Good for another 2 years

I've used progressives for years and like them a lot. I did try
bifocals for a while but they drove me crazy.

Not all progressives are the same - the middle or short distance
sections can be made larger or smaller depending on which is more
important. I do computer work all day, and the optician gave me a set
of progressives that have a pretty wide range at that distance. It
still requires more head movement than a true tri-focal, but that
becomes second nature after a month.

Jay Honeck wrote:
I have my Class 2 renewal in January and have been wondering what a
difference the presbyopia that I started noticing in low light a couple of
years back will make in my vision test. Thankfully my distance vision has
thus remained 20/20 and except for the low-light small text presbyopia
thing,,, my near vision is quite good.


Yeah, my near-vision has gone completely to crap in the last few years.
I still don't wear bi-focals, but both my eye and medical doctors told
me that my days are, indeed, numbered.

I can't see diddly on a sectional anymore without holding it four
inches from my eyes. Can anyone recommend "progressive" bi-focals?
How about TRI-focals? Any benefit there?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I got nailed this year with "must possess for near vision", oh well,
getting old is hell.

Margy

In article , Margy wrote:

I got nailed this year with "must possess for near vision", oh well,
getting old is hell.

It beats the alternative. :-/

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

Jay Honeck wrote:

Can anyone recommend "progressive" bi-focals?
How about TRI-focals?

Just had another thought or two (I'm done for the day). You might check out the
trifocals or bifocals first. The lenses are much cheaper than progressives, so
it's a good deal if they work for you and you haven't wasted that much money if
they don't.

The other thing you might consider is that the best progressives are made in France.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:15:34 GMT, George Patterson
wrote in Ghdef.1069$Rb.1009@trndny01::

the best progressives are made in France.

And here I thought they were made by Nikon.

The other thing you might consider is that the best progressives are made
in France.

Well, then I've certainly got nothing Toulouse...

(Sorry... :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

I have my Class 2 renewal in January and have been wondering what a
difference the presbyopia that I started noticing in low light a couple of
years back will make in my vision test. Thankfully my distance vision has
thus remained 20/20 and except for the low-light small text presbyopia
thing,,, my near vision is quite good.


Yeah, my near-vision has gone completely to crap in the last few years.
I still don't wear bi-focals, but both my eye and medical doctors told
me that my days are, indeed, numbered.

I can't see diddly on a sectional anymore without holding it four
inches from my eyes. Can anyone recommend "progressive" bi-focals?
How about TRI-focals? Any benefit there?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

As one who is required to wear corrective lenses for driving/flying,
I too noticed my near vision was going down hill. Switched to
progressive lenses a couple of years back. You will either love them
or hate them. I found them to be quite easy to get used to. Others
never can get used to them. You will never know unless you try them.
One word of caution. I had to have my glasses remade because they set the
focal point for reading to dang low. It turned out to be a problem when
glancing at a sectional chart while flying and trying to look up and out as
well. Solution. I brought my sectional with me and had them set the focal
point higher based on a simulation of me looking straight ahead as if I were
flying and I would occasionally look down at the sectional. Problem solved
and they work great.

Just part of the passage of time to being middle aged I guess.

Good Luck!

Kevin Kubiak PP-ASEL

On 12-Nov-2005, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

Yeah, my near-vision has gone completely to crap in the last few years.
I still don't wear bi-focals, but both my eye and medical doctors told
me that my days are, indeed, numbered.

I can't see diddly on a sectional anymore without holding it four
inches from my eyes. Can anyone recommend "progressive" bi-focals?
How about TRI-focals? Any benefit there?


I use bi-focal glasses with a straight horizontal division between the
"far" and "near" parts. This division is positioned rather high, just below
the point through which I look when looking straight ahead. In a plane it
more or less coincides with the upper edge of the glare shield, so when
looking at the instruments I use the "near" part.
I bought these glasses some years ago primary for my flying, but nowadays I
use it almost exclusively. For computer work only (staring at a monitor for
long periods) I have full vision reading glasses.
At the start it took some getting used to. In particular when turning your
head sideways the lower part of your field of vision seems to move relative
to the upper part. However I got used to it fast and nowadays I do not
notice it anymore.
The only drawback of these glasses is using it while riding a motor cycle.
This does not feel good, it seems in this case you use the lower part of
your field of vision for positioning. For this activity I have full vision
"far" seeing glasses.

Things I think are important:
- Use glass for better scratch resistance and a better quality of the
anti-reflection layer;
- The division between far- and near sight portion has to be perfectly
horizontal and be at the same position for both glasses;
- The optical center of the lenses has to coincide as perfectly as possible
with the center of your pupils.

Things I think are important:
- Use glass for better scratch resistance and a better quality of the
anti-reflection layer;
- The division between far- and near sight portion has to be perfectly
horizontal and be at the same position for both glasses;
- The optical center of the lenses has to coincide as perfectly as
possible
with the center of your pupils.

Thanks for your input.

My far-vision prescription is way too bad for real "glass" lenses anymore,
so I'm stuck with the super-expensive poly-carbonate --or the 14-ounce Coke
bottle lenses...

I'll keep your other advice in mind when the time comes. I'm still fighting
getting them.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Cecil Chapman" wrote in message
om...
Congrats on the renewal on the 3rd class! BTW (as I'm sure you may have
discovered), losing any gut you may have accumulated through the years can
affect blood pressure appreciably. Mine was never high, but when I
recently worked at losing about 20 lbs - the blood pressure went down
appreciably.
snip

Nicely done.

Remember, "everything in aviation requires maintenance".

Happy landings,