progressive lenses,or the old two liners?

Question

i would need tri-progressive,im hearing good and bad.
what your say in it...cant decide....

Answer 1

I would not want the lined lenses. Go for the progressive you will be much happier. The only thing I would suggest is make sure to get the positioning of the lines correct so they don't interfere with your normal use for everyday. Sometimes they have to move them up or down somewhat.

Answer 2

If the appearance of the line is unacceptable cosmetically, that's your decision made.

But if you really have enough use for an intermediate Rx that you'd consider trifocals there's a good chance that one pair of glasses that tries to do "everything" isn't your best bet.

The more you divide up the cake the smaller each slice has to be. I'm fine with varifocals for general purposes.
Drive, shop, watch TV and most VDU work.
But for settling down with a book I prefer a full pair of reading glasses.

If you do a lot of computer work, an ordinary progressive pair is a compromise. (it may be a good compromise, this is a personal call) Office varifocal glasses, set with a wide intermediate and a 2-3 metre furthest distance setting can make indoor work much more comfortable. But you'd need a pure distance pair, or conventional varifocal, to drive home in.

Varifocals, trifocals and bifocals can be awful for driving a sports car... or relaxing and watching television!
The "laid-back" posture means you will be looking through the bottom of your glasses... and the wrong Rx.

Basically you need to take *all* your needs to a real expert, who will advise you on all the different ways to combine the different distance requirements and Rx's.

Answer 3

If you have never worn any type of bifocal or trifocal, go for the progressives. As long as the measurements are taken accurately, you shouldn't have a problem adjusting. Just give it a couple of weeks. Many times, people who go from wearing a lined bifocal to the progressives have a difficult time adjusting because they are constantly comparing them to the lined bifocals. Progressive lenses are the closest to natural vision you can get when you are presbyopic. Like I said, give it a few weeks. You may experience blurred vision in your peripheral area at first, but that will go away as you adjust to them.

Answer 4

im an optometry student and i'll just tell u what i know about those two lens.Progressive lens comes in alot of designs;theirs this one designed for smaller frame size and the other one is designed for a bigger frame size.Anyway progressive lens is designed for u to see at three dimensions, one for far, intermmediate and at near.Progressive lens is good coz its all about eye movement u dont have to move ur head to be able to see the reading part coz thats what u have to do in a bifocal lens or the two lined lens.When ur a first time wearer it is better to use progressive coz u dont have to adjust urself too much on how to wear it while the bifocal lens lens u'll experience headeache,blurred vision and dizzines and it usually takes u a week to adjust wearing it..but u know u can ask ur eye doctor some more advise regarding this matter..Goodluck

one more thing:
progressive lens are more expensive than bifocals,,just to make it clear

Answer 5

I too have heard both good and bad things about them. One of my aunts couldn't adjust to the no-lines, another aunt couldn't adjust to the ones with lines. Sorry can't really help you.