OT — Progressive lens bifocals

641Dave · Aug 22, 2011

I just got my "loaners" from lens crafters. Loaners meaning the ones they put in my frames until I get my real lenses made.

This is the first time to use bifocals of any sorts and these progressive lenses are killing me! I'm not sure if it's the "loaner" lenses or if it's me but it ain't working.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Lens Crafters has a 100% satisfaction guarantee and if my real lenses are like these loaners, I think I just go with no line bifocals.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 22, 2011

It's too soon to declare failure. Wait till you get your new ones and give it some time. You'll get used to them, we all did. You also have to accept that they are not a substitute for young eyes.

MoMike · Aug 22, 2011

Both my wife and I have them, however we didn't use bifocals before we got them so we had no experience with them. Neither of us had difficulty adjusting. A former co-worker switched to them from regulars and had problems until he learned to not move his head as much when changing focal length.

Janicholson · Aug 22, 2011

My wife had issues with the continuous variability as she teached classes in Sports and Fitness. The motion and head movement was not compatible. No line bifocal was better. Jim

Tony S. · Aug 22, 2011

Takes awhile. Be careful on stairs.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 22, 2011

Takes a while to get used to them. I've worn 'em for 10+ years now and wouldn't be without 'em. One pair of mine are trifocals (top & bottom)

You eventually learn to move your head up and down instead of moving your eyes.

And some people never do get used to 'em. YMMV

HCooke · Aug 22, 2011

It will take about a day to get used to them. Then
you will like them. I had regualar bifocals at first
- the progressive lens are much easier to use.

Paul Shuler · Aug 22, 2011

Mine are tri focals. Took a week or two but I like them now. Don't try and play baseball catch in them. Don't ask how I know. And I find it a little hard to shoot with them on. Cant seem to find the right spot to get everything to focus to shoot well.

Gchase24 · Aug 22, 2011

Had them for ten plus years. Started with regular bifocals. Drove me crazy on stairs. Told my eye Doctor the problems I was having.Progressive were recomended. I was told by other people that they were having problems with progressive lenses going up a flight of stairs. I explained this to my doctor and was told that the secret was the centerline placement with the progressive.I tried them and love them. But I guess it is like everything
else,what works for some will not work others.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 22, 2011

It can take a couple of weeks for a person to adapt to progressives. If you've been using bi-focals for any length of time, your adjustment period will be longer than it will be for a person who has never worn any kind of multi-focal lenses before -- and there are some people that just can't get used to them at all. (They call them progressive non-adapts.)I love mine!

NW Ohio Tim · Aug 22, 2011

I'm supposed to get my first pair tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to it, but reading fine print is really starting to be a problem at times. My eye doctor told me to carry my old glasses with me for at least a month He said to give the new ones two weeks before I got too frustrated. He also said I shouldn't drive with the new ones until I got uased to them, he told me that would prolly be the worst part of getting them.

I'm praying for good results, I just don't see how I can get along without them any longer.

tomNE · Aug 22, 2011

i never got use to them in 5+yrs. finally went back to reg glasses!

641Dave · Aug 22, 2011

I'll keep 'em on then and see what happens.

What is bugging me is the focus point up close is only about the size of a grapefruit at arm's length. I'm having to "fish" to find my focus, then when I do, what I'm looking at is warping around like it's melting.

Also, why did they give me all this lens if the peripherals is blurry!

I think I'm well on my way to being a grumpy old man!

Tim, keep me posted on how you do with them.

Bob in SD · Aug 22, 2011

I'm w/ Tom. The progressives have an "hour glass" shaped region where they are useful, with the spaces off to the sides not working. With a progressive, I had to move my head from side to side as I read, as the "correct" prescription was only on a narrow spot in front of my eyes. That just didn't work for me. The lined bi-focal is better, for me, since the two correct lenses go all the way across. Of course, there are only two correct lenses, good for only two distances and right now the distances are changing every couple of years. The progressives gave me lots of different distances to work with and a little more ability to keep them longer as my eyes got a little worse.

Neither are good for stairs or playing catch.

jose bagge · Aug 22, 2011

I have progressive trifocals...and I still have to take them off to read (holding book, etc about 1" from my nose) . BUT...my eyes are so bad that I wear my glasses to bad, knowing that if I ever took them off I'd never find them again.

That said...every new pair is always a different adventure...they never get the focal point exactly the same, so you're always going through a two or three week adjustment period.

