Varifocal Lenses?

[mrs.chappie]

Anyone have these, and if so, how long was it before you felt comfortable with them?

Thanks for any replies peeps.

[Euphemia]

I felt very quickly at ease with them.

[craft1948]

I had them for a couple of weeks :-(

[Psybbo]

About a month or so, had to be careful going down stairs

[shaneystar2]

Had them for years now . Took a day or two get used to but much better than having to have separate pairs .
Make sure you get frames that are large enough for your field of vision though .

[ladybirder]

Felt fine immediately but watch going downstairs. You'll never have any others once you've had them Mrs C.

[craft1948]

Sorry mrs.c I never got used to them, went back after a couple of weeks and had them changed.

[cardnailer]

Practice by sitting in a car and looking alternativly at the road then the instrument panel without moving your head.

[pusskin]

Hi Mrs chappie. I felt really comfortable with them the minute iI put them on.
I looked into the distance after being asked too, and hey presto, good vision.
Held a book in my hand, and amazing how clear the print was.
I could never go back to ordinary glasses now. I love mine x

[SlackAlice]

Used varifocals for many years, I'm on my third pair now. No problems at all. I've heard and read comments about watch the stairs but it's never caused me a problem. Mind you, I merely glance at the stairs anyway and go down them.

Depth of lense is important though, you've got to allow sufficient depth for reading and longsight. The optician should advise you if the frames are not suitable.

I'm a constant book reader so in addition to my varifocal spectacles I've had a pair made up for reading as well.

[mrs.chappie]

Thanks all.

My OH tried them but he couldn't get on with them, said they made him feel disorientated. He gave up in the end.

I'm fed up of having to keep swapping glasses so I'm thinking about giving them a go.

[craft1948]

mrs.c you may be fine, my sister wears them. I literally felt nauseous and couldn't wear them but the optician swopped them and refunded the extra money I had paid for them so I'd recommmend you try them.

[jno]

I got them for driving, drove half a mile from the opticians, realised I was shortly going to die if I kept them on, so turned round and took them back.

The problem was that they defaulted to close up vision on the side of the lenses as well as the bottom, so I had to screw my neck right round to check mirrors etc instead of just my eyes. I just couldn't afford to take my eyes off the road for that long.

Maybe okay for non-driving use.

[boxtops]

mrs c - get yourself a really good optician. I've had them for eight years now and I wouldn't have anything else - the definition between the different lenses is so good that I hardly notice the grading for different sight lengths.

My optician was meticulous but so was I, in explaining what I was going to use them for (and I am very short-sighted (+6 dioptres) so wear them all day every day). I needed a large wide close-viewing area for my desk at work - I needed the middle distance to my computer screen to be quite wide, then the long-distance part above. Reading the little pad in your lap in the opticians really doesn't give a true picture!

My optician made 4 sets of lenses for me before we got the measurements and distribution right, and I only had to pay for the final ones. I've never looked back.

[boxtops]

^ jno, the way my lenses are set up, the distance goes right the way across the lens - and also my optician recommended that I get smaller lenses (rather than my earlier big styles) because it's better in avoiding distortion like that.

[SlackAlice]

No problems with driving from me using varifocals. Only thing I had added to the prescription was 'sun sensitive' lenses because the clip on type sunglasses gave me multiple reflections.
I was a bus driver for 33yrs the last 20yrs of that was with spectacles.

[boxtops]

Yes, me too, alice - being able to use the same specs in all levels of sunlight has been a real bonus. I have a spare pair which are not photosensitive and the difference is considerable!

[mrs.chappie]

Thanks peeps. I'll never know if I don't at least give them a go. I guess I'm being influenced by my OH's bad experience with them. :o(

[SlackAlice]

thats the word I was looking for 'photosensitive'

[ladybirder]

jno I drive in mine with no problem at all. It sounds to me as if your optician was at fault.

[haysi06]

Hi mrschappie, I had them recently and could not get used to them at all. I tried them for a month and ended up going back to single vision lenses.