Spectacles with progressive lens - what have you purchased?

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#3054719 26-Mar-2023 07:33

@geektastic do you find the mono vision lasik ok for sports? I’m particularly interested in golf and accurately seeing lines, slopes and depth?

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#3054728 26-Mar-2023 09:43

johno1234: @geektastic do you find the mono vision lasik ok for sports? I’m particularly interested in golf and accurately seeing lines, slopes and depth?

Well to me it’s as if I never had any vision deterioration. So like I’m 13 again as far as eyesight goes.

The only sport I do is shooting and I can certainly hit targets and clays as well as I ever have.

I am not aware of anything I can’t see in terms of angles, slopes and depth.

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#3054899 26-Mar-2023 14:49

Geektastic:
johno1234: @geektastic do you find the mono vision lasik ok for sports? I’m particularly interested in golf and accurately seeing lines, slopes and depth?

Well to me it’s as if I never had any vision deterioration. So like I’m 13 again as far as eyesight goes.

The only sport I do is shooting and I can certainly hit targets and clays as well as I ever have.

I am not aware of anything I can’t see in terms of angles, slopes and depth.

I think shooting would be as good an example as anything I can think of! I wear progressives but for golf I have to wear single vision contacts. I suppose I could wear monovision contacts but I don't need near vision for golf. Progressives are horribly distorting for anything not squarely in front of your eyes - straight parallel lines become curved and divergent or convergent.

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#3054959 26-Mar-2023 18:31

I certainly see nothing like you describe. The world just looks normal.

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#3054964 26-Mar-2023 18:51

Geektastic: I certainly see nothing like you describe. The world just looks normal.

As I would expect. Your single diopter eye correction has no areas of distortion where it changes strength.

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#3055570 27-Mar-2023 21:42

Has anybody used Oscar Wylee before? Prices seem pretty good and wait lists here in palmy are very very good compared to SS and the like

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#3311430 21-Nov-2024 13:36

I just received my new progressive rimless glasses from Zenni.
Cost about NZ$220 and I selected the thin lenses that also go dark in sunlight.

It took about 2 weeks and was updated on progress.

The glasses work fine vision-wise and I got the frames tightened by Specsavers.
I am a customer as I have my eyes checked by them bi annually., and not fussed that the glasses were not from them

However there is an annoying tint - more pinkish from the coating that is done on both inside and outside.
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I wrote to them and they said " The subtle pink iridescent sheen on your EyeQLenz™ is a unique characteristic of our advanced anti-infrared coating technology"

1. 100% Store Credit to your Zenni account (excluding shipping): Store credit is applied within 2-3 business days after you confirm.

It never expires and can be spread across multiple orders. Please note that store credit is non-refundable. Any store credit amount applied as payment for an order can only be returned for a store credit return.

2. 100% refund to the original payment method (excluding shipping): Refunds are applied within 2-3 business days after you confirm.

Please be sure to reply to this email no later than the 14th day from the delivery date for a refund, or by the 30th day for store credit.

Would you please let us know which option would be preferable (store credit or refund)? As a courtesy, we will not require you to return the glasses to us.

Went for the store credit as I would like to order again.

Thought I will share this with others

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#3311461 21-Nov-2024 15:03

qwertee:

Hi

I just received my new progressive rimless glasses from Zenni.
Cost about NZ$220 and I selected the thin lenses that also go dark in sunlight.

It took about 2 weeks and was updated on progress.

The glasses work fine vision-wise and I got the frames tightened by Specsavers.
I am a customer as I have my eyes checked by them bi annually., and not fussed that the glasses were not from them

However there is an annoying tint - more pinkish from the coating that is done on both inside and outside.
See photo.
I wrote to them and they said " The subtle pink iridescent sheen on your EyeQLenz™ is a unique characteristic of our advanced anti-infrared coating technology"

1. 100% Store Credit to your Zenni account (excluding shipping): Store credit is applied within 2-3 business days after you confirm. It never expires and can be spread across multiple orders. Please note that store credit is non-refundable. Any store credit amount applied as payment for an order can only be returned for a store credit return. 2. 100% refund to the original payment method (excluding shipping): Refunds are applied within 2-3 business days after you confirm. Please be sure to reply to this email no later than the 14th day from the delivery date for a refund, or by the 30th day for store credit. Would you please let us know which option would be preferable (store credit or refund)? As a courtesy, we will not require you to return the glasses to us.

