The End Of Executive Bifocals
Added 2024-08-26 22:39:26 +0000 UTCSay it ain't so! Oh no!
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Well, that was about 3 times longer than it needed to be ... I've worn bifocals (the thumbnail variety) since I was 7. I never even heard of executive bifocals until this video. They seem like a good idea. I switched to progressive lenses a good 30 years ago and, er, never looked back. They took a while ( a few days) to get used to, but I love 'em. Great vision at all dustances. You might consider giving them another try.
Jerry Callen
2024-08-29 21:01:57 +0000 UTCI feel for you Fran. I have severe astigmatism and have tried varifocals - they are absolutely hopeless as they create considerable edge distortion when looking sideways, making them dangerous for driving when you look left/right at a junction. The sweet spot for vision is over about 5 degrees of the close visual field, the rest is just out of focus distortion. I have reverted to multiple pairs of glasses. Previously, before cataract surgery, when my eyes were short sighted ,they were better, and usable but now I'm slightly farsighted and the varifocals suck!
Mr B Shepherd
2024-08-28 11:27:01 +0000 UTCI'd never heard of executive bifocals before, but I can’t get on with bifocals anyway, varifocals for me.
Bob Pockney
2024-08-27 15:40:47 +0000 UTCSorry to hear this, Fran. Cost cutting to the point of sacrificing functionality, especially when it comes to something as important as sight, is really upsetting. I hope the ones you've ordered are going to work okay for you.
Motten
2024-08-27 10:26:00 +0000 UTCI love my executives, and was very sad that I couldn't get them anymore (At least from anywhere locally). My eye doctor is somewhat perturbed with me that I won't "upgrade" to something that matches my current prescription and give up the executives. I have seen some places online that may still make them. Glasses just don't seem like one of those things that are conducive to essentially mail order. I guess I'm going to have to break down and try one.
Michael Aichlmayr
2024-08-27 05:28:45 +0000 UTCIf you haven't already, I just searched 'executive bifocals' on Google. The top result was UseMyFrame. Apparently, you ship them your old pair with the new prescription and $120-$190. So it appears there are still options out there! :-)
Ben White
2024-08-27 05:16:02 +0000 UTCI started needing reading glasses in my mid-30s, and for the next three decades I was plagued by scratching, losing and breaking reading glasses. Finally, my distance vision degraded by a quarter diopter in one eye, enabling me to qualify for insurance coverage for bifocals. I got progressive bifocals 3 years ago, and literally haven't looked back since. I was fortunate as I needed less than two days to be confident using them for day-to-day work, and it took another week for me to trust them for driving at night, to the point that I now feel naked without my glasses. I got the least expensive lenses (hourglass-shaped transition), in case I couldn't tolerate them, and haven't yet found any need to upgrade to the fancy-schmancy wide-transition lenses. But, with the reading glasses lessons learned, I got flexible titanium frames with polycarbonate lenses, which have already paid for themselves several times over (I'm still tough on glasses - these tolerate it far better). Still, it took me a year (until I got my second frameset under insurance) for me to finally get rid of most of my reading glasses. After going through the entire house, I found over 20 pairs (including 5 in my car!). I still use a +3 pair for reading in bed (magnetic ones, so I don't break them when I fall asleep while reading), and a +2.5 pair that I stack over my regular glasses for electronics and other small, fine work. (Yes, the progressives are very useful behind fixed reading glasses.) My progressives have slightly changed how I move my head, turning my neck a bit more to use the center section (which will likely force fancy lens upgrades as my neck mobility decreases with age), and tilting my head as needed to get the precise focus I need for the task at hand (most noticeable as I move my gaze up and down my huge computer monitor). There are tricks and techniques available to help when the adjustment to progressives isn't as effortless as mine, which apparently are 100% effective when there is no complicating condition present. For weeks after getting her progressives, my sister felt she was falling forward when walking, until a simple trick fixed it in literally a couple of minutes.
BobC
2024-08-27 02:23:57 +0000 UTCI shifted to multi-focals about 2 months after using bi-focals (due to age related degeneration), I don't know what magic they use, but are absolutely amazing.
David T
2024-08-27 01:47:47 +0000 UTCThe standard business model. Give you less and charge you more for it.
William Alsing
2024-08-27 00:36:26 +0000 UTCOf course, with CNC grinding, it has never been easier to make executive bifocals.
Erik Blake
2024-08-27 00:05:08 +0000 UTCI started wearing glasses in the mid '50s, and like you, it was mostly for astigmatism. Moving from glass to high density plastics and then to progressive and lined bifocals. Often paying around $400 a pair for just the lens, doing this one or two times a year as my eyes changed. The correction was such that lasik was not an option. Last year as part of a correction for cataracts, I had a new astigmatism lens inserted in my eyes. With small pupils I have good depth of field too. 20/20 in my Rt eye, 20/40 in my left. The inserts were $1,700 each over standard inserts, total cost just under $30,000 for both eyes. And I've had the restriction taken off my driver's license. Best of all, I now buy my sunglasses at the Dollar Store!
Steven Peck
2024-08-26 23:23:49 +0000 UTCAmen-NO surgery!
Markintosh
2024-08-26 23:06:55 +0000 UTCI never knew you were the executive type. (We can still be friends, though.) :)
Brian Arbenz
2024-08-26 23:00:07 +0000 UTCI recently noticed my old bifocals were all the way across & my new ones are just in the centers. Thank you for differentiating the two. And also: GRRRRRR!!!
Markintosh
2024-08-26 22:55:32 +0000 UTCHah, best thumbnail image ever.
Bob Darlington
2024-08-26 22:44:53 +0000 UTC
