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Post by gato on Jun 23, 2021 7:47:00 GMT -5
I can so relate to this from the LA Times comics today. I have reading glasses, bifocal glasses (near and far) back up reading glasses (the last prescription) My wife has at least this many, plus others of the kind that fold up, for reading menus and what not. i.postimg.cc/ZK9V15wf/glasses.jpg |
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jun 23, 2021 8:10:50 GMT -5
Well that's a good way to get a really weird sunburn.
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Post by jhawkr on Jun 23, 2021 8:19:39 GMT -5
Rx progressive lenses with the auto darkening option reduced my glasses to one pair.
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Post by gato on Jun 23, 2021 9:01:25 GMT -5
Rx progressive lenses with the auto darkening option reduced my glasses to one pair. Sorry, I meant "progressives" when I said bifocals. I was born the day before yesterday. My problem came about after having cataract surgery on one eye, just before all elective surgeries were shut down. When my right eye recovered, the newest prescription glasses no longer corrected the vision. So now I have a bundle of eyeglasses I swap around in order to have fairly normal vision, for whatever I'm doing. My ophthalmologist says I have astigmatism in the right eye, uncorrected by the lens replacement, which complicates vision correction. |
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Post by Leftee on Jun 23, 2021 9:06:39 GMT -5
The auto-darken thing still has me ordering prescription sunglasses. The auto-darken doesn’t work inside a vehicle. When the sun is lower in the sky some roads are downright dangerous at certain times of the day.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jun 23, 2021 12:36:44 GMT -5
The auto-darken thing still has me ordering prescription sunglasses. The auto-darken doesn’t work inside a vehicle. When the sun is lower in the sky some roads are downright dangerous at certain times of the day. My optometrist recommends against them for exactly that reason. I assumed it was a ploy to try to sell me a pair of prescription sunglasses, but he handed me a pair and told me to take them out to the car. Confirmed. My vision has improved and I on longer require prescription glasses (as of the last visit, may have changed since then), and the only time I wear sunglasses is while driving. So I just keep a pair of Ray Bans in the car and use those. |
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Post by gato on Jun 23, 2021 14:25:10 GMT -5
The auto-darken thing still has me ordering prescription sunglasses. The auto-darken doesn’t work inside a vehicle. When the sun is lower in the sky some roads are downright dangerous at certain times of the day. My optometrist recommends against them for exactly that reason. I assumed it was a ploy to try to sell me a pair of prescription sunglasses, but he handed me a pair and told me to take them out to the car. Confirmed. My vision has improved and I on longer require prescription glasses (as of the last visit, may have changed since then), and the only time I wear sunglasses is while driving. So I just keep a pair of Ray Bans in the car and use those. Actually, the auto-darken does work in a car ... if you leave the glasses on the dashboard. I've done that several times, returning to the car to find a dark stripe across both lenses, due to the shadow from the rear view mirror, blocking part of the exposure. Kinda like falling asleep on the beach with your hands folded across your chest, making for an interesting set of tan lines. |
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Post by Leftee on Jun 23, 2021 14:27:01 GMT -5
My optometrist recommends against them for exactly that reason. I assumed it was a ploy to try to sell me a pair of prescription sunglasses, but he handed me a pair and told me to take them out to the car. Confirmed. My vision has improved and I on longer require prescription glasses (as of the last visit, may have changed since then), and the only time I wear sunglasses is while driving. So I just keep a pair of Ray Bans in the car and use those. Actually, the auto-darken does work in a car ... if you leave the glasses on the dashboard. I've done that several times, returning to the car to find a dark stripe across both lenses, due to the shadow from the rear view mirror, blocking part of the exposure. Kinda like falling asleep on the beach with your hands folded across your chest, making for an interesting set of tan lines. Yes, but they go clear again as you drive. And I can't drive with my head laying on the dash.
I think. 🤔
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Post by gato on Jun 23, 2021 14:32:01 GMT -5
Actually, the auto-darken does work in a car ... if you leave the glasses on the dashboard. I've done that several times, returning to the car to find a dark stripe across both lenses, due to the shadow from the rear view mirror, blocking part of the exposure. Kinda like falling asleep on the beach with your hands folded across your chest, making for an interesting set of tan lines. Yes, but they go clear again as you drive. And I can't drive with my head laying on the dash.
I think. 🤔
Wait ... you could wear the progressives on your face, but with a mirror on the dash, reflecting the sun onto the glasses .... never mind. Who would keep adjusting the mirror? |
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Post by jhawkr on Jun 23, 2021 15:50:22 GMT -5
I have a pair of clip on spring loaded sunglasses for driving in the car when the sun is low. It doesn’t happen often. The issue is the tinted windshield with UV protection that won’t allow the automatic sunglasses to go dark. The clip ons from Walmart Optical work great and cost about $6. They stay in the car.
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Post by Leftee on Jun 23, 2021 15:55:55 GMT -5
I found I can’t use those.  |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jun 23, 2021 15:56:46 GMT -5
I am waiting for progressive contact lenses.
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Post by tahitijack on Jun 23, 2021 18:54:40 GMT -5
Got both eyes cleaned up a couple of years ago to get rid of glaucoma. Ditched the reading glasses and contact lenses. Now just a few nice pair of Maui Jim's.
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