Varifocals

[JBR]

I was with a patient last year who uses and recommends a company whereby you send the prescription note from your optician complete with an old pair of frames to a place called Ciliary Blue. Do check them out.

You won’t believe the prices and they are good quality! The big guys like Spec$aver$ and Visionexpre$$ etc. don’t like them and refuse to work with them. (Surprise surpise).

I thought this looked good, but I see they only do plastic lenses. I presently have high refractive index glass, due to my being very short-sighted. Plastic ones would be as thick as milk bottle ends!

 

[ajstoneservices]

I've got an appointment with the optician tomorrow I'm going to see if I can get one with a local garage to have a grease nipple fitted to the back of my neck.

Make sure they fit a dust cap, and only grease sparingly, or it leaks out lower down!

I guess this one was over greased

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• ajstoneservices
• 11 Apr 2013
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[Dave54]

I've got an appointment with the optician tomorrow I'm going to see if I can get one with a local garage to have a grease nipple fitted to the back of my neck.

Make sure they fit a dust cap, and only grease sparingly, or it leaks out lower down!

I guess this one was over greased

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• ajstoneservices
• 11 Apr 2013
• 1

That's it!

Mind you by the look of that, the bottom seal could be completely shot!

 

[Big Tone]

I was with a patient last year who uses and recommends a company whereby you send the prescription note from your optician complete with an old pair of frames to a place called Ciliary Blue. Do check them out.

You won’t believe the prices and they are good quality! The big guys like Spec$aver$ and Visionexpre$$ etc. don’t like them and refuse to work with them. (Surprise surpise).

I thought this looked good, but I see they only do plastic lenses. I presently have high refractive index glass, due to my being very short-sighted. Plastic ones would be as thick as milk bottle ends!

Oh, I did not pick up on that JBR. Although I thought modern plastics were nudging glass TBH these days.

Oh well...

Take care

Tone

Add: Is that about plastic being safer than glass though?

 

[JohnD]

I have powerful plastic lenses, and they are thin.

you pay a bit extra though. you must get the anti-scratch anti-reflective coating.

 

[Big Tone]

I have powerful plastic lenses, and they are thin.

you pay a bit extra though. you must get the anti-scratch anti-reflective coating.

Yes, I do too John.

As I mentioned, I think plastic has come on a long way.

Actually, I know It's come on a long way. Although my prescription is worse nowadays, my 'cheap' specs are easily half as thick as my embarrassing 80's type...

 

[JBR]

I was with a patient last year who uses and recommends a company whereby you send the prescription note from your optician complete with an old pair of frames to a place called Ciliary Blue. Do check them out.

You won’t believe the prices and they are good quality! The big guys like Spec$aver$ and Visionexpre$$ etc. don’t like them and refuse to work with them. (Surprise surpise).

I thought this looked good, but I see they only do plastic lenses. I presently have high refractive index glass, due to my being very short-sighted. Plastic ones would be as thick as milk bottle ends!

Oh, I did not pick up on that JBR. Although I thought modern plastics were nudging glass TBH these days.

Oh well...

Take care

Tone

Add: Is that about plastic being safer than glass though?

Well I suppose it all depends on how strong your prescription is. High index glass is still much thinner than the best plastic (for a given prescription), or it was this time last year.

A big advantage of plastic though, as you say, is that it is safer because it is much less likely to shatter.

 

[ajstoneservices]

Update on the varifocals. They repositioned the viewing area in the right lens before I went away on holiday but it was no better.

I then had a retest and the prescription was wrong for the right eye as many of you suggested.

I picked up the new pair this morning and while they are proving difficult to get used to, I can see clearly with them

 

[ellal]

I picked up the new pair this morning and while they are proving difficult to get used to, I can see clearly with them

 

[JBR]

I picked up the new pair this morning and while they are proving difficult to get used to, I can see clearly with them

Good for you for persevering. I'm sure things will become easier in time.