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11-17-22, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by pdlamb

I did get the single vision. I tried progressives for my regular glasses for a while and then went back to bifocals. Didn't need the bifocals on bike glasses because I could take my glasses off and read up close.

FWIW, I'd only go to two places (that I know of) for progressive lenses, and both of those have experienced opticians and could fit glasses to my face in person. Because my 'script was so bad (-11 D), it would be a real challenge to build good progressive lenses remotely for me. YMMV.

Progressives generally work well for me because my top Rx isn't that strong - an astigmatic correction and +1.5. My bottom Rx adds +2.5.

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