Glasses (and contact) wearers?

[HUGH]

Free eye tests for me now I'm ancient (over 60). Varifocals in my choice of frame (mid-price, tough, no fancy designer stuff) are equivalent to about $400 with free reading glasses thrown in. This is an independent local optician, an excellent personal service and they straightened my old, battered pair of varifocals for free.

I nearly forgot the standard glaucoma and retinal tests included too.

[N2NH]

Depends on whether you take your glasses off or not.

And the larger question is, how many wore those elastic straps across the back???

I did. I had one called "Croakies". They're not too apparent, unlike the older ones. Used it when I worked on very physical jobs. Made of neoprene and it's lasted years. Also good when driving to keep glasses in place.

[wa6mhz]

I hafta use COKE BOTTLE BOTTOMs for glasses lens, so no chance of Contacts. Besides, glasses give me some Eye protection from Solder splatter and lead cutting. Others have to wear goggles which steam up.

My glasses were pricey, but no where NEAR the prices I am seeing here. I thought $300 was pricey! Currently, my lenses are all scratched up and need replacing. I can get a few more miles on the frames, but I might as well keep these intact so I have a working SPARE set of glasses should these ever get lost or damaged.

Glasses are probably the MOST IMPORTANT thing in life to me, as without them, I am as BLIND AS A BAT! I have clear vision for about 6 inches, then it is all blur!!! But, the positive aspect of it is that I have incredible CLOSE UP vision for working on Surface Mount parts, which is my job. That is why I would never ever get the Laser eye treatment. I would lose my close up magnivision that I need so much to do my job. So I live with poor distant vision and correct it with glasses. The power seems to have leveled off as there has been very little change the last 20 or 30 years in the lens requirement.

[n6hcm]

re: ophthalmologist v. optometrist ... many plans (especially HMO-style plans) limit access to ophthalmologists which is why optometrists make out like bandits. in my plan, because i'm diagnosed as diabetic, i need no referral to go to any ophthalmologist which works out well. i still see the optometrist because i've been seeing him for years, but the ophthalmologist detects things that the optometrist didn't (like the beginnings of cataract development).

an internet friend of mine just had cataract surgery and is super-pleased with the results. this sort of thing isn't imminent for me, but it's nice to know about it far in advance.

[n6hcm]

I hafta use COKE BOTTLE BOTTOMs for glasses lens, so no chance of Contacts.

actually, one doesn't correlate to the other. my lenses are -9.00 and i'm able to wear contacts just fine (not all contact lenses are available in this strength but plenty are). the astigmatism you may have is more important wrt contact lenses than the poor quality of your vision.

[KB3LAZ]

actually, one doesn't correlate to the other. my lenses are -9.00 and i'm able to wear contacts just fine (not all contact lenses are available in this strength but plenty are). the astigmatism you may have is more important wrt contact lenses than the poor quality of your vision.

And those coke bottle lenses can be replaced with much slimmer ones these days.

[KK4AMI]

So what I gather from this thread is we are "all" as blind as a bat? Could this be attributed to excessive exposure to RF or time? :)

[K7SGJ]

And those coke bottle lenses can be replaced with much slimmer ones these days.

They are now replacing coke bottle lens with coke can bottom lens. Much thinner.

[kc2zfa]

I've worn glasses since 1982. I've always bought frames from www.shuron.com
My current day-pair is the Revelation (Ebony) which came in at $87:

[K7SGJ]

I've worn glasses since 1982. I've always bought frames from www.shuron.com
My current day-pair is the Revelation (Ebony) which came in at $87:

Can you burn ants with them?