Woos New Varifocals

Hi Woo - in the long run please let me know if prefer the varifocals - I do need new glasses for close up - but am humming and harring about whether the shell our for varifocals or a separate set specifically for reading.

Do the varifocals interfere with your normal 'non reading' activities - so for example can you drive without the varifocal bit causing annoyance?

 

Hi,

Just to add my two pennies in.

Tried tester varifocals many times over the years but could never get used to them, and settled for bifocals for a few years, though they did seems to help me convert to varifocals two years ago.

Find the distance and mid range very good and natural, changinf from one to the other soon becomes totally un-noticed.
The lower reading portion, for me it does work to a degree, but the area seems very small and takes a lot of concentration, doubt I would read a book with them.

Got mine from Specsavers who offer 5 types of varifocal lenses , basically the more you pay the larger and wider the area for Reading, I got the mid range ones

For close work / book work I just use a selection of x1 or x1.5 reading glasses stocked by many shops.

ps should add for driving they are great, no problem at all, though I always ask for anti reflect coating which helps cut down general glare on the lenses.

 

I cant get on with them for working at my computer as I have to put my head too far back. I get a pair of reading glasses and a pair of varifocals at the same time. Last time I had the same frames for both pair of glasses - really imaginative !

 

I tried them for a while, but basically I dont need glasses for distance, so wearing glasses all the time was a bit alien to me anyway.

Just found everything looked bent, curved, not much use at work, but ok around the shops.

 

Gave up on varifocals after a week of so, when driving found myself having to be constantly nodding, and getting important bits out of focus.

Whilst walking, the area around my feet was out out focus.

And lying in bed watching a wall mounted tv was impossible.

 

With varifocals you need to know you have a really good optician, someone who knows how to take all the right measurements and double check all the measurements are correct.
I`ve been told that wearing the cheap reading glasses (as I did for years) can damage your sight further. I tried bifocals, and found the awful line across them was actually quite dodgy, especially when going down the stairs - and nearly ended up descending them the really quick way
Then I decided that no expense should be spared, and went for the more expensive lightweight frames with varifocal lenses .... absolutely brilliant!!

Ziggy has been to see the same optician now, and has found out that one eye needs a stronger lens than the other - he gets on with the new glasses very well - they`re rather stylish ''John Lennon'' style..........phwarr

 

I've been using varifocals since June time. I was a little doubtful at first, but after a discussion with the optician decided they were the best option. I ended up going with plastic lens (Kodak) and like Woo I went for the model with the maximum area in focus, more expensive. Got a good deal from the optician and the overall package worked out cheaper than two pairs of glasses. I am shortsighted enough to qualify for free eyetests and apparently this makes adapting to varifocals easier. The trick being to move your head and not the eye so you are looking out of the centre of the lens. Anyway I got them put them on and never looked back.

 

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