I worked in an optometrist's office for about a year, too, and progressive lenses were the bane of my existence. First time patients/clients always needed coaching and additional fitting.
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I have a pair of progressives but don’t need them yet. They must have a steep learning curve because they really don’t make things easier when I put them on.
UNIVERSAL experience. Progressives are a technological marvel for scientists who specialize in lenses. This idea that you can experience clear vision in all depths of fields despite needing different prescriptions for each step. That element of scientific wonder has made them very trendy.
But: in my experience as a person who helped people choose glasses, as a person who wears glasses, and witnessed this trend away from bifocals to progressives: i think the concept of progressives makes them more exciting than useful. And I like the usefulness of bifocals.
The lenses themselves are also extremely specialized to craft because of the variety of focal points. A progressive or trifocal lens costs about four times more from the manufacturer than a single vision lens, and the profit margins are insane at the optometrist.
My first pair of glasses a few years ago were progressives. Everything related to my eyesight went at once. My glasses are less than 1/5 at the optometrist though because I buy them from online optical vendors.
I think that's what I'll do too. I have a simple prescription, no complications, so it should be easy, and then I can have 3 pair of glasses instead of always relying on one.
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