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
..

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
.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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"