Chadford
Distinguished Member
I've really hit the point in time that I need to think about getting some proper specs. Since my eyes are aging evenly (both eyes with the same prescription to date) I've got away for years with buying cheap glasses from places like Costco (three pairs for ~£12, that sort of thing). My long sight is fine so I only put glasses on to look at the PC or look at things close up. The advantage of the cheap goggs being that I could buy lots of them for practically nothing and have them everywhere, car, study, jackets etc.
My eyes have got very slightly worse and I'm now in need of two strengths weaker ones for stuff like PC monitors, stronger ones for mobile phones and the like. It's starting to get annoying having to swap over specs frequently e.g. If I'm reading something on my desk in front of my keyboard (stronger goggs) and then requiring to type details into my PC (weaker goggs).
I do get my eyes checked every year.
I have no vanity or other issues at all with wearing glasses all the time or for that matter having a pair plonked on the top of my head when not required (I tend to do this most of the time anyway). Presumably lots of folk here have already gone down this road and maybe can give me some advice on the pros and cons of getting bifocal or varifocal independently of what my opticians would suggest?
Thanks.
My eyes have got very slightly worse and I'm now in need of two strengths weaker ones for stuff like PC monitors, stronger ones for mobile phones and the like. It's starting to get annoying having to swap over specs frequently e.g. If I'm reading something on my desk in front of my keyboard (stronger goggs) and then requiring to type details into my PC (weaker goggs).
I do get my eyes checked every year.
I have no vanity or other issues at all with wearing glasses all the time or for that matter having a pair plonked on the top of my head when not required (I tend to do this most of the time anyway). Presumably lots of folk here have already gone down this road and maybe can give me some advice on the pros and cons of getting bifocal or varifocal independently of what my opticians would suggest?
Thanks.
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