Old man eyes

[freeridenick]

I'm getting sick of not being able to see close up so what are you guys using to solve having old eyes, and where did you get it/them from?

Being short sighted I can take my specs off and see right up close, but then have to hunt for my specs to then find my tools. If I leave my specs on I have to contort my neck to get my sodding varifocals in the right place. Which is a pain kneeling down next to the bike. I want to keep my specs on and still be able to see whatever I'm working on. Advice please

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[KermitLeFrog]

Contact lenses with reading glasses hung around your neck. Much better than varifocals. You can also get varifocal contact lenses but they never worked for me. WRT reading glasses, buy a few cheap ones so it's not a great loss when you sit on them.

[fabiostar]

i feel your pain nick .. it was costing me a fortune in broken glasses so i sent my prescription with my order i think on Wish, ordered a box of 6 sets for a tenner, job done, i still loose the odd set but for a tenner does the job.

[MacV2]

Poundland or if your feeling flush B&M. For readers

[freeridenick]

Readers would work if I wasn't so short sighted. I've tried my partners and I'm better off without. They'd work with contacts but I can't be arsed with them for half an hour on the bike. Maybe a stronger magnification will work though.

I'm thinking some sort of magnifying glass on a stand might work. Can you get them like an Anglepoise lamp??

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[Pete.L]

Yep!
And some of the good ones have a circular light around the lens built in.
I always used one when repairing circuit boards.


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[firestorm_al]

Getting old is a complete pain in the butt. I'm short sighted so wear contact lenses tuned for distance for riding & driving but now have three sets of reading glasses for using the computer, reading & close up work.

With everything requiring an app on your phone to do anything it is a nighmare as it gets a tad frustrating if I don't have the right glasses with me ro see the phone. A lot of apps become unusable when you have changed the base font to a larger one.

Al.

[sirch345]

Getting old is a complete pain in the butt. I'm short sighted so wear contact lenses tuned for distance for riding & driving but now have three sets of reading glasses for using the computer, reading & close up work.

With everything requiring an app on your phone to do anything it is a nighmare as it gets a tad frustrating if I don't have the right glasses with me ro see the phone. A lot of apps become unusable when you have changed the base font to a larger one.

Al.

Not all fun and games is it

Chris.

[integerspin]

Does anyone want five pairs of -2.5x and five pairs of -4.0x glasses?
I rather stupidly bought - instead of +, I didn't have my glasses you see[I clearly didn't]

When I first started to wear specs I think the quickest I broke a pair was a few seconds: put a new pair on,
looked at a rule, put the glass down then stood on them!
Now they last months, I get a new pair out when I find myself moving my head around trying to
find a clear bit of lens to look though.
I buy the cheapest I can.
The last lot I bought were 29p a pair from ali express!

[freeridenick]

Contacts and pinching my partner's reading specs is one option but I don't wear my contacts very often. More use on the mountain bike, especially map reading .

I've been looking at Anglepoise-type magnifiers and there are loads of them. I can decide whether to get one on a stand or with a clamp. Feels like the clamp might be useful. Could be attached to the bike or my bench.

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