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    Varilux X Progressive lenses

    Quote Originally Posted by GJM View Post
    Not sure, as I have been using Varilux X clear, sun and progressive lenses with complete satisfaction since this thread started.
    Thanks. It's really hard to find any decent reviews comparing them. I'm going to go with the Varilux X. It's a known quantity, and my optician was selling the Via Elite a little too strongly. I bet she gets a better price on them.

    Edit: Optometrist confirmed that I am nowhere near needing to wear glasses to shoot. Probably never will. I feel really lucky.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clusterfrack View Post
    Thanks. It's really hard to find any decent reviews comparing them. I'm going to go with the Varilux X. It's a known quantity, and my optician was selling the Via Elite a little too strongly. I bet she gets a better price on them.

    Edit: Optometrist confirmed that I am nowhere near needing to wear glasses to shoot. Probably never will. I feel really lucky.
    I DO need glasses or contacts to shoot, but I shoot faster without them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GJM View Post
    I DO need glasses or contacts to shoot, but I shoot faster without them.
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    Hope this isn't too much of a thread-drift, but I'd like to solicit some opinions from those who've had progressive lenses longer than I (first pair last quarter of 2020).

    Background...
    My overall vision isn't bad, and I'm able to pass driver's exam (no restriction on license)...in fact, my distance vision seems to be holding it's own or improving. My close-in vision is okay for a lot of things (limited reading and computer use), but I had been wearing a pair of 'cheaters' (+1.25 or +1.5) whenever doing some close-in work involving small parts. While driving I simply would look under my glasses and can see the instruments fine, and when at home I would rarely put my glasses on for most things.

    One thing I began having increasing difficulty seeing was the front sight. I brought this up with my ophthalmologist, who mostly discouraged me from trying progressive lenses ("you'll hate them"...yeah, that's discouraging). At some point in the middle of last year I decided that I was doing enough computer work that it was time for progressives, or reading/computer glasses.

    My journey into progressive lenses...
    I got a new Rx from the ophthalmologist and went off to the local specialist in eyewear. I asked about Varilux but was talked into going with Shamir (they handle both, but I'm starting to wonder if they get a better cut on Shamir). Bottom line; I can't see the front sight worth a damn...in fact, it's worse when looking through my progressives. I've taken to shooting without corrective lenses and use wraparound clear safety glasses. I've practiced for 'real world encounters' by looking over the top of my progressive lenses.

    When I spoke to the eyewear specialist I was told "progressive lenses won't help you seeing the front sight; you should get special shooting glasses". I don't want 'special shooting eyewear'. I shoot my rifles well enough...RDS works fine with my corrective eyewear, and magnified optics work just fine with a minor diopter adjustment.

    I've been preoccupied with a lot of work and family matters for the past several months but finally finding the time to address this issue.

    So for those of you with progressive lenses (and it sounds like some of you may have far worse vision than mine, although eye issues aren't always a simple matter), did you have your ophthalmologist make any special corrections for viewing pistol sights, or could this be a matter of a not-quite-right Rx or the wrong brand of lenses?


    Thanks...sorry about the long read and the thread drift!



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