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Medical Forum / General / Vision / July 2007OTC Reading Glasses
Well, got my new progressives. Small improvement since my eyes didn't change much in four years. My eyes seem to be matched a little better. My concern is still with reading. When they handed me the new glasses they gave me a card with bold type print to check for acuity. It looked fine, but reading a book or newspaper with skinny fonts is much different. I can get a good focus with both eyes if I hold the page in exactly the right place and then I can get 5 lines or so in focus the way I like it. So I'm considering reading glasses. The clerk at the optical store gave me the best advice.. she said progressives were fine for everyday wear, but for concentrated reading tasks reading glasses were best. Prescription reading glasses would be around $300 CDN. I could get OTC reading glasses through the mail for around $75 US. Is that a crazy idea? What would be the differences between OTC and prescription reading glasses? According to my new prescription both eyes are +2.50. Dear Father Mike, Subject: Plus lens in the store They run about $10, but prices run between $5 to $25. Otis > Well, got my new progressives. Small improvement since my eyes didn't > change much in four years. My eyes seem to be matched a little better. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > What would be the differences between OTC and prescription reading glasses? > According to my new prescription both eyes are +2.50. > Dear Father Mike, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Otis It seems around here OTC reading glasses don't go over +1.75. At least I've never seen any +2.50s or over. > It seems around here OTC reading glasses don't go over +1.75. At least I've > never seen any +2.50s or over. I've seen +3.50s here in SoCal. Most of the frames and lenses of the readers and sunglasses in the 99-Cents-Only stores are perfectly respectable and if you lose or step on your readers it's no big deal.  SignatureCheers, Bev ============================================================= "What's truly sad is that your vote counts the same as mine." -- S. Brown > ============================================================= > "What's truly sad is that your vote counts the same as mine." > -- S. Brown I always like your quotes, Bev. Where do you get them? >> ============================================================= >> "What's truly sad is that your vote counts the same as mine." >> -- S. Brown > > I always like your quotes, Bev. Where do you get them? Wherever I find them, and I beg, borrow and steal with equal fervor! SignatureCheers, Bev ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." -- P.J. O'Rourke >> It seems around here OTC reading glasses don't go over +1.75. At least >> I've [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > readers and sunglasses in the 99-Cents-Only stores are perfectly > respectable and if you lose or step on your readers it's no big deal. For sure. They are not as common, but keep looking. I have a pair of +3.50's I use for examining printed circuits... Dave > Well, got my new progressives. Small improvement since my eyes didn't > change much in four years. My eyes seem to be matched a little better. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > What would be the differences between OTC and prescription reading glasses? > According to my new prescription both eyes are +2.50. Personally, I buy my cheap readers at the Dollar Tree stores. How even Chinese sweatshops can turn out decent lenses and frames cheap enough to make a profit at $1 US retail, I have no idea, but they are all over. For a cut above, try the online retailers. Zenni Optical comes to mind. They will sell prescription glaises in simple frames for as cheap as $8.95 US. There are others in the same approximate market. Dave >How even Chinese sweatshops can turn out decent lenses and frames cheap >enough to make a profit at $1 US retail, I have no idea, but they are all >over. Yeah, I think about that too Dave! I've always wondered how they are able to sell at such low prices! I see a lot of Chinese glasses sellers on e-bay especially LOL. I guess that the material used is very abundant in China, thus the low prices. Either that, or there needs to be some fair trade system implemented! > Personally, I buy my cheap readers at the Dollar Tree stores. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Dave I will check them out. I suppose the frames must make a big difference in price. Some on-line retailers are so cheap it seems too good to be true. >> Personally, I buy my cheap readers at the Dollar Tree stores. >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I will check them out. I suppose the frames must make a big difference in > price. Some on-line retailers are so cheap it seems too good to be true. They do have a wide range of frames, art various prices. But even the most expensive titanium or memory-metal frames are a small fraction of the prices at big retailers. I understand that cutting a lens blank to fit a frame is now virtually hands-off, done by MC machines. A large stock of preformed lenses in combinations of sphere and cylinder strengths makes it minimal labor... Dave > Well, got my new progressives. Small improvement since my eyes didn't > change much in four years. My eyes seem to be matched a little better. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > What would be the differences between OTC and prescription reading glasses? > According to my new prescription both eyes are +2.50. I would recommend calling your eye doctor. If +2.50 is your reading prescription, that's fine, but if it is the distance prescription, then you would be in trouble here in the US, since OTC glasses from the rack in the store probably wouldn't come in suitable powers. I don't know about Canada, and of course don't know your reading prescription, if it isn't +2.50. |
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