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My varifocal glasses are great but I still get distracted by a worryingly bendy wall out of the corner of my eye.
in reply to Alexandra Lanes

I was thinking of varifocals (with plain glass for the non-reading part) so this is an interesting datapoint.
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@kæt I am very short sighted so there’s quite a steep gradient between the thinner reading parts of the lens and the chunky outer
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@chiffchaff FWIW I adapted to mine so much the only time they're weird is if I do it deliberately. (Unless I'm looking down from on top of a mountain or something).
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Sion [main]
@sesquipedality @chiffchaff I need to do so many different things that I have separate pairs of varifocals, plus three pairs of monofocals. Excluding sunglasses.
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@Sion [main] @Sesquipedality @kæt Most things I do requiring near work can be done in the lower parts of the lenses. This doesn’t work so well for looking closely at fine print at awkward angles, like the RA dial on my telescope.
in reply to Alexandra Lanes

@sesquipedality My optician mentioned the existence of trifocals, apparently used by electricians, plumbers, etc, which become "close work" again at the top.

When I was working at Royal Mail I put my (reading) glasses on a string, but they got very bashed when I was wheeling trolleys round, etc, rather than reading addresses. In the end I left them on for walking short distances, but that wasn't good for my sense of balance. Luckily the glasses survived being bashed quite well.

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@chiffchaff @sesquipedality Mine mentioned office trifocals, where the main portion is screen distance (like the pair I'm wearing right now) and the top is true distance (or at least, other side of the room).
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Colette
@sesquipedality @chiffchaff A few years ago my optician (who kept telling me that my monitor should be placed low so that I had to look down at it) persuaded me to try varifocals. After a couple of weeks I took them back as I didn't get on with them at all, and had them replaced with monofocals. And I ignored his dreadful 'advice' about monitor placement.