After a few years in bifocals, last spring I tried bifocal contacts.

I was thinking they'd be good for cycling but they're not really; the air/wind is kinda drying, so for long rides I just wear corrected sunglasses. If I'm just riding to the store I'll wear contacts and regular sunglasses--I love being able to see when I shop! I still keep a cheepie pair of readers in my trunk bag though.

I was thinking that I'd stick to my glasses at work but I almost always wear contacts to work now. My contacts give better peripheral awareness, and are less interesting to grabby little hands. And when I get smacked in the head contacts don't fly across the room or break.

So, my expectations were wrong, but I'm still a satisfied customer.

I think the way they work is that both lenses correct both near and far, but the dominant eye one has more emphasis on far vision and the other eye has more emph. on near. It took a couple tries to get the prescription right.

The brand of contacts I have are also approved to treat dry eye, which I don't have, but I do live in a very dry climate, so that's a bit of a bonus.

Is my corrected vision perfect? No, pretty far from what it was when I was a kid. Nevermind; it's good enough for all normal purposes.