Originally Posted by
kemblejet01
My peepers definitely suit the bifocal/varifocal type rather than just hanging reader off the end of my conk.
My four-eyed collegues tell me that they dont like the line across the bifs and those who wear varifocals look like Stevie Wonder looking for the sweet spot in the lens. No win I guess
Agree with you on the lens quality issue tho Olive - thankfully the comb over is still some way off!
KMB01
I wear the cheapest reading glasses I can get, string and aradlite and all. The only advantage of expensive specs is you will take more care of them. The only expensive pair I every bought were rimless. I couldn't see them and sat on them
Frameless have a problem where the lens breaks at the screw.
Bifocals as you say have a line. Depending on what you need depends on where the line must go. In the back of an E3 I found half moon were uesless and I could not see all 3 displays at the same time (lack of peripheral vision) so need a full lens bifocal.
Then the line might be OK for reading but no good for something else.
Finally, with SpecSavers, he said try these before you go. I put them on and could not see the end of the shop. But, he said, you can't have them any other way. I needed plano distance and corrected reading. Can't be done say all the opticians I have gone to.
Fortunately the Chinese don't know that.
So, try a bifocal reading glass with plano lens first. Get them for £10-£15.