I remember several years ago that there was an online source for computer glasses for contesting. The ones that focus a couple feet out as opposed to readers.I tried searching the archives but could
Gary, At 58 I am starting to rely more on 1.0X or even 1.5X reading glasses to read small font on a soup can or even email on my smart phone. At times, when my eyes are tired, I use 0.5x (half power)
Assuming you don't have significant astigmatism (cylinder) and the sphere is about the same in both eyes, you should be able to pick them up at a drug store. Focal length (cm.) = 1/lens power (diopte
You can buy fixed "reading" glasses in various magnifications - 1.5, 2, 2.5 etc - in drugstores. You just need to figure out what your usual distance from your screen is, and then test to find the m
Hi Gary Im 62 and have been wearing dollar store readers for about 7 or 8 years. This is how I work it. For reading from my iPhone or paperwork I use 2.0 readers which I keep in my shirt pocket all t
I used to be in the eyeglass profession. This is NOTHING special. Contesting glasses are the same exact thing as Digital TV Antennas. There are no such things. Contesting Glasses are simply the exact
The problem I run into is that a few of the monitors I use in my shack/office are at that awkward distance where neither "distance" nor "reading" lenses really work, begging the use of progressive or
The last time I had an eye exam, I asked the optometrist for computer glasses. She gave me a prescription that was especially for computer use. They focus at the distance from my eyes to a computer s
The post that I remember seeing was for prescription computer glasses.If I recall you send them your prescription and the distance from your eyes to the monitor and they create the right recipe.73,Ga
exactly! It was the strength you needed for that distance. NOTHING SPECIAL about it. if you do not have astigmatism, you could have gone and got 2 buck glasses and done the exact and I mean exact sam
I am sorry if I sound so forceful on this subject of the cheap ones. It is because if you think walmart is bad, the prescription glasses industry is 1000 times worse. When I quit the business only th
GA Jukka, Yes, I hadn't thought of polarization or even a "blue light" filter. I wonder if that's a thing for contesting? I don't recall seeing the original post Gary is referring to, but as we all a
I have had astigmatism since my youth. I've been using prescription "computer" glasses for at least 30 years. I've used computers extensively in my work since around 1982, and also did a lot of work
Get an exact measurement of the distance your computer screens are away from your eyes when contesting. Take this measurement to your eye doctor and he can write a prescription for a pair of glasses
But for those that it is just a spherical correction, you can use the 2 bucks on the glasses and spend 400 on new radio stuff. Joe WB9SBD / W9ET While I'm sure that some of what you say is true, I kn
Years ago, when I started using progressive bifocals, it was clear that they were not good for some activities, including using computers. I just asked my optometrist for 3 prescriptions: reading, co
Hi, I wear bifocals, have for over sixty years, both before andafter the usual cataract age-related procedure. A number of years ago an optometrist had a card in hisdisplay containing a number of fli