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Old 07-24-2017, 05:08 PM   #30454
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Originally Posted by wodin View Post
Astigmatism is difficult to correct with standard lenses, it's not just a matter of of the strength of the lens, but also the axis (tilt) of the correction. That means not just one correction, but two that must match. It's very unlikely that donated glasses would have both correct.
That's what I suspected which is why I'll go to the discount eyeglasses place in November. I'd got my first pair there before. This was in 93 they were $40 for everything back then now it's $80. The ones I have are from Sears Optical. I paid over $200 for everything back in 2007.

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