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I've read a good reviews for these on the backpacking forums. Anyone here use them? http://www.i4ulenses.com/
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Backup & Emergency Reading Glasses
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Scott Free, Thanks much for the URL which I bookmarked. I've worn glasses for nearly 70 years and have long been concerned about what to do about vision in the event of a major catasrophe, not just for reading but for just plain 'seeing!' I did discover a long time back that several of the 'add on' lenses for cameras to provide macro or wide angle shots make a good substitute for specs, at least for my prescription. Also shaving down pieces of wood and piercing small holes in them will sharpen up my vision so I can still semi function, BTW this will work for lots of folks. In recent years, I no longer throw or give away my old specs when I get a new prescription. Instead I keep them for emergency use. I may not be able to read super fine print with the old ones but I will be able to see. Again, Thanks.
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I don't know about where you are but here in sunny Oz you can go into most chemists, and various other places, and pick up "reading" glasses pretty cheaply.
Basically they're just a couple of low power magnifying lenses in a frame. You can get different strength ones. Cheap enough to buy a few pair and keep around the house or throw in the pack when you go camping or whatever.
Basically they're just a couple of low power magnifying lenses in a frame. You can get different strength ones. Cheap enough to buy a few pair and keep around the house or throw in the pack when you go camping or whatever.
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In the event of "catastrophe", you can create temporary glasses with cardboard, scissors and pin. Your field of view is aweful, but just make a pair of specs out of the cardboard and place two pinholes to see out of, it corrects ALL refractive errors. Probably the only useful piece of information I garnered from my Optho rotation at Wills Eye Hospital.
I have some of these. They do work well as emergency reading glasses, but overall they are not very comfortable. They work by pinching your nose and depending on your nose structure, they put pressure on your nose bridge. For me, they tend to slip off unless I keep my head still.
It's pretty embarrassing being 20 years old and needing reading glasses, but you have to do what you have to do. I'm good at losing them, so I keep my "good" pair on my desk and a handful of pairs purchased at the dollar store strewn throughout the house/car/etc.
