I was in my mid-forties when I finally had to accept that my eye-sight wasn't up to the required spec. Initially, all I needed was conventional reading glasses, but as my eye-sight deteriorated quickly from that point in time, and the annoyance of those glasses being of a fixed focal length, soon persuaded my to try vari-focals. The first pair I ever had simply didn't 'work right'; I realised that within 1 day after their purchase. A re-test and replacement pair were just fine. And yes, you do have to train your mind 'to look' in a different way. This, I found, came quite easily to me: others may have difficulty with this re-programming, which may explain some of the difficulties reported by others in some of the above posts. Initially, I was advised to "point your nose at what you want to look at" - and for me, that works: it's now a purely sub-conscious reaction.
Many years have passed from those early days until now - I've used vari-focals ever since and am quite happy with them. However, I have learnt that it is false economy to use price as the over-riding factor when it comes to choice of vari-focals: quality costs; I always buy the most expensive that I can afford - and then, sometimes a bit more; my eyes (like my teeth) are precious to me. At present, a replacement pair of glasses are usually necessary at about a five-yearly interval.
I am a little bit apprehensive as to what the future holds for me, since my father suffered from glaucoma. The up-side of this is that I have always qualified for free eye-tests.
Al.
Many years have passed from those early days until now - I've used vari-focals ever since and am quite happy with them. However, I have learnt that it is false economy to use price as the over-riding factor when it comes to choice of vari-focals: quality costs; I always buy the most expensive that I can afford - and then, sometimes a bit more; my eyes (like my teeth) are precious to me. At present, a replacement pair of glasses are usually necessary at about a five-yearly interval.
I am a little bit apprehensive as to what the future holds for me, since my father suffered from glaucoma. The up-side of this is that I have always qualified for free eye-tests.
Al.
