Zenni, my first bifocal
 

The order from 2/1/12 arrived, today, 2/21/12. They got the correct number,
and style of frames. A couple of them seem a bit stronger, a couple a bit
weaker. I don't have a gadget to measure the correction. Who can tell? I did
a primitive test of trying to read some text typed on a sheet, on the far
wall. Maybe 16 point text, at 8 feet.

The bifocals are a bit odd. The reading part is OK out to about 8 or 10
inches. Didn't actually measure. the distance lenses seem OK from maybe 10
inches, on out.

The reason I've always had to get new glasses, is hard time reading the
street name signs on the poles "MAIN STREET" and the other street. Will have
to go take a drive, and see if these are any better. For the price, I can't
compain too much.

Would be nice if the reading focuss part was in focuss to my fingers on the
computer, at least.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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Zenni, my first bifocal
 

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:37:15 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

The order from 2/1/12 arrived, today, 2/21/12. They got the correct number,
and style of frames. A couple of them seem a bit stronger, a couple a bit
weaker. I don't have a gadget to measure the correction. Who can tell? I did
a primitive test of trying to read some text typed on a sheet, on the far
wall. Maybe 16 point text, at 8 feet.

The bifocals are a bit odd. The reading part is OK out to about 8 or 10
inches. Didn't actually measure. the distance lenses seem OK from maybe 10
inches, on out.

The reason I've always had to get new glasses, is hard time reading the
street name signs on the poles "MAIN STREET" and the other street. Will have
to go take a drive, and see if these are any better. For the price, I can't
compain too much.

Would be nice if the reading focuss part was in focuss to my fingers on the
computer, at least.

With my eyes, that's the hard part. Reading corrections are too strong
for computer use, and vice versa. So I have computer glasses and
reading glasses.

I also have some $880 progressives, which are good for shopping and
little else. They will cover anything in a pinch, but these are the
best you can get, and they have real limitations. If you're tempted to
go for progressives, check in first.

--
Ed Huntress



Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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Zenni, my first bifocal
 

On Feb 21, 4:44*pm, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:37:15 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"





wrote:
The order from 2/1/12 arrived, today, 2/21/12. They got the correct number,
and style of frames. A couple of them seem a bit stronger, a couple a bit
weaker. I don't have a gadget to measure the correction. Who can tell? I did
a primitive test of trying to read some text typed on a sheet, on the far
wall. Maybe 16 point text, at 8 feet.

The bifocals are a bit odd. The reading part is OK out to about 8 or 10
inches. Didn't actually measure. the distance lenses seem OK from maybe 10
inches, on out.

The reason I've always had to get new glasses, is hard time reading the
street name signs on the poles "MAIN STREET" and the other street. Will have
to go take a drive, and see if these are any better. For the price, I can't
compain too much.

Would be nice if the reading focuss part was in focuss to my fingers on the
computer, at least.

With my eyes, that's the hard part. Reading corrections are too strong
for computer use, and vice versa. So I have computer glasses and
reading glasses.

I also have some $880 progressives, which are good for shopping and
little else. They will cover anything in a pinch, but these are the
best you can get, and they have real limitations. If you're tempted to
go for progressives, check in first.

--
Ed Huntress

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.

Zenni, my first bifocal
 

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:08:09 -0800 (PST), rangerssuck
wrote:

On Feb 21, 4:44*pm, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:37:15 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"





wrote:
The order from 2/1/12 arrived, today, 2/21/12. They got the correct number,
and style of frames. A couple of them seem a bit stronger, a couple a bit
weaker. I don't have a gadget to measure the correction. Who can tell? I did
a primitive test of trying to read some text typed on a sheet, on the far
wall. Maybe 16 point text, at 8 feet.

The bifocals are a bit odd. The reading part is OK out to about 8 or 10
inches. Didn't actually measure. the distance lenses seem OK from maybe 10
inches, on out.

The reason I've always had to get new glasses, is hard time reading the
street name signs on the poles "MAIN STREET" and the other street. Will have
to go take a drive, and see if these are any better. For the price, I can't
compain too much.

Would be nice if the reading focuss part was in focuss to my fingers on the
computer, at least.

With my eyes, that's the hard part. Reading corrections are too strong
for computer use, and vice versa. So I have computer glasses and
reading glasses.

I also have some $880 progressives, which are good for shopping and
little else. They will cover anything in a pinch, but these are the
best you can get, and they have real limitations. If you're tempted to
go for progressives, check in first.

