Progressive lenses

[BikeDutchess]

Just like some of you, I wear contacts for distance but need readers for close-up. So I've been having more trouble reading my Garmin when riding, and I imagine trying to find/dig out goatheads and such from my tires would be a challenge too. I just found & ordered sunglasses with built-in magnification from this place: http://www.dualeyewear.com/ Sort of like bifocals, but without any correction in the main viewing area. They aren't terribly expensive at $50 a pair.

I just received my order today and like the way they look! I can read my watch, my phone, etc., with these on! I only wish they had adjustable nose pads so they wouldn't rest on my cheeks. Haven't had a chance yet to try them out riding, so will report back in a few weeks!

[bmccasland]

Just like some of you, I wear contacts for distance but need readers for close-up. So I've been having more trouble reading my Garmin when riding, and I imagine trying to find/dig out goatheads and such from my tires would be a challenge too. I just found & ordered sunglasses with built-in magnification from this place: http://www.dualeyewear.com/ Sort of like bifocals, but without any correction in the main viewing area. They aren't terribly expensive at $50 a pair.

I just received my order today and like the way they look! I can read my watch, my phone, etc., with these on! I only wish they had adjustable nose pads so they wouldn't rest on my cheeks. Haven't had a chance yet to try them out riding, so will report back in a few weeks!

OOOOoooo, now there's a thought! I have interchangable lenses for my riding glasses. Hopefully I could find a reader lens to fit whatever brand it is that I have. I have the same trouble seeing, and have been stuffing a pair of readers in my jersey pocket (in their little case). Thanks BikeDutchess!

[GLC1968]

I'm considering a similar pair from Amazon (only $25) to see if they'll work for me, too.
http://www.amazon.com/Wrap-Around-Sp...=3CGOJE4OIQNBH

I just got progressives a week ago and I can't get used to them. They make me sick to my stomach when I wear them! I'm trying my best, but it's really difficult. BUT, I can't see my phone, the dashboard of my car or things I'm chopping in the kitchen (or the recipes) without readers but readers are often unrealistic in those situations.

Now my old readers are my computer glasses (as my eyes got worse, the Rx for the readers moved to the computer screen distance really nicely!) and I'm switching back and forth between the two types of glasses as I go through my day at work.

I miss my youth!

[withm]

I just got progressives a week ago and I can't get used to them. They make me sick to my stomach when I wear them! I'm trying my best, but it's really difficult. BUT, I can't see my phone, the dashboard of my car or things I'm chopping in the kitchen (or the recipes) without readers but readers are often unrealistic in those situations.

I once picked up a new pair of glasses, put them on and thought WTF??? They made me crosseyed immediately. Turns out the optician had reversed the Rx in the left and right lenses. Talk about instant headache and dizziness! They had to re-order new lenses, and they got it right that time. So, you may want to take them back and be sure they made what they were supposed to make for you.

[GLC1968]

I once picked up a new pair of glasses, put them on and thought WTF??? They made me crosseyed immediately. Turns out the optician had reversed the Rx in the left and right lenses. Talk about instant headache and dizziness! They had to re-order new lenses, and they got it right that time. So, you may want to take them back and be sure they made what they were supposed to make for you.

I wish that were the case. When I am sitting still, they work fine. It's only when I move or look around or drive or walk or.... I think they got them right and it's just that it's taking my brain awhile to adapt. I am really surprised at how much I have to move my head around to see things clearly. I just don't like that everything except what is directly in the center is totally blurry when my non-glasses vision is better than that!

[Catrin]

I wish that were the case. When I am sitting still, they work fine. It's only when I move or look around or drive or walk or.... I think they got them right and it's just that it's taking my brain awhile to adapt. I am really surprised at how much I have to move my head around to see things clearly. I just don't like that everything except what is directly in the center is totally blurry when my non-glasses vision is better than that!

This doesn't sound right, I've been in progressives for a decade and have never had this kind of problem with them. I would go back and talk with them about that.

[Crankin]

When I first got progressives, my doctor made me wear them straight for a week. Since I never wear my glasses, except when I get into bed or if I am very sick (I use contacts with readers), it was horrible. I felt nauseous and dizzy and had to clutch the railings of stairs. But, it went away. If I do wear my progressive outside, it feels slightly weird, but nothing like at first.
Still searching for stylish frames that will fit my puny face and can do progressives. I went to my eye doctor and the person that fits the glasses told me that they don't have any funky frames, since all of the middle aged suburban clients don't want them... I'm an outlier.