Mike (WA) · Aug 22, 2011

I tried no-line bifocals first- couldn't stand them, had to move my head side to side to read.

Then lined bifocals- worked fine, but I use a computer all day, so needed a third focal length. So now have had lined trifocals for several years- can't beat em.

I actually like the lines- they define where I should be looking, and they move me to the right area now without me even being aware of it. Kind of like getting used to the noise of nearby trains at your new house- you can't imagine you'll ever get used to them, but you do.

fixerupper · Aug 22, 2011

I tried no lines but I couldn't get used to
the blurred peripheral vision. Went back
to lined trifocals. Bifocals and trifocals
require an adjustment period for
everyone. You can't see through the right
lens when welding. You can't read the
label on a high shelf without tipping the
head way back. Since my neck surgery I
can't tip back that far so I have to lift the
glasses instead. After awhile it blends in
with your daily routine. Jim

Anonymous-0 · Aug 22, 2011

I have had mine for better then 12 years. Once you get use to them they will work for you. I never think about having to look thru the little window at the bottom. And they look better then the grandpa glasses...LOL

Howard H. · Aug 22, 2011

My eye doc said it would "take some getting used to". After 2 years, I still didn't like them, but a buddy kept bragging on his - so I tried one more time - and this second time around, they are much better...

Not sure what the difference is... Guess the eye doc might be able to explain it...

Howard

Dave I Love My H · Aug 22, 2011

About 12 years ago, I was installing a 6d finishing nail in a hardwood floor. As I was ready to strike the nail with the hammer, it disappeared in my hand.
I knew it was time. The biggest adjustment for me was 1) the blind spot at the bottom of your glasses due to the bifocal; 2) getting used to turning my head to see rather than just panning my eyes. The upside is: you can see!!!!!! It's worth getting used to.

RAW in · Aug 22, 2011

I had a neighbor who worked for the gas company years ago, and he had bifocals, but he had the bifocal cut into the top of his lens also, just for that reason. Saved a lot of neck cranking.

Old Roy · Aug 22, 2011

I have always had the progressive kind only 2 times I was fitted that they gave me a bit of difficulty like navigating walking down steps.

Both times was my fault choosing a smaller lens -- made the magnification start too early and seemed like the steps were concaved, but with tilting head I could see.

Always got the glass lenses too because of working with grinders and such. Last few pairs have been plastic. Much more durable and don't chip like glass when using the grinder in most cases .

shaun wallace · Aug 22, 2011

When I had to go to bifocals I went with progressive cause looking to many places at same time. I have only had one pair glasses with plastic lenses. Had photogray for years and love it.

Paul from MI · Aug 22, 2011

Wife has 'em, I don't. Doc told me "
Don't even try 'em" and I haven't. Got enough trouble with new lightweight lenses that don't have correction all the way into the corners. I'll stick with the old style bi-focals that have worked for 25 years. I don't care if every body can see the lines.

JDseller · Aug 22, 2011

Tried them and they made me sick as a dog. I went and had lazor eye surgery. Love it. I don"t need glasses unless real small print. Even then just cheap magnifying ones work fine. The surgery was five years ago and is lasting fine. I hope to never need glasses for everyday use again.

M-MAN · Aug 23, 2011

You can either wear them of you can't. I tried the Verilux years ago. There was one spot about the size of a pencil dead center that I could see out of and the field of vision was very small. Had to turn my head constantly to see anything. Can't move your eyes, it's got to be your whole head. Suffered with those suckers for 2 weeks and they were just as bad as the first time I put them on. Lost over a hundred bucks by going to bifocals with lines but at least I could see again.

NW Ohio Tim · Sep 2, 2011

Tim, keep me posted on how you do with them.

I finally got my glasses today. I feel like i've been looking through an ice cube all day, but beaing able to read fine print is awful nice. I'm sure I'll adjust in a few days.... right now I'm switching back and forth from the new glasses to the old to give my eyes a break.

I'll post back in a week or so....

Tim

NW Ohio Tim · Sep 17, 2011

OK, 2 full weeks and I've been wearing only the new specs for the last 4 days..... I don't want to go back to the old ones. Still a little funny from time to time, but nothing to complain about.

Reading small print like I'm 20 again is worth any effort it took.

Tim

DWF · Sep 18, 2011

I have had regular Bifocals for 15 years with no problems. I got a pair of progressives last December for non work. I have finally got used to them for the most part. I do not like them at all for driving. I needed a new pair for work a couple of months ago, got the standard Bifocals, much happier with them.
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