--
Ed Huntress

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've he;ard that the "computer" progressives are very nice. Mine are
all-'round types. The "corridor," as they call it, is narrow for my
wide peripheral vision, even though these glasses are reputed to have
the broadest corridor of any.


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.

Mine are Varilux Physio polycarbonate. They're slick, but I still
don't like the narrow corridor I've seen with all the progressives
I've tried.


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.

Good luck. For a while I had two optical insurance programs, which
together paid for any glasses I wanted. Now I have one. I don't think
I'll be going for Varilux again soon. d8-)

--
Ed Huntress

Zenni, my first bifocal
 

On 2/21/2012 2:37 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
The order from 2/1/12 arrived, today, 2/21/12. They got the correct number,
and style of frames. A couple of them seem a bit stronger, a couple a bit
weaker. I don't have a gadget to measure the correction. Who can tell? I did
a primitive test of trying to read some text typed on a sheet, on the far
wall. Maybe 16 point text, at 8 feet.

The bifocals are a bit odd. The reading part is OK out to about 8 or 10
inches. Didn't actually measure. the distance lenses seem OK from maybe 10
inches, on out.

The reason I've always had to get new glasses, is hard time reading the
street name signs on the poles "MAIN STREET" and the other street. Will have
to go take a drive, and see if these are any better. For the price, I can't
compain too much.

Would be nice if the reading focuss part was in focuss to my fingers on the
computer, at least.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.



almost any eyeglass place will measure your glasses to see whether
they're the correct prescription.

Zenni, my first bifocal
 

In article ,
Ed Huntress wrote:

Mine are Varilux Physio polycarbonate. They're slick, but I still
don't like the narrow corridor I've seen with all the progressives
I've tried.

I've got a pair of progressive lenses sitting in some nice frames. Waste
of frames. If I blacked out all but a 2-3mm strip from top to bottom of
the lenses they might be of some use (when wearing blinders was OK,
which is not often.) The beer-goggle-bs going on at ether side is
nauseating. That was a waste of money I won't make again.

So, I have reading glasses, computer glasses, regular glasses,
fiddly-work close-up glasses....perhaps I'll get frames that have a
turret to rotate 4-5 different lenses into position.

--
Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by
Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away.

Zenni, my first bifocal
 

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:07:58 -0500, Ecnerwal
wrote:

In article ,
Ed Huntress wrote:

Mine are Varilux Physio polycarbonate. They're slick, but I still
don't like the narrow corridor I've seen with all the progressives
I've tried.

I've got a pair of progressive lenses sitting in some nice frames. Waste
of frames. If I blacked out all but a 2-3mm strip from top to bottom of
the lenses they might be of some use (when wearing blinders was OK,
which is not often.) The beer-goggle-bs going on at ether side is
nauseating. That was a waste of money I won't make again.

So, I have reading glasses, computer glasses, regular glasses,
fiddly-work close-up glasses....perhaps I'll get frames that have a
turret to rotate 4-5 different lenses into position.

Ha-ha! Use M-codes and a pocket computer.

I like your idea. Heck, I'm already wearing I don't know how many
microprocessors, between the cell phone and the insulin pump. What's
one more? d8-)

--
Ed Huntress

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.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...

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.

Zenni, my first bifocal
 

You're the second person to mention that, and thank you. I figure to take my
Zennis to an optician perhaps tomorrow, and ask them to put them on their
gadget. It's possible the Zenni guys mixed up something, some how.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"chaniarts" wrote in message
...

almost any eyeglass place will measure your glasses to see whether
they're the correct prescription.

Zenni, my first bifocal
 

Ecnerwal wrote:

I've got a pair of progressive lenses sitting in some nice frames. Waste
of frames. If I blacked out all but a 2-3mm strip from top to bottom of
the lenses they might be of some use (when wearing blinders was OK,
which is not often.) The beer-goggle-bs going on at ether side is
nauseating. That was a waste of money I won't make again.

So, I have reading glasses, computer glasses, regular glasses,
fiddly-work close-up glasses....perhaps I'll get frames that have a
turret to rotate 4-5 different lenses into position.


Don't forget the telephoto zoom lenses, with autofocus! ;-)


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.

Zenni, my first bifocal
 

For trips to the beach?

Christopher A. Young
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...

Don't forget the telephoto zoom lenses, with autofocus! ;-)


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.

