Varifocals ot two pairs of glasses?

I have had varifocals for years, without any problems.

I have varifocals and had them for years. The first time I had them it was a bit strange especially when using stairs for the first time but you get used to them very quickly. I have the one pair and can use them for driving, tv and reading without having to take them on and off. You will definitely need them if you drive. I am also in my 70's. 73 to be exact.
You can get some lovely frames nowadays. Mine are just simple metal frames.

Also had varifocals for years it took a couple of days to get used to them but so much easier than keep swapping glasses. I don’t wear them all the time though.

Well I guess you’ll wear glasses for reading and glasses for driving and take them off when you’re not doing either of those things, so why wouldn’t you do the same with varifocals?

Id find it a bit trying to keep swapping and I know I’d go out in the car and then realise when I got to the shops or the restaurant that I hadn’t got my reading glasses, but I expect you’re better organised than me😁

I have varifocals and I wear them all the time for reading, for driving etc. But I have separate prescription sunglasses,
My friend has varifocals which are reactolite and so serves as sunglasses as well.
She is 72 and loves the fact that she doesn’t have to change glasses all the time .

Varifocals for me too. Mine have reactolite lenses so protect my eyes from the sun as well

I have separate ones. I often wear older pairs of reading glasses but it’s important that I wear the most up to date driving glasses for insurance purposes. I do have to be careful not to forget to put my driving glasses on. I do have cheap reading glasses too that I can just throw in my handbag but if I wear them a lot they make my eyes feel a bit funny. I seem to lose lenses from my glasses every now and again. It happened to me when I was away from home recently and I’d only taken one pair of reading glasses with me. I do have anti glare lenses in my driving glasses. A mistake I always make is having my eyes tested, finding I need new glasses and having to choose the frames quickly. Next time I have an eye test I’m going to go to Boots beforehand and try on lots of glasses to find frames that I like that are comfortable too.

I tried varifocals a few years ago and had great difficulty getting used to them. I only need the distance bit for driving and reading flipping text messages on tv, general walking around, shopping etc is fine.
When I reported my difficulties to the optician - a different one to the original - she questioned me closely and said I shouldn’t have been offered them as I suffer from benign positional vertigo.
This was a number of years ago and I would imagine the lens have advanced somewhat.

I wear varifocals too, but as I like reading in bed, where your eyes are in a different position to when you’re standing or sitting up, I have tried reading glasses in addition. I couldn’t get on with them though, I felt disorientated, and went back to wearing the varifocals for everything. When I told the optician she said she had tried them too, but had the same issue.

I have had varifocals for years without any problems but I now find it easier to read and work on the computer without them. I asked if I could just have glasses for long distances but the optometrist said I would be surprised how often I do use the reading bit, for example when looking down at the dashboard when driving .

I get vertigo so varifocals are not advised. I have an old pair of bifocals which I still use and separate driving/ tv glasses.
It’s a faff swapping but varifocals do take a while to get used to according to people I know.
Another friend has had layering about 15 years ago which means she doesn’t use glasses at all.

Varifocals for me too, had them for a good few years now. As someone else posted, I had to be careful going down stairs at first but soon adjusted to it.
I also have prescription sunglasses but am thinking of asking about reactolite varifocal lenses to eliminate having to carry them when I go out.

My opticians have a deal for people new to varifocals. They will let you have the glasses for a month and if you just cannot get on with them they change them for bifocals or 2 pairs of glasses and refund you the difference.
I didn't like them at all. Coming downstairs was scary. I have 2 pairs of glasses now and cope very well with them.

Could not get away with varifocals, kept falling on the stairs and could not use them for computer work. The Optician said I could return them and go back to two pairs of glasses which I did after one month trial.

harrigran

Could not get away with varifocals, kept falling on the stairs and could not use them for computer work. The Optician said I could return them and go back to two pairs of glasses which I did after one month trial.

I had exactly the same. Having 2 pairs of glasses is not ideal but much better than falling over.

I couldn’t get used to varifocals either so stick with my bifocals . Also have reactolite lenses to protect from the sun.

I’m another who couldn’t get on with varifocals. I tried for 10 months but have recently gone back to 2 pairs of glasses.

Love my varifocals, reactolite too, two pairs of glasses would be a nuisance to me.

I had varifocals for years. I had to get used to them at first but it did not take long. I had reactolite too.

Once your eyes have been tested you can get specs online, with all your requirements, much cheaper than on the high street.

I had varifocals for years and had no problem getting used to them. Now had cataract surgery, and no longer need them, but if necessary I would choose to have varifocals again, rather than faffing about with two pairs.

Twinsgranny

Hello, I need some advice. Have bought cheap reading glasses for many years but I find myself needing them more and more and now really need opticians ones specific to my eyes. .Optician says now need also need glasses for driving and tv . Can’t decide whether to get separate pairs or go all in for varifocals? But guess if you have these you need to wear the whole time?.?? And not sure am ready for that, I still prefer myself without glasses not having always worn them ! But am in mid seventies so know thats a bit silly! Also some people say they can’t get used to them. So interested in what others have chosen to do and how people generally have got on with varifocals? Thank you

😁 we all, I imagine, prefer ourselves without glasses/specs. And the majority haven’t always worn them either.

Personally I chose to be able to see well all the time and wear Varifocals.

It was a welcome relief from the off my head/on my head rigmarole with reading and distance.

The better the lense the better the experience of wearing them which costs more.

I’ve never had any problems but others may have a different experience.

Varifocals for me. I put them on every morning as I get out of bed and they stay put until I take them off at bedtime - putting them back on my beside cabinet.

I have had varifocals in the past but they were no good for me for middle distance like computer work.

Now I have four pairs of glasses, my middle distances ones that I wear for reading as well.

My glasses for wearing any other time which aren't on a strong prescription but I need them for driving especially.

My sun glasses which I wear to eliminate the glare on a sunny day though they aren't prescription. I find I see better in the sunshine with the anti-glare.

My driving sunglasses which I keep in the car and wear over my normal glasses for the same reason but they give me just that bit better vision in the sun.

It works for me, although I know people think I'm a bit bonkers taking my specs on and off all the time I much prefer it to what were ineffective vari-focals for me.

I'm in my eighties now and have worn varifocals since my mid forties.
I needed them for computers when I was working. The middle distance was a problem before I had varifocals. I've never had difficulties with them. Mine go on as I get out of bed and off as I get in at bedtime like you *FGT.