New glasses!

[shewhomust]

I collected my new glasses from the optician yesterday morning.

There's a conversation which I have now had with a succession of opticians, each time I need new glasses: the optician says "I think it's time you had varifocals," and I day "These are varifocals!" This time, he followed up by asking why, in that case, I had three pairs of glasses (varificals, reading glasses, and a pair for working at the computer)? The new ones, the claimed, would do away with all that...

It's too soon to be sure, but I was sceptical and I remain so. I'm still wearing my old glasses now, to view the computer screen. I think the new varifocals probably give me a better chance of reading something in the course of doing something else - checking a recipe while cooking, for example - which is a good thing in itself, even if I still prefer my reading glasses for, well, reading. I'm not disappointed, because I didn't expect anything else. And I'm still happy with the frames I chose, which is a relief!

Comments

[lamentables]

Bi is as many focals as my brain can handle.
(I have bifocals, reading glasses and computer glasses. It works for me.)

[shewhomust]

Then we have the same set - and yes, works for me too!

[lamentables]

abrinsky has varifocals and cannot understand why anyone would find them difficult

[shewhomust]

I was warned when I got my first pair of varifocals that I might need a little time to acclimatise, but no, I didn't. In fact within a day or so we went for a walk which involved a long steep downhill which had been made into steps, and I didn't have a problem. I have wondered whether this is because the 'reading' part of the lens isn't as strong - or perhaps as strongly differentiated? - as it might be,

[cmcmck]

Other half has varis and they are all he now needs so good luck.

[shewhomust]

I'm glad it works for him!

[sovay]

I'm not disappointed, because I didn't expect anything else. And I'm still happy with the frames I chose, which is a relief!

Congratulations on having new glasses that do what you need them to, even if it's not everything your optician think they should!

[shewhomust]

Thank you!