Glasses and eyewear

[–] Zectivi@sh.itjust.works 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

I have a coworker who uses these. They do seem really convenient.

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

Just get progressives, otherwise you just look like an old fart pulling out your readers all the time.

My first progressives had near-zero distance correction, because that was as low as you could do at the time. At least I stopped having to carry glasses, they just stayed on my head.

Edit: It's a brilliant concept though. Great idea for people who only occasionally need readers. Or as a "hot spare".

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[–] ExtremeDullard@sopuli.xyz 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

I have progressives but they're getting a bit insufficient in the near vision zone. But they're still good 95% of the time, and considering the price of progressive lenses, every once in a while I don reading glasses over my regular glasses for precise work on tiny things.

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

Hahahaha, love it.

I have some cheap hi power magnifiers for close work.

Have you tried some of the online shops like Zenni? They were half the cost of going to an optical shop, with the same features.

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[–] ExtremeDullard@sopuli.xyz 1 point 7 months ago

I have some cheap hi power magnifiers for close work.

We have those at work. Really useful. But the double-glasses thing is more for when I have to thread a need at home, stuff like that. And I always have a pair of folding glasses in my backpack, because you never know.

Have you tried some of the online shops like Zenni? They were half the cost of going to an optical shop, with the same features.

No, I went to my local optician, for one reason: I only had the lenses made to order, and the instructions for making them were rather precise because they're mounted in 3D-printed frames I designed myself. Also, I wanted Trivex lenses made specifically by Hoya and nobody else.

So my local opticial took care of ordering the blanks from them (you can't order direct from lens manufacturers, sadly) then having the blanks edged with my template tool and explaining to the shop how to use it. It's not that any of this is super complicated, but if anything went wrong, they were on the hook, not me.

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[–] zeezee@slrpnk.net 1 point 7 months ago

comments on the video really tell you all you need to know about long term usage