wjrii@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoI did not look up how progressive lenses really work before getting some.message-squaremessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1message-squareI did not look up how progressive lenses really work before getting some.wjrii@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square71linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoI found I can’t do bifocals at all. When I’m reading, I need the whole lens. When I’m distance viewing, I need the whole lens. So, two pairs it is!
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoSo how do you drive?
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 months agoWhy would that be an issue? Just use the distance glasses, and your good. Or do you need to constantly read the vehicle manual to drive?
minus-squareTechnoworcester@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoBeing able to see your speedo I find is useful.
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoHmm yeah I have to agree that’s a fair point lol
minus-squareWax@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoI mean when you’re alone on the road sure but if you’re in traffic just match pace with everyone else….
minus-squareTechnoworcester@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI’m now going to sound like my father: if all your friends jumped off a bridge etc etc… Besides that, are you honestly telling me you would take your glasses off in heavy traffic but put them back on when the roads get quiet?
minus-squareWax@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoNo not at all, I wear my glasses full time, but devils advocate and all that.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoDistance lenses. Dashboard isn’t close enough for readers. That was the problem with the bifocals, I’d look down and the dash was blurry.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoFast and furious! IMO you don’t need to see every detail close up when driving?
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s helpful for street signs in urban areas.
I found I can’t do bifocals at all. When I’m reading, I need the whole lens. When I’m distance viewing, I need the whole lens.
So, two pairs it is!
So how do you drive?
Why would that be an issue? Just use the distance glasses, and your good. Or do you need to constantly read the vehicle manual to drive?
Being able to see your speedo I find is useful.
Hmm yeah I have to agree that’s a fair point lol
I mean when you’re alone on the road sure but if you’re in traffic just match pace with everyone else….
I’m now going to sound like my father:
if all your friends jumped off a bridge etc etc…
Besides that, are you honestly telling me you would take your glasses off in heavy traffic but put them back on when the roads get quiet?
No not at all, I wear my glasses full time, but devils advocate and all that.
Ha. Fair enough. 👍
Distance lenses. Dashboard isn’t close enough for readers.
That was the problem with the bifocals, I’d look down and the dash was blurry.
Fast and furious!
IMO you don’t need to see every detail close up when driving?
It’s helpful for street signs in urban areas.