Zenni, my first bifocal
 

Stormin Mormon wrote:

For trips to the beach?



For reading street signs a block or two away. You'd scare off all
the beach bunnes with those glasses. :)


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.

Zenni, my first bifocal
 

On Feb 21, 6:46*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
You're the second person to mention that, and thank you. I figure to take my
Zennis to an optician perhaps tomorrow, and ask them to put them on their
gadget. It's possible the Zenni guys mixed up something, some how.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
*www.lds.org
.

"chaniarts" wrote in message

...

almost any eyeglass place will measure your glasses to see whether
they're the correct prescription.

Of course, you're assuming that your prescription was correct in the
first place. At least once, I'm absolutely sure that my prescription
was written down wrong. I had two (very expensive) pairs of glasses
made from that prescription, at two different opticians. Both had the
same problem. In the left eye, the astigmatism angle was wrong - I
could see much more clearly if I rotated the lens about 30 degrees.

Zenni, my first bifocal "taint not rot!"
 

RCM only

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:44:46 -0800, CS wrote:

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:54:59 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

I took my Zennis out for a drive. There is fading daylight, but plenty
enough to see. The bifocals I bought for "daily wear" are not strong enough
to read street signs. Each time I'd had to buy new glasses, it was because I
could not read street signs. I'd have to get close, a couple car lengths
from the sign, before it was in focuss. Well, guess what, that's exactly
what these glasses do. Not enough correction for me to read street signs.
Not much benefit for my money.

I have emailed the Zenni service email adress, and will let you know what I
hear. And, I'm going to put my old eye glasses back on.

Makes a person wonder if you were wearing your glasses when you
entered the prescription on the Zenni site...


Don't hold your breath.

http://www.resellerratings.com/store...llareyeglasses

Seems their customer service is very hit or miss.

When I get around to it I'll give them a try. It's always a gamble
buying from cut rate places like this, but for $20 or so it isn't the
end of the world if it doesn't pan out.

There's no substitute for a good pair of glasses, though. If they
send the perfect pair, they'll be backups.

I have Oakley's coming from an Ebay seller. I'll have my own shop put
lenses in them. Oakley makes the best frames and optics I've ever
seen. They're damn expensive, but frames on Ebay are fairly priced.

Zenni is fairly priced. I just now ordered 3 sets of eyeglasses for a
$76.95 total. Two pair of stainless steel bifocals and one stainless
steel single vision. (my skin rots temples) Shipping was $4.95 and
the third pair was free. This is my third shipment from Zenni and
there have been two problems. The first was a stripped frame (lens
fell out and the screw wouldn't tighten at all) and they sent a
replacement at no charge. The second I didn't even have them fix.
It's a loose lens in the pair I use on the computer. The lens was
ground just a wee bit too heavily so I can feel it move a little in
the frame when cleaning the lenses. It has never fallen out, so I
ignore it.

The last American eye doctor charged me over $550 for the same setup
with Monel frames.

--
Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are
based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that
I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as
I have received and am still receiving.
-- Albert Einstein

Zenni, my first bifocal
 

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:37:15 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

The order from 2/1/12 arrived, today, 2/21/12. They got the correct number,
and style of frames. A couple of them seem a bit stronger, a couple a bit
weaker. I don't have a gadget to measure the correction. Who can tell? I did
a primitive test of trying to read some text typed on a sheet, on the far
wall. Maybe 16 point text, at 8 feet.

The bifocals are a bit odd. The reading part is OK out to about 8 or 10
inches. Didn't actually measure. the distance lenses seem OK from maybe 10
inches, on out.

The reason I've always had to get new glasses, is hard time reading the
street name signs on the poles "MAIN STREET" and the other street. Will have
to go take a drive, and see if these are any better. For the price, I can't
compain too much.

Would be nice if the reading focuss part was in focuss to my fingers on the
computer, at least.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

================

Sounds like its time for computer glasses and reading
glasses.

Send Zini an email and they will calculate your reading and
computer glasses correction from your prescription.

I suggest getting a yellow tint for both the reading and
computer glasses, particularly if you are working under
fluorescent lighting. I got 50% yellow (slightly less dark
than Kalichrome C shooting glasses) and this works well for
me for both computer and reading glasses.


--
Unka' George

"Gold is the money of kings,
silver is the money of gentlemen,
barter is the money of peasants,
but debt is the money of slaves"

-Norm Franz, "Money and Wealth in the New Millenium"