Bifocals

[dan hufferd]

I am an industrial maintenance man, I have been wearing bifocals to tie my line and work with small wiring and the like for over 10 yrs. Some locations do not lend themselves well to bifocals so I carried a pair of +2s for junction boxes that are too high or too low.

 Recently one of our techs suggested getting a bifocal in the top and in the bottom so I did. These are working pretty well for me and my neck.

Maybe this will help some of you too.

I hate glasses I never had to wear them until I turned 45 and one evening I had trouble tying a jig, no matter what I did I couldn't make myself see the line. 

 

[Quillback]

I've been wearing bifocals for about 20 years, always have been near sighted, but then needed the bifocal for reading and tying knots.  I'm getting cataracts, just a matter of time before I get surgery for that.  

[tjm]

I've worn progressive lenses for years, with a couple of bifocals interspersed,  but,  the ready readers work best for me in those hard to see areas.  I knew a guy years ago that that had "upside down" bifocals made for doing auto mechanic work under the hood.

[rps]

Upside downs are good for golf a well. They let you keep a straight spine.

[Al Agnew]

I've struggled with all kinds of glasses for all kinds of distances.  For many years I wore glasses for nearsightedness.  Didn't need anything else.  They worked just fine for close-up work as well, not affecting my closeup vision, which was always excellent.  I tried contact lenses, but honestly, I stopped wearing them mainly because of fishing; I liked the eye protection from flying hooks that wearing glasses gave me.  

Then age set in, and suddenly I couldn't see up close through my glasses for distance vision.  I could still take them off and see perfectly from about 12 inches on in, but the eye doctor told me that wouldn't last and that I should just start wearing bifocals.  I tried progressive lenses and never could get used to them; I found I was looking through the transition half the time and couldn't see anything.  But as good as I could see at 12-18 inches through the bifocals, I could STILL see better without any glasses from 12 inches or less.  But...the biggest problem was that in painting, I often kept my head about 2 feet from the canvas, and that was in the blind range for bifocals.  I had to get a special pair of glasses that allowed me to see at that range, but then I couldn't see closer or farther with them on.  I eventually just got used to wearing the bifocals and keeping my head closer to the canvas...and STILL taking them off for really close, detailed work.  And that's where I still am, 25 years after I started wearing bifocals.  I also have prescription bifocal sunglasses...but STILL take them off to tie on tiny hooks.

[rps]

12 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

I've struggled with all kinds of glasses for all kinds of distances.  For many years I wore glasses for nearsightedness.  Didn't need anything else.  They worked just fine for close-up work as well, not affecting my closeup vision, which was always excellent.  I tried contact lenses, but honestly, I stopped wearing them mainly because of fishing; I liked the eye protection from flying hooks that wearing glasses gave me.  

Then age set in, and suddenly I couldn't see up close through my glasses for distance vision.  I could still take them off and see perfectly from about 12 inches on in, but the eye doctor told me that wouldn't last and that I should just start wearing bifocals.  I tried progressive lenses and never could get used to them; I found I was looking through the transition half the time and couldn't see anything.  But as good as I could see at 12-18 inches through the bifocals, I could STILL see better without any glasses from 12 inches or less.  But...the biggest problem was that in painting, I often kept my head about 2 feet from the canvas, and that was in the blind range for bifocals.  I had to get a special pair of glasses that allowed me to see at that range, but then I couldn't see closer or farther with them on.  I eventually just got used to wearing the bifocals and keeping my head closer to the canvas...and STILL taking them off for really close, detailed work.  And that's where I still am, 25 years after I started wearing bifocals.  I also have prescription bifocal sunglasses...but STILL take them off to tie on tiny hooks.

My mother wound up in trifocals for the same reason. She preferred lined so she could sort zones as needed.

[rps]

On 10/6/2024 at 10:42 AM, dan hufferd said:

I am an industrial maintenance man, I have been wearing bifocals to tie my line and work with small wiring and the like for over 10 yrs. Some locations do not lend themselves well to bifocals so I carried a pair of +2s for junction boxes that are too high or too low.

 Recently one of our techs suggested getting a bifocal in the top and in the bottom so I did. These are working pretty well for me and my neck.

Maybe this will help some of you too.

I hate glasses I never had to wear them until I turned 45 and one evening I had trouble tying a jig, no matter what I did I couldn't make myself see the line. 

 

Same but with legal pleadings.

[ness]

I’ve gotta figure out something for fishing. I’ve worn prescription bifocal sunglasses for quite a while but they’ve never been good for tying on flies, so I’ve had the flip down readers on the bill of my cap for probably 15 years. They’re not strong enough now. 

[ness]

Looks like there are a lot of options with varying magnification for flip downs. 

[dan hufferd]

20 hours ago, ness said:

Looks like there are a lot of options with varying magnification for flip downs. 

I would like some polarized bifocals for fishing but I know I would drop them in the lake.