bi-focals vs cheaters

"daytripper" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 02:00:17 GMT, "Charlie Wilson"
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Do your bifocals have a sharp cutoff or a soft one? I wonder if it makes a
difference either way.

/daytripper

Mine have a soft "Gleitsicht" ( Gliding sight), cut off, ( if you can call
it that), and I have no problems. Some people get used to these in a day or
so, others never do. My optician warned me not to drive home wearing the
first bifocals I got. After a couple of days, this was no longer a problem.

I did not like the sharp cut-offs I had first, and changed them pretty
quickly.

I wear either the clip on flip-up polaroids, or "wraparounds" that fit
completely over my glasses . The ones I have are amber, from "Solar Shield"
and are very good.

Try here;
http://www.wormbase.org/mailarch/wormbase/0064.html

http://www.psfsolutions.com/


When wearing bifocals at the computer, fly-dressing bench etc, you need to
check the position of your monitor, seat height, vice height, etc etc, as
you will otherwise end up with a stiff neck very quickly indeed.

TL
MC

One other point, if you do decide to try polarised bi-focals, or similar
stuff, then either try to get a cheap pair loaned to you "on spec" from your
optician, get cheap lenses fitted to existing frames, or buy a cheap pair.
If you can not get away with them, then this can otherwise be a very
expensive mistake.

Actually, the same thing applies to bi-focals generally. I know a few
people who just can not bear to wear them, but once you have paid for them
you are stiuck with them.

TL
MC

"Larry L" wrote in message
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Got a card saying it's time for my annual eye check, and the insurance
buys
one pair of glasses/ year

I'm tempted to get bi-focal polaroids ...

BUT

I fear they will increase my, already well developed, ability to trip and
fall while trying to watch the river and walk at the same time

If you use bi-focals fishing .... reports? suggestions ?


I wear bi-focals fishing. And I wear bi-focal polarized sunglasses. At first
I went with the hard line action optics bifocal sunglasses but I had
problems with them, I decided to bite to the bullet and make use of a
medical spending account and bought the varilux no line transitional bifocal
sunglasses and have been glad that i did. No problem watching my step or any
such other than my usual penchant for being unable to walk and chew gum at
the same time.

Wayne

"Larry L" wrote in message
...
Got a card saying it's time for my annual eye check, and the insurance
buys
one pair of glasses/ year

I'm tempted to get bi-focal polaroids ...

BUT

I fear they will increase my, already well developed, ability to trip and
fall while trying to watch the river and walk at the same time

If you use bi-focals fishing .... reports? suggestions ?

I've worn bifocals for several years and had the same experience as others
in respect to difficulty with depth perception.

Last time I got new glasses I bought two pairs: a normal pair and a pair
with polarized lenses. I told the optician that I was a fly fisherman, and
she knew exactly what the problem was.

She understood that the biggest problem was seeing to tie knots, and knew
how hard it could be to walk. So they made the dark glasses with the
close-in focus only in the very bottom of the lens, unlike the 'normal'
pair, which has something like 1/3 of the lens designed for reading and
similar work. That made it much easier to see the ground and also to see my
flies floating over fish. Over and over and over and over.

Also, since a surprisingly high portion of the cost of glasses is the frame,
you can get rugged utilitarian frames for the fishing glasses that don't
cost a hell of a lot if you don't mind looking like a nerd. They've even got
hinges ready-made for paper clips. :-)

Bob