Went for the store credit as I would like to order again.

Thought I will share this with others

why are they refunding if the pink tint is supposed to be there?

edit: what colour tint did you select when choosing photochromic lenses?

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#3311483 21-Nov-2024 15:53

I choose a grey colour for the photochromic.

I was not expecting this particular reflective tinge.
Seems that I should have ordered just photochromic lenses. No other special coating called EyeQLenz™
Never had issues with other makes when chosing anti-reflective , anti UV coatings , anti scratch

Maybe they just want to help out as I made the wrong choice.

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#3311494 21-Nov-2024 16:17

I've got their SuperDigital progressives as my prescription is a bit crazy with some serious astigmatism. Not cheap, and took a while to get used to, but overall they have worked well. Biggest issue is keeping the glasses aligned correctly on my face so having an optician nearby who can tweak the frames is critical.

https://www.specsavers.co.nz/glasses/lens-guide/specialist-lenses?srsltid=AfmBOoqPR4Wqstm3hgE4r_Q0qv46i1XtpZxTPXY4KNOkv44GRzhOCOo3

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#3311500 21-Nov-2024 16:36

A couple of years ago, I asked at Specsavers about progressives, as I have one set of glasses for work, and one for TV/driving.

Their comment was that the prescription for the closer-up section of the specs would be fairly narrow laterally, not all the way across the bottom half of the lens, so that looking out of the bottom left or right of the lenses would be fuzzy. Too see things that were closer up, I'd have to peer at them directly through that smallish section of the lens.

I use 4 monitors for work with a total width of 1.4 m, and am constantly looking out the corner of my eyes for information on screens, but I was told that I'd have to turn my head more to keep the lower-central part of the lens over what I wanted to look at. Apparently more expensive progressives would give a wider range of focus for the closer prescription, but still not that much.

They recommended that I stick with what I have now, so I did.

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#3311507 21-Nov-2024 16:58

I had two 24" screens at work. My progressives were a pain, so I used a cheap pair of single vision reading glasses to see both screens with minimal head turning. The close-up section on the progressives was good for looking straight ahead, but not for wide angle viewing.

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#3311508 21-Nov-2024 17:15

openmedia:

I've got their SuperDigital progressives as my prescription is a bit crazy with some serious astigmatism. Not cheap, and took a while to get used to, but overall they have worked well. Biggest issue is keeping the glasses aligned correctly on my face so having an optician nearby who can tweak the frames is critical.

https://www.specsavers.co.nz/glasses/lens-guide/specialist-lenses?srsltid=AfmBOoqPR4Wqstm3hgE4r_Q0qv46i1XtpZxTPXY4KNOkv44GRzhOCOo3

looking at some online forums it seems the pink tinge is a thing for the eyeqlenz from Zenni. Most people suggest you don't notice it with the glasses on and the benefits outweigh the slight tinge.

I don't have the eyeqlenz but do have the "premium" progressive option (wider viewing angle) on my most recent order and find them fantastic.

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#3311514 21-Nov-2024 17:53

k1w1k1d:

I had two 24" screens at work. My progressives were a pain, so I used a cheap pair of single vision reading glasses to see both screens with minimal head turning. The close-up section on the progressives was good for looking straight ahead, but not for wide angle viewing.

I've had progressives for 35 yrs. I always used to ask them to consider my reading distance, plus my approx 18-24 inch desk computer distance plus my driving distance. (In Australia & NZ) Apparently now ?? That is not a thing as the technology in manufacture automatically allows for this graduation between distance and reading in this digital world, therefore a middl distance is built in.

I’m on my second pair of scripts without asking and mine work just fine for all my requirements, near, middle & distance.

My partner however, two months ago, gave progressives a go and his eyes did not like them so he has two separate glasses, reading and driving but does not require either for computer work. Go figure?

PS: my lens script covers the entire glass area. None of this bottom centre rubbish

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