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Stormin Mormon[_7_] Stormin Mormon[_7_] is offline
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Default Zenni, my first bifocal

Well, glad to hear you've had good results. I'm guessing thier customer
service will figure out a way to make it all good, for me.

I figured out my reading Rx, and ordered a couple pair of reading glasses,
in my last order. They arrived, and are just fine. They make excellent
computer glasses.

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I have two different progressive prescriptions. One "regular" pair,
with the distance part at infinity, and one "computer" pair, with the
distance part at screen distance. I have tried regular bifocals and I
couldn't stand them. I'm lost without the progressives.

I have ordered (and it will be here in a few days) a set of trial
lenses and a trial frame. I've never been totally satisfied that the
prescriptions I've gotten at the eye doctor have been as good as they
could be. That's especially so for the computer glasses, for which the
doctor never asked how far it is to my monitor. I intend to make up
prescriptions for new glasses for working at the computer, watching
TV, working on the lathe, driving, reading and any other tasks I can
think of that require vision at different distances. I'll also make a
pair of magnified (3x or 4x) lenses for close-up work (I do some
pretty tiny electronics).

The progressives I've bought from Zenni (about 80 bucks, all up) are
as good as or better than the $800+ glasses I've bought from the local
"specialist," and that includes a pair I had made with name-brand
Varilux lenses.

Furthermore, most health insurers no longer cover the refraction
(prescription) part of an eye exam. They only cover the medical part.
THe last time I went, it was $60 to get a new, almost good,
prescription. Between my wife and me, the trial lenses will have paid
for themselves very quickly.