Best optic money spent in quite some time.

Great post. Reminds us that often the best thing we can invest in is ourselves. Best optics in the world aren’t going to serve you well if the optics you were born with aren’t working as intended.

sure is cheaper than a new pile of rifle and handgun optics.

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LOL

My vision has actually gotten stronger in the time since my last eye exam

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Good for you...

Looking through the middle lens for distance sure puts a bend in your neck.

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My progressives put a crook in my neck when I type on THR...

what size rings?

chicharrones said:

Low mount 30mm.

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I thought about low mounts but the booger finger contacts the glass when cycling the action so it was mediums for me.

Good post. It’s remarkable the difference a good set of specs can make.

Good progressive lenses are a godsend. The technology has really advanced in recent years. The newest lenses are digitally surfaced on both sides, resulting in thinner, lighter lenses, and clearer vision that can be customized for the frame and wearer. Digital surfacing is basically CNC machining for lenses. Many's the customer that has come in and gotten the cheapest progressives despite my warnings of their limitations, only to end up in the lenses I recommended in the first place.

Glad your sight picture is clear again, chicharrones!

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Today, I picked up my first set of new glasses in probably 4 years. My kid's health, car repairs, home repairs, etc. have all taken precedent as I tend to put myself last with a few things. Especially prescription eye wear with the justification that "I can still see that, sort of.".

My vision has actually gotten stronger in the time since my last eye exam, which has caused me to use my last pair of tri-focals in an unnatural way. Looking through the middle lens for distance sure puts a bend in your neck. Now I'm back into progressive lenses, which have their own glitches, but what are a middle aged set of eyes to do?

With the new glasses, my red dots are true dots again and I can see the front sights on long barrel rifles clearly again, too. I just went through all of my scoped guns to refocus the reticles for my new vision. It's amazing how far I had the eye pieces spun out on some of those scopes to compensate.

$517.95 for a set of specs (including exam) sure is cheaper than a new pile of rifle and handgun optics.

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Can't wear contact lenses?

I have always worn contacts for nearsightedness. Like a flip of a switch, I needed readers. My eye doctor suggested I try multifocal contact lenses. They are fantastic. No readers needed any longer.

Neovascularization. Often results from poor care of contacts, though there are several other causes also. It can be reversed if minor.

Being nearsighted and being able to just take off the glasses only works within some narrow parameters- that is, when the plus and minus (nearsightedness results in a minus Rx) are close in number, (i.e., Distance Rx is -2.00 Diopters, reading add is +2.25) , and low astigmatism correction. Or when wearing contacts for distance, as you did. But then you are constantly taking off and putting on your readers, as I'm sure you understand.

When I got into lined trifocals I hated the things. There were times when I wanted to take them off and stomp on them. I've been wearing progressives for quite a few years now and I can attest that they have come a long way since my first pair and I thought those were the greatest thing to come along since Butterfinger candy bars.

chicharrones said:

I did wear contact lenses for about 22 years straight, but I quit about 13 years ago. Since I'm near sighted, I find it easier on my eyes to just take my glasses off when working on something up close. Contacts are a bit more involved in that process since my hands are usually dirty from work.

Then there was another concern with my eye and contacts, extra blood vessels making it into my eye lens area? Hard to remember exactly. I should look back into it.

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If you do, you might try what I did, which was I lense for distance and the other for close-up. Worked like a charm for me.

I had to get glasses for the first time ever this year, guess it happens to all of us eventually. All my family had to have specs by their 40s-I was the only holdout, at 61. When I was younger I had 20/10 vision, but lately I had been seeing double-stacked headlights and my eyes just weren't feeling right. Up close, well, I've been using cheap readers since about 50 or so. But this time at the doc's I wasn't getting away so easy. I have some insurance, so mine were only $215 or so, but they're progressives as well, Crizal lenses, designer half frames, yada, yada. Can't argue with success, the doc got the scrip perfect, they felt good, didn't make me sick, and I didn't have to vary the time I spent with them on for the first month or so. Now if I could only remember to put them on first thing in the morning, I'd be OK, but that's to be expected after going 61 years without.

chicharrones said:

...$517.95 for a set of specs (including exam) sure is cheaper than a new pile of rifle and handgun optics.

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People who wear glasses need to discover Zenni. Once you have your prescription you can order just about any frame or lens configuration. Optical shops will tell you their frames are cheapie & the lenses are not as precisely made. But the frames are exactly the same & the lenses are made on the same equipment the local shops use. Much, much lower cost, even for progressives. For what you paid you could easily get a regular pair, a pair for reading & a sunglasses pair. You can even upload a picture & try on frames! I'm not associated with Zenni, just a happy customer passing on a tip.

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People who wear glasses need to discover Zenni. Once you have your prescription you can order just about any frame or lens configuration. Optical shops will tell you their frames are cheapie & the lenses are not as precisely made. But the frames are exactly the same & the lenses are made on the same equipment the local shops use. Much, much lower cost, even for progressives. For what you paid you could easily get a regular pair, a pair for reading & a sunglasses pair. You can even upload a picture & try on frames! I'm not associated with Zenni, just a happy customer passing on a tip.

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Zenni is fine if you have a light (less than + or - 3.00 diopters) single vision Rx, not so much for bifocal or progressive lenses. Your glasses are only as good as who measures them, and with Zenni, YOU are that person. I am an optician, the person who measures for glasses, and I don't even measure myself. That's like a lawyer representing himself. My wife got glasses off Zenni once, but I did the measurements, so I know they were correct. Hers were just single vision, with no OC height adjustment. needed. If you don't know what I meant there, don't order your glasses off Zenni.

I have my annual eye exam on Thursday. I’ll take another crack at explaining to my doctor what I do for a hobby and see if he can make me a pair of glasses with the proper focal length. He doesn’t understand

Y'all are lucky!!!

I see an ophthalmologist as I've got 'post RK' eyes,,, As a result, my corneas kinda look like a Jellyfish that washed up on the beach and sat in the sun too long,,,,

About the 4th grade, started getting nearsighted,,, Got up around 5 diopters before I opted for RK surgery ~around 30~. ,,, I now wish that I would have done something else,,,

The RK was great for about 10 yrs, but now farsightedness has set in with a vengeance. My Rx is strong enough now that I'm unable to get 'Transition' (auto-darkening') lenses any more, and I've been told several manufactures simply dont make Rx's that strong,,,,,

Been asking the Doc for a couple years now what could be done,,, Cornea transplants could do it, but thats no 'small deal' and 'we ain't quite there yet!'

He suggested a Specialist that's been fitting 'post RK' patients with custom contact lenses. Biggest caveat I'm told is some folks simply cant stand to wear them,,,

I wore soft contacts decades ago, so I'm not completely unaware what's required, but I'm beyond 'softies' now,,,

'Scleral' contacts may be what I end up with,,

(BIG BIG lenses that vault over the cornea and rest on the whites of your eyes,,,)

Actually kind of excited to give it a go as its been a long time since I've had a full, clear range of vision.

Heck of a time to get take up shooting as a hobby, eh!!??!! LOL!!!!!