Not OT: Mono vision contacts

"lewmew" ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

I have used both mono vision and bifocal contacts. The latter take at least a week to get accustomed to, but if you can go the mono route, it's far less expensive.

I have worn contacts for heading up to 25 years and although currently I can see anything I want, I tend to wear a pair of cheapo drug store half glasses for needlework, though not knitting. I don't think I would want to boost my contacts to that degree. Take some needlework with you when you go to be fitted - I did and they didn't mind lol

I think it depends on your prescription. My SIL wears the type of contacts you mentioned, she referred to it as 'powering down' one of them for reading, but she's finding them not quite strong enough as she ages as her vision is changing. She seems to be needing stronger correction for reading. I think her next step is lasar surgery for the distance correction, then she could wear contacts for the near correction. She's not at all interested in bifocals or progressives, as she does not want to wear glasses.

take care, Linda

I've tried bifocal contacts and never got used to it. I now wear distance contacts and drug store readers with them to stitch and a different strength to work on the computer.

Funny you should mention this. I was at the eye dr. on Monday and told him I wanted to try bifocal contacts. I also have a slight astigmatism so, of course, they don't make soft lenses for that (I've always worn hard lenses, anyway), and hard lenses are much more expensive. Naturally.

Mono vision just doesn't seem to work for me. My brain doesn't want to adjust to the 2 different lenses. A co-worker, otoh, has them and has had no problem.

And I really, really, really don't want to go back to glasses!!! IAP!

HTH

Joan