MMR Digital wrote:
Okay.

How many?

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Four pairs.

REGULAR:  Progressive Transitions
DRIVING:  Driveware Transitions (both polarized and transition)
NIGHTIME DRIVING:  Clear progressives with a special anti-glare coating
COMPUTER:  Single Vision calibrated to 27"

I've never had more than two pairs of glasses in my life.

Robb Mann wrote:
I have a pair of 'computer glasses'. Don't wear them much. I'm near-sighted, but my full prescription over-corrects for close objects like a computer. I normally take the glasses off entirely for iPad/iPhone use. I think I'm looking at transitions lenses in my not-too-distant future.

Interesting.  I put on the computer glasses any time I am spending time at the computer.  It makes a huge difference.

GPS Studio Services wrote:
So my neighbor is an optician.  My prescription expired and he pressed me to get an eye exam.  I did it, and now he's making me multiple pairs of glasses.  OK, I am fine with that, but one that surprised me is that he suggested "computer glasses."  That one caught me off-guard.

What he did was to measure the distance between my chair and the computer screens I look at all day at my desk.  He then had the optometrist calibrate the reading prescription on my bifocals for that distance.  He made me a set of single vision glasses optimized for that distance.

Now, bear in mind that I have terrible eyes and an extremely strong prescription.  Having said that, my computer glasses are amazing.  Sitting here, with single vision glasses that have everything perfectly in focus is just kewl.  It is far less fatiguing and works far better than I would have ever expected.  Who would have known?

very nice.   I have my bifocals and then a seperate pair for driving that doesnt have the. Bifocal lens for reading. Sounds like he did that for you but since its calibrated for 20" or so rquired less glass than for 20 feet, ( which ks what they are usually calibrated at, right?)
Jen
P.s. but I rarely wear mine. I need too !

GPS Studio Services wrote:

Four pairs.

REGULAR:  Progressive Transitions
DRIVING:  Driveware Transitions (both polarized and transition)
NIGHTIME DRIVING:  Clear progressives with a special anti-glare coating
COMPUTER:  Single Vision calibrated to 27"

I've never had more than two pairs of glasses in my life.

Don't you go to the beach? Where are your sunglasses?

GPS Studio Services wrote:
Four pairs.

REGULAR:  Progressive Transitions
DRIVING:  Driveware Transitions (both polarized and transition)
NIGHTIME DRIVING:  Clear progressives with a special anti-glare coating
COMPUTER:  Single Vision calibrated to 27"

I've never had more than two pairs of glasses in my life.

Marco R wrote:
Don't you go to the beach? Where are your sunglasses?

LOL, the driveware are a kind of super-duper sunglasses.  On top of that, my regular glasses are transitions.  That means they change colors.  I think I have the beach covered.

Click Hamilton wrote:
It feels good to get perfectly fitted eyeglasses, doesn't it?

They don't always hit the mark so well.

It is really kewl to have a neighbor that actually knows how to do this stuff right.

ontherocks wrote:
i use off-the-shelf reading glasses for my computer (and other closeup things). yesterday i was having the worst time reading prices at walmart until i realized that the right lens had fallen out. i could only see if i closed my right eye.

lately there's a distance beyond what the reading glasses cover that is blurry but i can still see fine with things that are a ways away.

I have hellacious stigmatism plus I am far sighted.  Off the shelf reading glasses don't help me because they don't deal with the stigmatism.   I wish they would.  It would be a lot cheaper.

GPS Studio Services wrote:
I have hellacious stigmatism plus I am far sighted.  Off the shelf reading glasses don't help me because they don't deal with the stigmatism.   I wish they would.  It would be a lot cheaper.

Darn tootin'.

I was diagnosed with keratoconus (cornea shaped more like an irregular cone than a sphere) some years back, and ended up needing a corneal transplant for the worst eye. It can't be corrected to much better than 20/150 or so, but that's still a huge improvement over what it was before. The better eye merely needs stupid amounts of correction, and corrects to around 20/60.

I need strong bifocals for everything--except working on the computer. Using bifocals for that is a (literal) pain in the neck, as there's always that blurry zone where the transition takes place--larger for graduated transitions, too.

The alternative is to use a very small screen, which has obvious drawbacks.

I'll stick with computer glasses.

GPS Studio Services wrote:
I have hellacious stigmatism plus I am far sighted.  Off the shelf reading glasses don't help me because they don't deal with the stigmatism.   I wish they would.  It would be a lot cheaper.

Kevin Connery wrote:
Darn tootin'.

I was diagnosed with keratoconus (cornea shaped more like an irregular cone than a sphere) some years back, and ended up needing a corneal transplant for the worst eye. It can't be corrected to much better than 20/150 or so, but that's still a huge improvement over what it was before. The better eye merely needs stupid amounts of correction, and corrects to around 20/60.

I need strong bifocals for everything--except working on the computer. Using bifocals for that is a (literal) pain in the neck, as there's always that blurry zone where the transition takes place--larger for graduated transitions, too.

The alternative is to use a very small screen, which has obvious drawbacks.

I'll stick with computer glasses.

Wow, I have a very strong prescription, but my vision still corrects to 20/20.  I am hoping that continues.  My optician has told me that I have the strongest combination of both power and cylinder he has dealt with in 30 years in the business.  He's had a stronger cylinder or a stronger power, but never the two in combination.  I really have no idea what it means but doesn't make me happy.

GPS Studio Services wrote:
DRIVING:  Driveware Transitions (both polarized and transition)

I think I got suckered.  I bought transition lenses, hoping I wouldn't need separate prescription sunglasses, but they don't work in the car.  I guess the windshield's UV protection blocks the kind of light that tells the glasses to tint.  So they're just regular glasses when I need sunglasses the most (there's less beach-going in CT winters).

Is there some specific brand of transition lenses that does that?

GPS Studio Services wrote:
DRIVING:  Driveware Transitions (both polarized and transition)

Brian Diaz wrote:
I think I got suckered.  I bought transition lenses, hoping I wouldn't need separate prescription sunglasses, but they don't work in the car.  I guess the windshield's UV protection blocks the kind of light that tells the glasses to tint.  So they're just regular glasses when I need sunglasses the most (there's less beach-going in CT winters).

Is there some specific brand of transition lenses that does that?

My lenses are "Carl Zeiss" and they work fine.  When I don't need the polarization, I just wear my regular transitions outside.  Indeed, for years they have always been fine until my friend talked me into "Drivewear."  I have to say though, the combined polarization and transition is amazine.  I have worn them at night, and gotten by, but they are just a little bit too dark.  The recommendation is for lenses with at least 82% transmission along with an anti-glare coating.  My regular glasses are uncoated for extended life.  The clear lenses are for maximum night-time light transition with anti-reflective capability.

In any event, my Carl Zeiss transitions work perfectly in the car.