Originally Posted by Scott R (Post 10668200)

How did you know you needed reading glasses? I think I might be there, I’m closer to 50 than to 45 and l can’t read text in dim or fading light. During the day is fine with sunlight, it’s just at twilight and evenings. Oh and how do you know which power to buy?

Originally Posted by Bugsinrugs (Post 10668356)

I’m two months in having cataract removed and new lenses inserted. I had bad night and long distance vision. My night vision is restored and I see everything in high def now.

Originally Posted by craigster59 (Post 10668504)

Try fly fishing, when you can't tie a size 18 fly onto your leader anymore, you'll swear by reading glasses.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 10668260)

You NEED to go to an ophthalmologists, and get your eyes checked every few years at the very least. I go one per year now. They can look at your retina, look for cataracts, check for glaucoma and about a zillion other things that might stand between your vision and blindness in the near future.

After a full medical evaluation and vision check, they will know precisely how good or bad your vision really is on a scientific scale.

I noticed back in my 30s that if I read a lot, the world turned fuzzy. I have astigmatism. With no line bifocals I have 20-20 vision at age 65. For working on the computer I almost always take my glassed off, unless I am using the laptop. It has a stupid small font size to make the camera control software for shooting aerial photo missions function properly.

Go to a real eye doctor, an ophthalmologist, and don't bother with a optometrist unless all you want are new glasses. I prefer my eyes to be checked by an eye surgeon. My vision is very important to me.

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey (Post 10668267)

Logically that makes zero sense.

You are essentially saying that during a time that your eyes are working hard they degrade then further degrade when they are no longer working as hard.

What caused them to degrade before you got glasses to the point that you needed glasses?

Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 10668371)

You probably wouldn't care what I have to say on it then. ;)


Once I broke down and started using glasses I find I use them more and more as I get used to them. You can say I need them more because my eyes got lazy, but I think I use them more because I now realize how poorly I was seeing without them.

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak (Post 10668664)

Is this a fairly new procedure? Just did a quick search and the links found are pretty recent.



+1 There is also something to be said for keeping a stronger set of reading glasses in the tool box for short duration micro work.

Originally Posted by DanielDudley (Post 10668602)

There is this thing you do where you go to an eye doctor, and they make sure you don't have any conditions that would cause you to go blind. This is important as you get older. Then they test your vision, and give you a prescription for glasses if you need them. Then you get glasses and see how you like them.

After that, you can go buy cheap readers if you want, and spew them all over your universe.. Seeing the eye doctor is more important as you get older. I am only telling you the obvious because you asked. Get your eyes checked, no joke. Glaucoma. Macular degeneration. Having a wife who still wants me working, I do get tested from time to time. No big deal, and it is nice to be able to see things.

Captain Obvious out.

Originally Posted by masraum (Post 10668706)

I understand that one of the reasons that vision declines as we age is that the eye hardens so that it won't focus to the same range.

If you magnify things so your muscles don't have to try to push the envelope, of what they can do, I believe 2 things occur, the muscles weaken so they can no longer do what they could, and it may enable the hardening to accelerate since the muscles aren't keeping things as loose.

I think the eyes naturally degrade as we get older, but that by giving them the crutch of reading glasses, we enable them to relax and get out of shape which makes it harder to do their job.

For a year or two, I work reading glasses occasionally. My vision around that time continued the way it had been. I got a great, very comfy set of glasses and wore them more than I had been and have seen a noticeable acceleration of degradation.

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey (Post 10668733)

By that logic I shoulda gone blind like 10 years ago.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 10668260)

You NEED to go to an ophthalmologists,.

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr (Post 10668681)

This really is the best advise in the thread. What are your eyes worth?