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Originally Posted by RCR
Well, an update for those who helped me by responding to my first post.
I tried the lenses for three weeks. Eventually, I was able to use them without headaches or burning eyes. But I still didn't like them. There was such a narrow focus, like looking through a telescope. Imagine looking at a 24 inch computer screen and having only a saucer sized area of the screen in focus at any one time. And if you move your head, the screen distorts. I noticed too, reading a paper book, that one page would be in focus, and the other page would be fuzzy.
So, I took them back to the optometrist and asked for regular reading glasses. He was grumpy about it - he muttered "Well, they're still under warranty. I won't have to pay extra, and you won't either."
I got my new "regular" reading glasses yesterday, and they're great. I have the same wide vision as my old pair, just a bit crisper.
I think the lesson to be learned is to be wary of professionals offering you the latest and greatest. I think too, the optometrist was partly at fault. He should have explained the side effects and short-comings of the lenses in the beginning. Instead he promoted them as the best thing out since sliced bread and didn't tell me about the problems until I came back and complained.
Anyway, thanks for all your input, guys.
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Sounds to me like you need to find a better optometrist.
Seems that when it comes to progressive lenses, the experience and skill of the person fitting you is far more important than just regular single vision correction or bifocals etc. Not only does the lens have to be fitted to the frame and to your face so the different zones are accurately positioned, but the choice of what progressive lens design that best suits you is something only an experienced optometrist can help decide.
And $246 seems a bit cheap too - with progressive lenses you often get what you pay for - the latest designs with the focusing 'digitally' surfaced on possibly both faces of the lens will be way more pricey but also probably (no guarantees...) more comfortable to use.
I'm also having to wear progressive glasses and also got another reading pair for desktop computer and book reading use like the pair you've tried. These work extremely well - both pairs do, in fact - but certainly the 'computer' reading pair are much easier for reading and intermediate use (around 40cm i think they're designed for).
My wife had also tried progressive lenses before and given up, but I forced her to try again and after getting some fearsomely expensive Rodenstock progressive lenses she has been able to adjust fine - and is very happy with them.
I've also bought a progressive pair with the latest Zeiss lenses. Somehow they aren't quite as good - hard to pinpoint, but the Rodenstock
,for me, seem to flow more naturally from distant to near etc. Different Optometrist, so might be a slight fitting issue too - but has shown me there is something of an art to getting fitted for them, and you may not get the right pair for you first time... and a good optometrist wouldn't get upset about it but try to find you a better fit.
Certainly the computer/reading pair should be much quicker and easier to adjust to than the full distant to near progressive lenses - I can certainly tell that the reading zone is far, far wider with the reading pair as opposed to the full progressives (which means much less head movement required if any), which is after all what they're designed for.
Anyway - sorry they didn't work out for you.