steverjo
Member
I am a 63 year old avid shooter/instructor. I have been shooting for most of my life. My near and far eyesight has been deteriorating over time, and for the past 15 years, I have been wearing bifocals. Without glasses, nothing is clear.
As those of you who wear bifocals know, if you try to shoot with bifocals, it is hard to get the front sight in focus without bending your head back unaturally far, and if you shoot with reading glasses so that you can keep your front sight in focus, when you are finished, you can't see anything in the distance.
I went for my annual eye exam last week and told the doctor that i wanted to try contact lenses. At first he suggested monocular vision with one eye for distance and one eye for close up, but I said no, just give me lenses for distance and if i have to wear reading glasses, i can live with that.
WOW!! I got fitted for Acuvue Oasys and my vision is now 20/20 and I can see distance perfectly, but also, I can focus close up without reading glasses. In fact, I can actually read better with the contacts than i could previously with the reading glasses.
Needless to say, this makes shooting a heck of a lot easier and I don't need to wear protective glasses over my reading glasses. Best of all, I can leave these in day and night for 7 days and I don't even feel them.
Any of you with similar problems might like to try this solution.
As those of you who wear bifocals know, if you try to shoot with bifocals, it is hard to get the front sight in focus without bending your head back unaturally far, and if you shoot with reading glasses so that you can keep your front sight in focus, when you are finished, you can't see anything in the distance.
I went for my annual eye exam last week and told the doctor that i wanted to try contact lenses. At first he suggested monocular vision with one eye for distance and one eye for close up, but I said no, just give me lenses for distance and if i have to wear reading glasses, i can live with that.
WOW!! I got fitted for Acuvue Oasys and my vision is now 20/20 and I can see distance perfectly, but also, I can focus close up without reading glasses. In fact, I can actually read better with the contacts than i could previously with the reading glasses.
Needless to say, this makes shooting a heck of a lot easier and I don't need to wear protective glasses over my reading glasses. Best of all, I can leave these in day and night for 7 days and I don't even feel them.
Any of you with similar problems might like to try this solution.