I need reading glasses... maybe something tacticool?

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Well I have officially become old at 26 and my eye doctor says my eyestrain on my computer is due to needing reading glasses.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the $2 walmart specials wont work for me, because my eyes just need the smallest possible help for reading and the cheapie ones dont come in such small perscription (I need 0.5 and the smallest the store cheapies are according to him are 1.0 and up).

He says they will run me about $120. Well I figure if I am going to spend over $100, I might as well spend more and get something in titanium or flexy or something cool.

Im guessing that any pair of glasses can work as reading glasses, its just a matter of the cut of the lens. (I should have asked when I was there!). Or maybe theres an advantage to the smaller rectangle shaped lens that I see on the cheapie ones?

I guess one advantage will be that they can be part of my "urban disguise" if I EDC them since NO ONE is ever going to see me wearing these :) Its only for those late night solo computer/reading nights.

Something I can throw in my pocket and not worry about them breaking would be nice.

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but search is down and I havnt been here for a while.
 
I had the same problem needing 0.5 and found I would have to have them custom made. Have you looked at Oakley frames? They are medium priced, quite stylish, high-quality and practical--desighned w/ ergos in mind. I've seen the titanium frames I like go from between $50-120 on eBay (new). If you search on eBay you can get an idea. If you like....then try some in a shop.
 
+1 on oakleys. nothing holds up like a pair of oakleys. I own a custom pair of RX Oakley half jackets with lense array.Nothing says tacticool and means it, like a pair of Oakleys. :cool: I also wear half wires when I wear contacts. as far as readers, I buy the cheapies because I lose them. I should buy in bulk :) .Only time I need readers is when i wear contacts,which is rare cuz I hate 'em. Plus,I'm always in dusty or smokey environs and contacts dont like dust and smoke. :cool:
 
Wow, been wearing 2.50 for the last five years and now I'm confused. I thought the scale started at 1.00 and worked up in .25 increments. To me that means a 1.25 is just .25 more than real life, so you could use a 1.5 and get by: 1.0 + .50 = 1.50.

And Walmart is what my eye doctor recommended - even at $14, because his were over $100. Safety glasses are a whole different story - hard to find outside of a safety supply house, especially because I do wear my contacts at work, smoke or not. Rx safety glasses would run me $80 on my copay, if I could get them to admit they are covered (I think my wife called ahead . . .)

Anyway, there are some inexpensive safety glasses in wrap style available, rather than old school gold frame aviator. They make me look like a demented ferret, but YMMV. They are a lot more tacticool than old wire frames.
 
1 diopter is a focal length of 1 meter. If you google a bit you can find detailed explanations of what your prescription means.
 
I suspect that your eye trouble at age 26 comes from too much time spent staring at a PC screen at a fixed distance. Your eyes aren't getting enough focusing exercise and are getting sort of out of shape. Try just taking more breaks from your screen. Get up and move around several times an hour. Do something like move your papers away from your PC so you have to shift and move to get to them. The activity and shift in focus will help your health and your eyes. Adjust your screen resolution to give you larger type and move your monitor further away from your eyes. Get a cordless mouse and lean back in your chair when you are simply reading your screen.

Get away from your computer and get exercise. Use a restroom that is on a different floor and across the building from where you work. Take a walk at lunch. If you take a coffee break, take a walking coffee break. All this will improve your general well being as well as help your eyes.

Increase the ambient light level in your work area. Your eyes don't have to focus as precisely (don't have to work as hard) when the opening in your pupils are small. Your pupils contract when light is brighter. This is because your depth of field (the range of distances where objects appear clear) is greater when light passes through a smaller opening.

For eyestrain I find that cheap plastic lenses work better than "high quality" high refractive index lenses. For several years I have been carrying some reading glasses I bought at Ace Hardware for $1.98. These come with a protective clear plastic carrying tube, great for airport security. The low index of refraction of these cheap lenses are more comfortable for me than glass or high-index lenses. My ophthalmologist says that she finds low index lenses more comfortable as well. The big advantage of high-index lenses is that they can be thinner. With a minor correction that is no advantage at all. So I would experiment with cheap glasses and higher light first.
 
Cougar, are you sure you didn't stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night?
I get my "readers" from Sams Club. 3-4 pair for about $20.00. I've got them all over the house.
 
I picked up a new batch of reading glasses of differing strengths at the dollar store the other day. I like to keep them scattered around the house. I use the strong ones for fine work like jewelry and harmonica repair, some gunsmithing.... My computer prescription isn't available as reading glasses, though; I have to order that from Zenni.
 
Hillbilly.223 said:
Cougar, are you sure you didn't stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night?
I get my "readers" from Sams Club. 3-4 pair for about $20.00. I've got them all over the house.
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Sounds like what I'm doing for Reading Glasses, But I still have trouble finding a pair when I need them.:D



I think Cougar has this down to a science.
 
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