CodeSection
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Totally disagree. There are many reasons why contacts are better than glasses and has NOTHING to do with being vain! One reason may be the prescription is so strong, a thick glass or plastic lense is out of the question. Another reason may involve working in the hot sun and sweating and trying to keep your glasses on even with a "band" to hold them on is impossible.It ain't complicated. Forget contacts if you are a shooter who wants to use open sights. Get glasses. Get progressive lenses, whereby the bottom portion is for close up and the upper part for long distance. They don't have a line dividing two "power" sections. They are progressive. Prescription progressive lenses lets you see sharply at any distance. For shooting, tilt your head until the sights and target are in "balance." You still won't see front sight, rear sight, and target in distinct relief, but you definitely can find that place where your groups on paper will be as tight as they were many years ago. I'm 67. On the range or in the woods, I'm good to go with open sights or peep sights.
I don't mean this sarcastically and I don't say it with hostility. No offense intended. Contact lenses are for the vane, where looks are more important than function. There is no happy medium with contacts. You can't have tight groups and good looks at the same time if your eyes are in need of correction. I'm as vain as the next person. My glasses are rimless so that they seem invisible, but still I can shoot effectively. Rimless glasses are definitely more fragile; the trick is to wear them all the time, except when sleeping. Constantly taking them on and off will wear the frames quickly.
Good luck.
I take it you haven't tried a multi-focal contact, otherwise you would not have made such silly and foolish remarks about contacts and why people wear them. You can see both close and far away with contacts....