GP contact lenses to Varifocal glassess

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I have worn GP contacts for 25 years, but am getting to the stage where I need my reading glassess more and more. A few years ago after having unexplained eye problems the eye clinic said not to have varifocal contact lenses.

I have had a quick ring round and Asda will give me thinner lenses at no extra cost, very badley long sighted in left eye. And £40 extra for there verion of transistions. £109 for non designer frames.

My questions,

Are Asad glasses any good?

I have a back up pair of glassess now but find I loss so much vision/sharpness due to lens being away from my eye.

Has anyone else made this switch and found being able to see to read all the time makes up for this?

Thank you

Baranek

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I have worn GP contacts for 25 years, but am getting to the stage where I need my reading glassess more and more. A few years ago after having unexplained eye problems the eye clinic said not to have varifocal contact lenses. So you can wear GP lenses but you can't wear multifocal GP lenses? It is a little bit unusual... Did you try soft contact lenses!

I have had a quick ring round and Asda will give me thinner lenses at no extra cost, very badley long sighted in left eye. And £40 extra for there verion of transistions. £109 for non designer frames.

My questions,

Are Asad glasses any good? sorry, don't know

I have a back up pair of glassess now but find I loss so much vision/sharpness due to lens being away from my eye. it could be because a) you need stronger glasses b) back vertex distance is different on the frame you wearing compered to your prescription. The only lens I know that could solve this problem is Zaiss Individuals 2, but they are not cheap! Or speak with Dispensing Opticians to help you choose glasses with correct BVD c) quality of lenses you are currently wearing is not very good

Has anyone else made this switch and found being able to see to read all the time makes up for this?

Thank you

With every varifocal glasses there is some distortion and adaptation time needed. Good quality varifocals would help here, but speak with Dispensing opticians or senior optical consultant with a good knowledge and experience.

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I did try soft lenses a few years ago but did not like the size of them, I was also told I would need custom made lenses not the normal off the shelf ones, which made them very expensive.
It was eye clinic at local hospital who told me not to wear the varifocal GP lenses, I was there as I had a ptosis, different size pupils and blurred vision, plus drops in vision. In end they said they thought it was Nuerological but think that was just because I was under the care of a Nuerologist, suspected MS, now looks like Lupus.

Both eye clinic and optician said glassess would result in a drop in vision, due to lenses being further away from eye. I am used to good corrected vision with my GP lenses most of the time I can read the bottom line of the chart, can't remember what I can read with glassess but know my all round vision is not as good.

I use Scrivens for my contact lenses and they quoted me over £300 for the varifocal glassess and that's after a £100 discount.
If I have to pay that much for some glasses I can see out of i will, but if a £110 is just as good, I'd rather pay that!

Baranek

From the website of your opticians it looks like they do supply both Essilor and Ziess lenses, both are good brands. Does your opticians offer money back if you are non tolerant to varifocals? It does happen sometimes, so it is good to ask.

I think you do get what you pay for when it comes to varifocals, especially if you got complex prescription/needs. I would still take your prescription and shop around. Make sure you mantion your worries when it comes to glasses. But £400 for good varifocals souds about high street avarage to me.
Also choice of frames would make a difference here, so your best bet is to speak to Dispensing Optician (not Optometrist) for advice.

Whatever varifocals you choose it will still feel different then contact lenses and you will have to get used to it.

Baranek

It is also good idea to ask your opticians what kind of varifocals they quoted you for and why do they recommend this lens to you. Then you would have starting point when it comes to compering prices. Always comepare like for like. There is no point of compering 'basic' varifocals from one opticians to, lets say, ziess lenses from another... It is not the same product.

terra_ferma

I've used Asda for new lenses on existing frame, much cheaper than other opticians I checked, and didn't notice any difference in the quality.
Their choices of frame is not great though, I have to say.

However they were not varifocal, a good friend of mine has them, but doesn't like them, not everybody gets on with them.

C_Mababejive

My initial thoughts are that you do not visit Asda or similar for your specific eye care needs nd that instead, you visit a long standing and recommended independent optometrist if you can get a personal recommendation.

You should also consider daily disposables as an option. I use dailies and have low level astigmatism. Some optoms would say i need toric lenses but i wear spherical lenses and they work fine for me.

In the last couple of years i started wearing ready readers as necessary over my single vision spherical daily contacts which works fine. In the last 6 months i have switched to monovision whereby one lens is stepped down around 1 dioptre to bias it for reading which also works well.

Perhaps if you say where you are,someone might give you a recommendation?

lisaraun

I think you should consult an Optometrist for eye check up.And I think may be the quality of glasses is not good enough to suits you.As if you are wearing glasses instead of lenses then their should not be a problem.As I now usually wear glasses as lenses are bit uncomfortable to me.I usually get my reading glasses from Wholesale Sunglasses their quality of glasses is good and durable.