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Originally Posted by taxbuster
Hmmm…have never seen this thread before..so…thanks!
A bit of a story by way of background. For close to two decades I’ve had two pairs of glasses…one for driving/distance, with a small cutout at the bottom for reading short printed materials (phone, menus, email etc). Second pair was for REAL reading (section at bottom for long reads of small type, top half for computer at 20-30”). Originals were done with the Late Ken Gellatly who did my eye stuff for a long time.
Got a pair of glasses from a respectable and not inexpensive location in the Beltline. All worked, no problem. Moved to BC, got a new Rx, same frames, all good…about 5 years back.
Tried last year to repeat…went to two different Optometrists over the journey, had new frames and three or four sets of lenses, none of which ended up working for either purpose, though the distance ones are great for that, terrible for short reads. The reading ones are useless junk. Came from the same high-end store as the others.
I’m back using my 5-y/o reading/computing ones. Store blames the manufacturers.
My wife had a similar journey, but a store in Vernon managed to get the manufacturing and spread of “vision bands” correct for her on a new set.
So…is the manufacturing of lenses THAT bad/ variable / error-prone…or what? I’ve spent a couple of grand for very little other than nice frames….one of which I can’t use, LOL.
No idea what to even try next or be aware of?
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Dr. Gellatly probably had you in some higher end Progressives (nikon or Zeiss). The other place you are trying most likely was going the more inexpensive, higher margin route for lenses.
Should also request to stick with the brand/style that you are used to. Sometimes even upgraded to higher end leads to issues with adaptation.