Glasses wearers - help please!

[ivrytwr3]

As above, excess will be more than the glasses.

I had laser surgery many years ago, but am now finding close up is blurry - old age

I had reading glasses which did the job, but my new role involves looking at small things (oo-er!) and so have just bought some varifocals. Tbh, i'm struggling with them atm, getting very tired and slight headaches, but i'm persevering and hopefully i'll adjust.

I went through Vision Express and BLC which got me a 50% discount, happy to share a code or a referral link. Armani frames and upgraded lenses for less than £200.

 

[Mr Jack]

Has anyone insured glasses on their house/other policy against accidental damage ? , I've just invested in some new online glazing .
and, although I wear them most of the time, sitting on them was near terminal for an earlier pair, sport is also a liability.

Not accidental damage, but I did have a pair stolen in a nightclub when I took them off to dance. I had no problem claiming for the new pair, IIRC there was a £50 excess on that policy.

I suspect the excess in most home insurance policies would be more than the cost of most glasses

The excess on personal loss and accidental damage is usually low, sometimes zero, and decent glasses can be expensive if you've got a stronger prescription or complex lenses.

 

[jpaul]

The excess on personal loss and accidental damage is usually low, sometimes zero, and decent glasses can be expensive if you've got a stronger prescription or complex lenses.

yes - I haven't got any accidental damage on my home policy at the moment
so, if I smashed induction hob or maybe? broke a house window probably no payout, I don't have cover for phone, or laptops outside of house,
but phone is cheaper than replacing a glasses. ~£500.

 

[Mysterae_]

As above, excess will be more than the glasses.

I had laser surgery many years ago, but am now finding close up is blurry - old age

I had reading glasses which did the job, but my new role involves looking at small things (oo-er!) and so have just bought some varifocals. Tbh, i'm struggling with them atm, getting very tired and slight headaches, but i'm persevering and hopefully i'll adjust.

I went through Vision Express and BLC which got me a 50% discount, happy to share a code or a referral link. Armani frames and upgraded lenses for less than £200.

I trialled both varifocal contacts and varifocal glasses and they both made me feel ill and unsteady on my feet. Apparently instead of sweeping your eyes to look around you, you have to lead with your nose to keep the focus point in er, focus. Everything in my periphery was a soupy, messy blur despite getting the varifocal lenses with a wider in focus part. In short, they sucked and I returned them for a refund.

 

[dcsarge]

As above, excess will be more than the glasses.

I had laser surgery many years ago, but am now finding close up is blurry - old age

I had reading glasses which did the job, but my new role involves looking at small things (oo-er!) and so have just bought some varifocals. Tbh, i'm struggling with them atm, getting very tired and slight headaches, but i'm persevering and hopefully i'll adjust.

I went through Vision Express and BLC which got me a 50% discount, happy to share a code or a referral link. Armani frames and upgraded lenses for less than £200.

How small are we talking? I find a pair of headband magnifiers a life saver for hobby, small electrical and any fiddly tasks. I can wear them in combo with my reading or distance glasses but they work well for me naked. Swappable lens between 1.5x to 5.5x on mine and easy to flip up out the way too.

 

[ivrytwr3]

How small are we talking? I find a pair of headband magnifiers a life saver for hobby, small electrical and any fiddly tasks. I can wear them in combo with my reading or distance glasses but they work well for me naked. Swappable lens between 1.5x to 5.5x on mine and easy to flip up out the way too.

I have to take test readings and then input that onto a paper form - the test result print is very small.

The reason i didn't want readers is that i would be constantly taking my glasses on and off, so with varifocals i can wear them throughout the task.

 

[jpaul]

I had reading glasses which did the job, but my new role involves looking at small things (oo-er!) and so have just bought some varifocals. Tbh, i'm struggling with them atm, getting very tired and slight headaches, but i'm persevering and hopefully i'll adjust.

I went through Vision Express and BLC which got me a 50% discount, happy to share a code or a referral link. Armani frames and upgraded lenses for less than £200.

I'm seeing some adjustment phase with the newer (stronger) varifocals,
but for close up, looking down, measurement and fitment with exact - back retina vertex distance, wrap of frames and tilt can be important, (in addition to pupil distance,
fitting height)
I opted for the standard fit this time but in retrospect, given I can see how focus changes with small movement of glasses on nose, might have been an error
but I bought online for ~40% less than scrivens+others quoted so can't reject.
(with a camera/slr setup can make decent measures to supply online web site with fitment data for frames you've chosen.)

still, for shaving just use a magnifying mirror as you can never look at right angle through varifocals.

 

[Freefaller]

I found that astigmatism was more problematic for me. I don't need glasses to drive, but do wear them anyway especially at night as it helps correct astigmatism. For reading glasses, I'm on the cusp of needing them but can get away with it for now, or just rely on my kids to read the small writing!

It's important to know the strength of correction needed for your eyes - even for reading glasses apparently. Optician said I can get some if I wanted, but to be aware that once you start to use reading glasses your eyes get used to them apparently. (no idea if that's true or trying to flog me some more glasses!).