Best way to adjust/get used to eyeglass mirror?

[cosc]

My take-a-look mirror is my best friend when I'm riding. Yes, I think it takes a while for your brain to adjust to this thing in front of the eye. After a little time, you'll will forget it's there except when needed.

[out_spokin']

Awesome. You just gave me the push I needed to try again...and walking with it! Brilliant really....part of my problem that first ride was I'd swerve a bit when I tried to look...like when I was first learning to ride and I'd swerve out when I did a quick check behind me. I'll tackle it again soon, thanks!

[tctrek]

Try to set it up so that you don't have to turn your head to see in it. I have mine set up so that I only have to shift my eyes to the left a little.

We ride in such high traffic areas, that I don't know what I'd do without my mirror. My DH wears one too and we take turns riding in back and looking for cars. I also like it 'cause I can see if someone grabs my wheel !

[beccaB]

I have bifocals in all of my glasses and can't get an eyeglass mirror to be in the right spot for me to be able to see it, so when it fell off I just gave up. Actually, mine attached to the helmet, but something that attaches to my glasses would have made me crazier than I already am.

[maryellen]

I've tried both helmet and sunglass attached mirrors and have not been able to adjust to them. But I think it's because I use reading glasses for close vision and the combo of peripheral vision and reading glass distance is confusing my brain.

I think I'll try a handlebar mirror. That will probably be far enough away that I won't have the same problem. I'm hoping my brain will interpret it like it does looking in car rear view mirrors. Fingers crossed. I live in NYC so a rear-view mirror is particularly useful.

[emily_in_nc]

I've tried both helmet and sunglass attached mirrors and have not been able to adjust to them. But I think it's because I use reading glasses for close vision and the combo of peripheral vision and reading glass distance is confusing my brain

That's a good point. My DH was wearing pretty high power reading glasses for close work when he tried the Take-A-Look and did not like it at all. I wear progressives or contacts with reading glasses, but my reading Rx is still pretty weak (+1.25 vs -2.25 for my distance Rx), so perhaps that is why I'm fine with the Take-A-Look and just contacts. So it may not work as my reading Rx gets stronger, but I love it for now.

[evangundy]

The Take-A-Look also comes in two sizes - short stem and long stem. Maybe your and/or your DH have the short one and needs the long one, or vice-versa. That's what happened the first time I tried them, DH got the long one and I got the short one, not realizing they were different. I could not get used to it. One day, they were both off our glasses and laid them side by side on the counter - voila! - different lengths. I tried the long one and Yay! it worked. I love mine and dont' ride without it.

The other trick that someone mentioned (might have been on TE somewhere) was to look at the image in the mirror, not at the mirror.

Good luck :-)
Edna