pair are compared to the first, but they won't be made up until I've formally accepted the first pair.