> On Aug 13, 9:44 am, Derek <[email protected]> wrote:
> The glasses look nice, but reading with them is much more difficult
> than my previous set of glasses. These are progressives, and I got a
> new prescription written up just before ordering these glasses. The
> distance viewing is great and even working at the computer seems to be
> better than my old pair. But reading a book is pretty hard because the
> area of focus is so small on these lenses.
>
> My new prescription is a little stronger than my previous one, maybe
> its something I will eventually get used to?
Is this your first set of progressives?
I ask because I experienced the exact same thing as you with my first
set of progressives. When reading a book the ends of the sentences
near the margins are not in focus. It's maddening. You literally have
to scan your head back and forth slightly to read the sentence. I
bought these progressives when I was still buying glasses at brick and
mortar stores (Sam's Club in this instance) and I brought them back
and had a wider corridor progressive lens installed. It cost me extra
to upgrade. It did help but I still saw fuzzy words at the margins and
spines of books. It's the nature of progressive lenses. Most people
just get used to it.
There is a high-tech progressive lens called the Varilux Physio 360
that is supposed to enable you to read a page without this blurriness
at the edges. But that lens costs $350. There is an online store that
sells something that is somewhat of a copy of the Physio 360 (can't
remember which store right now) but it costs $200 just for the lenses.
My solution was to buy an oversized frame from Zenni with the lenses
tuned for reading glasses. The large lens almost solves the problem.
You could try this approach or else you'll have to get used to moving
your head back-and-forth slightly.
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