Anonymous wrote:I never got used to progressives and I've had four different pairs of glasses for many years: true close distance glasses, which I keep at home for when I'm actually reading books; computer/mid distance glasses; distance glasses for driving at night and distance sunglasses. That's a lot of glasses to carry around, but it is what it is and I'm used to it, and I never have to deal with getting dizzy because of the progressives.

Thx you for posting! This is me and I thought I was crazy, and embarrassed at times😀

Anonymous wrote:I'm 51 and still don't need any glasses.

Cool. Good to know.

Multiple glasses.

I'd never worn glasses in my life. First I needed readers.
Then about 5 years later I could tell I needed distance when driving.

I have 3 pairs of glasses I rotate through during the day. REaders, distance (clear) distance (sun)

I considered progressives but since I'd really never worn glasses thought I'd do better with individual pairs initially.

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Anonymous wrote:I never got used to progressives and I've had four different pairs of glasses for many years: true close distance glasses, which I keep at home for when I'm actually reading books; computer/mid distance glasses; distance glasses for driving at night and distance sunglasses. That's a lot of glasses to carry around, but it is what it is and I'm used to it, and I never have to deal with getting dizzy because of the progressives.

OP here. I think this might be what I'll be. I think I'll mind getting dizzy more than carrying multiple pairs of glasses.

I'm the four-pair PP. A tip for when you get reading or progressive glasses made is to spend some time measuring the distance between the bridge of your nose and what you're actually reading, and ask the ophtho to prescribe for that.

I think one reason progressives never worked for me is the glasses were making assumptions about what I was reading at what distance, I don't actually have a life where I look demurely down at a book and then look up and need to see far away. I'm much more likely to be looking at print and screen side by side straight ahead. That, plus extreme sensitivity to motion sickness!

Anonymous wrote:I struggled with what I should do and I had bought readers and wore contacts for nearsightedness. But then I tried multi focal contacts and they are an absolute game changer. I wear monthly ones and have tried biweekly and daily ones. All work great and once my samples are done will either do monthly or biweekly just bc dailies are too expensive. At night just switch into regular eyeglasses. Now not sure I even want to buy progressive glasses but probably will get a pair when I got back to Korea in November as they are much cheaper over there.

+1 on the multifocal contacts.

OP, what's your prescription? The multifocals can only go up to a certain strength before you need to move onto a different option.

And PP, I bought my pair of progressive glasses from Zenni. I only use them at night/first thing in the morning before contacts are in, and on overnight flights. I utilize monthly contacts except I wear dailies when I fly so I don't have to carry arround contact lens solutions and cases.

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Anonymous wrote:I use stick-ons for reading and computers. They drill little holes in the lenses of your glasses and insert little magnetic posts. Then you attach the reading lenses to your glasses. They also have little magnetic posts. I like them and have been using them for about ten years or so. I have two different strengths for slightly different distances. They cost about $125 each.

You can buy actual stick on reading lenses for $20. I'm using them right now. I put them on my glasses (that I only use after 10 pm when I'm in bed, otherwise I wear contacts)....and they make regular distance glasses into bifocals. Works for me.

How do they attach?

It's a very low level of adhesive. You can pull them off and put them on other glasses if you want. Or re-position them. You don't want to pull them off all the time b/c I think they will lose their ability to stick after awhile.

I think these are the ones I have. But other companies make/sell them. I like that they sent me a slightly different magnification for free when the first ones I tried weren't perfect for me. https://www.sticktitelens.com/shop?srsltid=AfmBOopLF4eOi4d18_Az1d5frYpN93hZSrmRTwREdOIpazQipmUvoP6OuQk

Progressive

I have progressives. It took about a week to get used to them, and I had to be careful about perspective (like going down stairs) but now I’ve been using progressives for over 5 years and changed since then to stronger reading prescription.

When I needed progressives my optometrist explained that there were varying degrees of quality with progressive lenses. I went for the top of the line (which at the time was Vizio—-this was about 12 years ago) and never had an issue with them. They were not cheap.

I love my progressives but clearly I’m in the minority here lol.

I tried progressives and hated them. Now I have my main glasses - those are for regular seeing - and a second pair that is computer distance; I use those all day while I am working.

For reading - on my Kindle; looking at a menu; etc - I usually just take off my glasses altogether. But if I needed regular reading glasses I would buy a third pair for that. I just really disliked progressives.

I struggled with what I should do and I had bought readers and wore contacts for nearsightedness. But then I tried multi focal contacts and they are an absolute game changer. I wear monthly ones and have tried biweekly and daily ones. All work great and once my samples are done will either do monthly or biweekly just bc dailies are too expensive. At night just switch into regular eyeglasses. Now not sure I even want to buy progressive glasses but probably will get a pair when I got back to Korea in November as they are much cheaper over there.

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Anonymous wrote:I use stick-ons for reading and computers. They drill little holes in the lenses of your glasses and insert little magnetic posts. Then you attach the reading lenses to your glasses. They also have little magnetic posts. I like them and have been using them for about ten years or so. I have two different strengths for slightly different distances. They cost about $125 each.

You can buy actual stick on reading lenses for $20. I'm using them right now. I put them on my glasses (that I only use after 10 pm when I'm in bed, otherwise I wear contacts)....and they make regular distance glasses into bifocals. Works for me.

How do they attach?

I use progressives for all vision needs. Took a while to get used to, and for each new pair, I always have to send them back to get them to redo the main line in the middle of them. Took a while to get used to them but now I can’t imagine life without them.

Anonymous wrote:I use stick-ons for reading and computers. They drill little holes in the lenses of your glasses and insert little magnetic posts. Then you attach the reading lenses to your glasses. They also have little magnetic posts. I like them and have been using them for about ten years or so. I have two different strengths for slightly different distances. They cost about $125 each.

You can buy actual stick on reading lenses for $20. I'm using them right now. I put them on my glasses (that I only use after 10 pm when I'm in bed, otherwise I wear contacts)....and they make regular distance glasses into bifocals. Works for me.