Anyone Tried "Computer/Occupational" Lenses Instead Of Standard Reading Lenses?

[Terminal_Boy]

I've been getting a lot of eye strain over the last couple of months with my +1.25 reading glasses (use them for all close / computer work - 7+ hours a day), so I went to the local opticians who pointed out I'd had these lenses for 5+ years and I now needed +2.0 lenses.

So far, so good. As my previous pair had a good depth of focus, they were great at normal reading and computer display distance.

Talking things over with the optician, I decided to go for a pair of what's called "computer/occupational" lenses where you get the full +2.0 in a central "sweet spot" which then tails off towards the edges of the lenses so you can focus on displays etc. out to and beyond arm's reach.

These are working fine at close range, but I'm finding that not having the whole of my 27" computer display is very annoying and causes near-constant head movement.

Has anyone else used similar lenses and, if so, how long did it take you to adjust to using them?

I'm on my second full work day using them and am really struggling.

 

[peterwalkley]

Make the computer do the work ... change your font sizes. I looked at using these types of glasses but came across too many people with issues like yours to want to spend the money. Glasses are a bad enough money pit once you end up on the treadmill without adding more types to have to keep paying for.

 

[Pho]

If you want cheap "normal" replacements you could always buy some prescription glasses for £10 .

 

[tom_e]

Glasses are a bad enough money pit once you end up on the treadmill without adding more types to have to keep paying for.

I've worn glasses/contacts of some sort since I was a toddler and have never felt being able to see clearly constituted a money pit

I've got one pair of glasses that only really get worn round the house so are just a cheap pair then my contacts I buy online every 6 months or so for about £50 so that's £100 a year for contacts and maybe another £100 every 2 years for a checkup and new glasses if needed, if not then it's just the £20 checkup every 2 years.

Hardly breaking the bank!

Personally I'd just get some normal prescription lenses put in, having your eyes constantly adjust to a differing prescription sounds like it would drive me mental.

 

[peterwalkley]

I've worn glasses/contacts of some sort since I was a toddler and have never felt being able to see clearly constituted a money pit

I'm probably being unfair, but it seems like every time the wife has gone to the opticians in the last 10 years its involved money needing to be spent and the same has started happening to me in the last couple. I guess you're not at the age yet where sight gets progressively worse !

 

[Orionaut]

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They are very well designed and quite robust (I have managed to break a few but if anything lasts six months in My world, It will last decades in anybody else's! )

 

[rids57]

I use prescription reading glasses, computer glasses and varifocals for when I'm out and about. I tend to change one of the pairs per year, which keeps things reasonable. I'm 59, and been a heavy computer user for decades.
I was told many years ago that computer use was terrible for eyesight because you tend to stare at a fixed distance for long periods. So now at home I use a 40" TV as my monitor along with my computer glasses and sit further back from the screen, resulting in far less stress and haven't had a headache in many years.

 

[Simon42]

These are working fine at close range, but I'm finding that not having the whole of my 27" computer display is very annoying and causes near-constant head movement.

This is why I use multi-focal daily contact lenses as I had a similar issue with varifocal glasses and 3 x 27" screens even with the most expensive (wider vision area) lenses.

If you're just into glasses then its a pair just for computer/reading and take them off otherwise. If the +2 add is too much for middle distance screen use then its two pairs of glasses time.

Even multi-focal contact lenses aren't perfect as they don't give as sharp vision as glasses but they don't have any field of view issues and can cover the close, middle and distance vision pretty well.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Thanks for the feedback all.

The one good thing I'm finding is the "blue blocker" lenses are working as advertised.

Pretty sure that I'll be asking to have a a pair of 'long focus' +2 single focus lenses put in on Saturday when I go back to the optician.

 

[MichaelAwkward]

I've worn glasses/contacts of some sort since I was a toddler and have never felt being able to see clearly constituted a money pit

How is spending £100 a year not a money pit? I've worn glasses since I was about 4, and I've never spent that much, on average.

Free eye tests + cheap prescription glasses.