Hal, why would you want people to know you wore bi-focals? Why would you care what people knew. What others no or think about me plays zero part in any of my actions. I wear tri-focals. Took a while,but once my eyes were trained to find the right spot, they're great. Only time thay don't work well is turning my head left to check traffic at an intersection. I have to look around the spot.
I'd actually need them but have decided to go for two separate pairs of glasses. They wanted to talk me into bifocals but it sounded so complicated to me that I gave up. If at all, I'd go for blended ones, though. Have been flooded with special offers on bifocals ever since. What made and still makes me suspicious is that although bifocals are said to be superior many people don't wear them. There have been endless campaigns promoting bifocals and offering them for the same price as two separate glasses although bifocals used to be way more expensive than separate glasses and I wonder why? Why are those ad campaigns necessary? Why are people obviously hesitant to wear bifocals even if price is not an issue?
I have always wondered about having two separate pairs as you mentioned but I never asked because I figured insurance wouldn't pay for it. Also I thought that bifocals were for reading which I haven't done much reading - books any way.
Von, my insurance doesn't pay for any type of glasses anyway. It's always worth asking, though. Yes, one focus is for driving and the other one for reading and the like. If you don't need it for reading books, you will need it for PC work, etc.
Tried bifocals. Couldn't stand them, couldn't read the instrument panel on my dash board. I give a rat's behind, when it comes to who knows what eyeglasses I wear.
If you're speaking on lined bifocals @Trevalius Guyus I had the same problem. It was very distracting having to move your head this or that way - up and down - like playing Simon Says with your head without Simon telling you what to do or how to do it.
My wife has bifocals, but, when I wore glasses, before my laser cataract surgery, mine were the "progressive" type. Took me some time to get use to the "progressive" type, but I did. My wife has also had contacts, but got tired of putting them in and taking them out all of the time.
@Von Jones : I had the unlined bifocals. Couldn't stand them. The lined ones were terrible, too, as I recall, back a ways.
Well, cowboy, you have now! I was replying to someone who mentioned "lined bifocals," so I used "unlined" to differentiate between the two. Ooh - - - - -
Thanks for letting me know. At my age, almost 71, I gotta have clarification of a number of things. LOL
No problem, pard. Janet and I were planning on heading up to Woodland Park, in a bit, but the damn cv19 stuff really screwed that up. We've got an agent, and have viewed some great houses. We're ready to buy, but I need to sell one more property, here in Austin. That's gonna be tricky, now, too. How's your town doing, Cody?
She said you couldn't have transitional lenses and no lines in the bifocals? "Transition lenses" are the ones that get dark in the sun and turn clear in the shade. I've been wearing progressive (no lines) transition lenses for at least 30 years. Did you ever get that resolved? It looks like in another thread post you might have.