[CQ-Contest] Contester's Eyglasses

[Gerry Treas K8GT]

I've tried reading type bifocals and couldn't work with them.  I only 
need reading glasses, so I buy these small reading glasses that fit in a 
small metal tube case from the local drug store.  The last time that I 
bought some they were $3 a pair, and I bought six pair. I buy them in 
different strengths, for computer monitor viewing, regular reading, 
close reading fine print, and when doing close up work on the bench I 
put two pairs of the strongest I have available on together.  That setup 
works very nicely, since they don't cover my whole field of vision and I 
can look across the room to relieve strain, and don't have to take them 
off to get up and walk across the room to get something.  I have reading 
glasses scattered all around the house.

Works for me.  YMMV

73, Gerry, K8GT



On 2013-03-14 17:58, Bob, W3IDT wrote:
> Extending the discussion of eyeglasses...
>
> My eyesight is bad enough that one pair of progressive lenses would 
> leave only a very narrow slit focused on any one distance (bi- or tri- 
> focals would of course also leave serious nulls at many distances).
>
> Solution: 2 separate sets of progressive lenses; one for "nearby", the 
> other for "distance".  Over the recent decades I've now had, I think, 
> four sets of such progressive pairs.  With some sets the corrections 
> are such that the "nearby"  pair are my "normal" glasses, the others 
> are essentially my driving glasses. At other times, the "distance" 
> ones are my normal glasses, and the "nearby" ones used for computer / 
> contesting / reading.
>
> Bob, w3idt