- Hi I'm Parris, and I don't usually wear glasses,
but when the print gets fine, I have to admit my near vision
isn't so fine and I have to break out the reading glasses
which is okay, except then if I'm trying to enter something
into the computer from what I'm reading, and I'm playing
the game with the eyes up and down so I can focus
on the computer, focus on what's close
or have to focus on someone who walks into the room
it gets a little bit uncomfortable on the eyes.
While I was at my local Fry's electronic store
a couple of days ago and saw that they now have
trifocal reading glasses.
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Select-A-Vision makes these optitek tri-focus glasses
with three different sections of glass that have
different magnification powers, so if you're looking down
to the lower section, it's just like a regular reading glass
middle section is for looking at the computer,
and if you look through the top third of it
you should be able to look further away without getting
that uncomfortable headache feeling, at least I get
that when I look at any kind of a distance through
standard reading glasses.
These go for about $30, I'll put a link to them
down below this video.
$30 is a little expensive for reading glasses,
but these are more complicated because of the different
things that they do.
The rest of the glasses are on the flimsy side,
so you're definitely not paying that $30 for a fancy frame,
but I guess it should be able to hold up to being squished
because most people keep reading glasses in a jacket pocket
in a purse so that they do get
some squishing happening to them.
They do however include a soft case to keep the glasses in
and this looks like a microfiber cleaning cloth.
Here's a closeup view of the glasses, and if you can see
on this little sticker here, it shows you that the
magnification power goes from 1.5 in the bottom third
of the glass, less in the middle, up to .75 at the top
and they make these glasses in different powers,
so you'll see the same variation across the lens
even if you start with a more powerful reading glass.
I did mention they were very flexible right.
That's good because it means
they're squishable without breaking.
Here are my go-to reading glasses.
Now I was given these by a 90 year old gentlemen I think
when I was doing my computer service and repair business
and I had a hard drive or something out of the computer
trying to read the little serial number in so I could
put the information in the computer, couldn't make it out
and he just went, here try these, and oh, it's a whole
new world of being able to see up close.
And at the end of the appointment he said just keep them
I think you need them more than me.
And these do work great on even the smallest text
on the back of the book, U.S. residents only, in print
by Harper Collins Publishers.
I can read everything with crystal sharpness.
The problem is, when I look up at you now, I instantly,
it's like an instant headache comes on because everything
is so blurry and out of focus.
I've opened up the Select-A-Vision website at the normal
resolution that I would look at the screen, I know it's not
as sharp as it could be, and getting closer, doesn't make
it any sharper which means eventually my arms aren't going
to be long enough to hold something to read back here
so I can read it, but these are supposed to let me read
the book at this distance, the computer screen,
and be able to look over here at you,
I don't know if it will still be sharp looking over here
at you, but at least it shouldn't give me that headache.
Alright the tri-focus lenses, I don't know if they're
fashionable, oh hey, it's all different when I'm looking
at you, okay, well let me start with looking at the book.
Here looking through the lower third, U.S. residents only
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of Harper Collins Publishers.
These glasses are good right about here, I'm pretty sure
with these glasses I get the book closer to see it sharper,
but it's still just as sharp.
So okay now I need to take that information and put it
on the computer so I go to the computer and okay I've
got to look through the middle section, keys are all
good and sharp, oh it really does make a difference
how I tip my head to see what's on the screen.
The small type on the side, if I'm looking like this
it's fuzzy, then it comes into very sharp focus,
and then it's slightly fuzzy looking through the top.
So apparently at this distance, the 0.75 is good.
Let's compare this to unaltered vision, eesh,
you never realize how bad your eyes are until you can see
stuff sharp, okay that works well, that's good so,
it's a matter of looking here, and then just adjusting
the angle of my head so I keep in the center of my vision
for the computer, okay now to look at distance.
Oh I look up, and looking through the very top,
you're not sharp, oh, for at least one thing my actual eyes
are sharper than looking through the lens.
So at the distance of the camera, at about five feet,
much sharper than, so I don't want any magnification
with that, but the main thing for me is, if I'm looking
around through the top of the lens,
it's a little fuzzy and distorted, but I don't have
that headache feeling that I get instantly,
when I'm wearing these to look,
it's just like, oh, the feeling is just instantaneous.
I can't stand looking at any kind
of distance through these lenses.
I wouldn't want to do this all day, but hey it's not so bad.
I think for the benefit of not getting the headaches
and being able to wear the same glasses for more than one
thing, $30 isn't bad.
Again you can find out more about these at the link
down below this video.
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