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!).

 

[Feek]

Has anyone insured glasses on their house/other policy against accidental damage ?

Yes, and I've claimed three times over the years, a £75 excess is nothing on a pair of £600 glasses.

As above, excess will be more than the glasses.

As above, not even close!

 

[Blackjack Davy]

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.

Sounds like they aren't terribly good the quality does appear to vary a lot had some specsavers varifocals and couldn't see a thing close up was later told by another optician that the vari part was a very small bit at the bottom which is why I was struggling with them. Went to smaller local optician and they're more focused on whats right for you rather than shifting volume. The ones I have now are much better. But if they're making your eyes sore even after a week then they're not up to spec(!) for whatever reason.

 

[~>Dg<~]

Hi glasses wearers.

I've been lucky enough not to need glasses but at 50 I realised that holding my phone at arm's length to read it wasn't right, and last year I got a prescription for some glasses which totally sort out that problem.

However I've not really been wearing them, mostly out of habit and forgetting to taken them with me etc.

Recently I've been getting headaches, I noticed only when I've been working in the office. It took me a while to make the link, but I guess it's likely related to my vision.

At home I don't get headaches, I work primarily on 2 x 27" 1440p monitors 3 days a week.

I do 2 days in the office where there's 2 x 1080p monitors. I'm assuming the lower resolution means I'm straining a bit more, or some other environmental factor.

I tried my glasses but they only help with close-in stuff, the monitors don't appear and clearer, in fact they seem more blurry, so I don't use the glasses when at my desk either at home or in the office.

So... I went back to the optician with this info. She gave me a test and told me I needed a slightly stronger prescription. However, she said there was no point me getting new glasses until I got used to wearing the old, and that I should wear them when in the office.

I tried this for a few days, but headaches have been worse and it's still way clearer without them than when wearing them.

I'd assumed that I needed different glasses depending on how far away I wanted to focus, and was expecting this to result in me getting some glasses which made that spot a couple of feet from my face clearer, but it seems not.

Am I missing something, or should I go back to the optician? Or should I see a different optician?

it takes time for your eyes to adjust.

 

[Jaap74]

How about Interocular Lens surgery? Do away with the glass altogether.......