Eyesight test results

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When I was 19, I'm now 30, I had my first ever eyesight test. Apparently at the time my left eye was perfect but right was mildly far sighted with a Sph rating of + 1.50. I was really naive at the time and basically ignored it because my vision seemed fine to me (guessing the good eye offset the weaker one).

Anyway, back in 2013 I got another one done. It had obviously been a while since my last but oddly my right eye was quite a bit better (+ 0.75) but left had started to catch up (also + 0.75)

I had another in 2015, got same result as 2013.

Just had a new one (with different larger opticians) and it has reverted back to slightly higher than my original reading for right eye (+ 1.75) and same for left (+ 0.75).

Really odd! I am guessing my right eye was always about the +1.50 mark and the tests I got in 2013/15 were plain wrong? Did get me thinking about these tests though. It felt rushed to me and at times the optician confused me about what option meant clearer/worse. Swear I maybe even answered it wrongly at times.

Anyone else find they get different results? I've heard sleep, stress, oxygen levels etc all play factors when you get a test done.

I still don't feel like my sight is bad enough to need glasses other than when I'm on a computer or watching TV from a certain distance. I've ordered a new pair with new prescription. Be interesting to see if I find them any better than my current pair.
 
I saw something on TV some time ago, and it may well not be a credible source (and I may also not be), where they stated that they had gone to something like 4 opticians on the same day and they had received different results for all of them.
 
dirtychinchilla said:
I saw something on TV some time ago, and it may well not be a credible source (and I may also not be), where they stated that they had gone to something like 4 opticians on the same day and they had received different results for all of them.
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Haha that's pretty interesting. I honestly reckon if I went back there today I'd get a different result. Not saying optician was no good. Just that so many factors seem to play a role. He kept asking leading questions too, like "that one is blurry isn't it" and I ended up going along with it, which ultimately led to a new prescription. Got a feeling if I'd have put my foot down a bit more and asked for more time comparing lenses I'd get a different result perhaps a little closer to my 2015 reading. If glasses seem off I will take them straight back and ask for new test.
 
I don't think I've ever had more than 0.25 change from visit to visit, nor have my local been rushed or pushy, maybe need a better optician :p
 
had all my tests for last 9/10 years at vision express, only once was it anything more than 0.25 different to the last test, and that was done by a different branch than I normally go to (co-incidence, maybe ?) but the prescription didn't seem right so I got it tested for free a few weeks later at my local branch and the results were normal again.

you have to bear in mind it is all subjective because the prescription is based on you telling them one particular lens is clearer than another and in a lot of cases (I found) there was hardly any difference.
I suppose if you mis-judged a couple of those it would throw the result off
 
I got glasses for the first time this year and holy crap it's insane how you think you can see but you actually can't.
Just get them.
 
A good mate is an optician and i just had my first eye test. He said a study he read shown that high-street store or supermarket opticians such as Tesco, boots, spec-savers tend to get about 1 in 4 prescriptions tend to be off. He said that this is not likely a result of training or anything but rather that they fill their schedule with a lot of appointments and are under time constraints and the part which switches between lenses tend to be rushed. Due to that bit being down to what the individual tells you, it is easy for a mistake to be made when switching between lenses on very little time, though the difference your saying is a lot larger than it should be.

An eye test that you pay for tend to be less rushed because those places don't tend to be busy. Did you get glasses after every eye test change?

I got my first pair of specs last week. Got to admit, I do like them.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
A good mate is an optician and i just had my first eye test. He said a study he read shown that high-street store or supermarket opticians such as Tesco, boots, spec-savers tend to get about 1 in 4 prescriptions tend to be off. He said that this is not likely a result of training or anything but rather that they fill their schedule with a lot of appointments and are under time constraints and the part which switches between lenses tend to be rushed. Due to that bit being down to what the individual tells you, it is easy for a mistake to be made when switching between lenses on very little time, though the difference your saying is a lot larger than it should be.

An eye test that you pay for tend to be less rushed because those places don't tend to be busy. Did you get glasses after every eye test change?

I got my first pair of specs last week. Got to admit, I do like them.
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Interesting, well this was Tesco (previous 2013, 2015 ones were with a smaller and far less rushed optician). No only got glasses for my 2013 one and now this latest one getting same pair re lensed with new prescription.

Just seems odd my right eye went from +1.50, down to +0.75, then back to +1.75 now! I can accept my other eye result as it seems consistently +0.75.

It could well be that Tesco one was actually quite accurate and my 2013, 15 ones were a bit off. However, prescription seemed ok to me!
 
So many factors can vary the results of your tests day to day, depending on how tired you are or maybe you've got a slight infection in your eye on the day of the test (or you've been staring at a computer screen or you've been outside in the wind and your eyes are dry).

Your eye's naturally go long or short sighted as you age too (I forget which direction they go).
 
Efour said:
I got glasses for the first time this year and holy crap it's insane how you think you can see but you actually can't.
Just get them.
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I really struggle to see while driving at night, but I live an area where street lights are like unicorns. I will get tested though because, probably like you, I don't perceive too big an issue but I really don't feel that confident in my own diagnosis!
 
I was going to ask how the different glasses compare to each other but i suppose you won't know till you get them back.

dirtychinchilla said:
I really struggle to see while driving at night, but I live an area where street lights are like unicorns. I will get tested though because, probably like you, I don't perceive too big an issue but I really don't feel that confident in my own diagnosis!
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Am exactly the same and wow did it make a difference!

Low light conditions made much easier, something i should have expected but didn't. Although i am far from the vision limits of safe driving, i am now wearing glasses every time i drive at night, even short distances.
 
Driving and at the office or when i am on the computer for non entertainment reasons.

They aren't those silly night driving glasses or whatever that opticians have touted in the past. Just regular glasses for someone who is shortsighted, with anti-reflective as a lens add on. Due to stuff at a distance being slightly blurry, things of similar shades further away tend to not have as defined outlines and so in night conditions where everything is a shade of dark/sodium lamp yellow, it helps a lot. Also it did make me realize that i was not even bothering to try and read a sign till quite close to me until i bought these specs.

I wouldn't expect a miracle but certainly makes seeing cyclists a lot easier.
 
Comes to us all at some point.. I thought I'd got away with until about 2 years ago.. Now I can't use a screen or read without my glasses.. In fact, I have to hold a menu about 6 feet away in a restaurant now which is bit embarrassing if forget my glasses. I get roll eyes from the family.
 
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