Varifocals

[ajrtd]

Anyone here wear varifocals? I was persuaded to have a pair by the optician a couple of weeks ago and picked them up on Saturday morning

Dear god they're a nightmare and a half to try and get used to Give it two weeks he said and you'll be fine. Left is pretty good but the right is as blurry as a blurry thing. That can't be right can it?

edit: spelling

 

[securespark]

I would say you have the wrong script in the right eye, but best to talk to your eye guy.

 

[ajrtd]

SS if I lift the right side of the glasses slightly it's all good so maybe my broken nose is holding the frame to one side

 

[ellal]

Give them a bit of time...

But if not satisfied I'd suggest querying the initial eye test...

Try and get them to alter the level at which the long/short sighted element is positioned

 

[chapeau]

Never got used to them, returned them and went back to standard readers. I think the problem is that they will never be like your vision when you were younger. So I'd rather have very good long vision without glasses, and have readers in my pocket. The hype for the varifocals never lives up to what they actually deliver.

 

[longdogs]

I was going to say don't do it but I'm too late

 

[ellal]

I think the problem is that they will never be like your vision when you were younger.

No sh*t sherlock...

 

[JohnD]

SS if I lift the right side of the glasses slightly it's all good so maybe my broken nose is holding the frame to one side

Take them back straight away and explain.

don't let the receptionist fob you off, see an optician.

 

[JBR]

I've worn varifocals for a few years now. Last year I took delivery of a new pair (due to slight change in prescription) and found them difficult to see with compared to my old pair.

I was aware that varifocals are often difficult to adapt to initially; my first pair were, but I soon got used to them. These new ones, however, were definitely not right. For example, there was a very sudden change* at one level between distance and middle vision.

Consequently, I went back to my optician (of whom I have the greatest admiration and trust) and explained exactly what I thought was wrong with them. He agreed that there was a problem and promptly sent them back to the manufacturers. They replaced them and they are now fine. My suspicion is that they had not made the lenses properly, mainly for the reason* above (perhaps an apprentice!), but also because I have every confidence in my optician's abilities.

My advice: go back to your optician and explain as accurately as you can what you think may be wrong. Varifocals are very good, in my opinion, but for the money you pay you want them to be right.

 

[JBR]

SS if I lift the right side of the glasses slightly it's all good so maybe my broken nose is holding the frame to one side

Did you have a broken nose when you were given your prescription? I suspect you had and that is not the reason for your problem. As you may have read in my last, it is quite possible that the centre of vision was either inaccurately measured by your optician or, perhaps more likely, the manufacturers didn't quite get the lens right.

Explain to your optician that your vision is much better when the right lens is raised slightly, as you have said. It is quite possible that he can correct it by simply adjusting the little thing that rests on your nose (I can't remember its proper name!).

 

[joinerjohn]

I've had varifocals for about 5 yrs now. Deffo better than bi focals. Just a matter of either looking down/raising your head to bring near things into focus or looking through the top of the lens to focus further away things. You do get used to them.

 

[Dave54]

Another vote for them here. Had them for some years now. Took a while to get used to them though. Certainly the first week or so was fairly horrible. Once you get used to them though they are much better. The only complaint I have is that when you are doing stuff, you sometimes wish you could rotate the lenses through 180 degrees to see near stuff at the top of your vision.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Old people!

 

[Dave54]

Old people!

Laugh while you can mate! Laugh while you can!

 

[chapeau]

Yoof is wasted on the young.

He has a rubbish life though, so doesn't bother me.